Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 3, March 1, 2024
(1) The
provider and any caregivers must give the children's needs first priority,
ensuring they get adequate care and attention.
(2) There shall be activities for children
according to their ages, interests, and abilities. If the provider is certified
to care for more than 12 children the provider shall have a written program of
activities for each age group.
(3)
A description of the general routine, covering all hours of operation, shall be
in writing and shall provide:
(a) Regularity
of such activities as eating, napping, and toileting with flexibility to
respond to the needs of individual children;
(b) A balance of active and quiet
activities;
(c) Individual and
group activities;
(d) Daily indoor
and outdoor activities in which children use both large and small
muscles;
(e) Periods of outdoor
play each day when weather permits; and
(f) Opportunities for a free choice of
activities by children.
(4) The provider and other caregivers shall
use the written description of the general routine as a guide, allowing
flexibility to respond to the needs of individual children and/or groups of
children and to appropriate variations in daily activities.
(5) No child may view television or videos or
play computer or electronic games for more than two hours per day.
(6) Infant and toddler program of activities.
The following apply to infant and toddlers in care at the certified home.
(a) Infants shall be allowed to form and
follow their own patterns of sleeping and waking periods.
(b) Children shall be given opportunities
during each day to move freely by creeping and crawling in a safe, clean, warm,
and uncluttered area.
(c)
Throughout the day, each infant and toddler shall receive physical contact and
individual attention (e.g., being held, rocked, talked to, sung to, and taken
on walks inside and outside the home).
(d) The provider must have routines for
eating, napping, diapering and toileting, with flexibility to respond to the
needs of each child.
(e) Infants
shall have a variety of appropriate infant toys stimulating to the
senses.
(f) Children shall be given
appropriate opportunities to use the five senses through sensory
play.
(g) Infants shall be put to
sleep on their backs.
(h) Immediate
attention shall be given to the emotional and physical needs of the children.
No child shall be routinely left in a crib except for sleep or rest.
(i) Caregivers shall encourage the
development of self-help skills (dressing, toileting, washing, eating) as
children are ready.
(j) In
addition, toddlers shall be given opportunities to participate in:
(A) A variety of activities encouraging
creative expression through the arts; and
(B) Running, climbing, and other vigorous
physical activities.
(7) The following safe sleep practices must
be followed:
(a) Each infant shall sleep in a
crib, portable crib, bassinet or playpen with a clean, non-absorbent mattress.
All cribs, portable cribs, bassinets and playpens must comply with current
Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) standards;
(b) Bassinets may only be used until the
infant is able to roll over on their own;
(c) Each mattress shall:
(A) Fit snugly; and
(B) Be covered by a tightly fitting
sheet.
(d) A clean sheet
shall be provided for each child;
(e) Infants must be placed on their backs on
a flat surface for sleeping;
(f)
While on the child care premises, if an infant falls asleep in a place other
than their crib, portable crib, bassinet or playpen, the provider must
immediately move the infant to an appropriate sleep surface;
(g) No child shall be routinely left in a
crib, portable crib, bassinet or playpen except for sleep or rest;
(h) There shall be no items in the crib,
portable crib, bassinet or playpen with the infant, except a pacifier (e.g.
bottles, toys, pillows, stuffed animals, blankets, bumpers);
(i) Swaddling or other clothing or covering
that restricts the child's movement is prohibited;
(j) Clothing or items that could pose a
strangulation hazard (e.g. teething necklaces, pacifier attachments, clothing
drawstrings) are prohibited; and
(k) Car seats are to be used for
transportation only. Children who are asleep in a car seat must be removed upon
arrival to the home and placed in an appropriate sleep surface.
(8) Preschool-age program of
activities. In addition to the daily routine specified in OAR 414-350-0220(2),
preschool-age children shall have opportunities, on a daily basis, to choose
from a variety of activities and experiences, which shall include:
(a) Creative expression through the
arts;
(b) Dramatic play;
(c) Gross (large) motor
development;
(d) Fine (small) motor
development;
(e) Music and
movement;
(f) Opportunities to
listen and speak;
(g) Concept
development;
(h) Appropriate
sensory play; and
(i) A supervised
nap or rest period. Children who do not sleep after 20-45 minutes of quiet time
must be provided with an alternative quiet activity. The activity may be in the
same room where children are sleeping if it is not distracting to sleeping
children.
(9) School-age
program of activities. In addition to the daily routine specified in OAR
414-350-0220(2), school age children shall have opportunities to choose from a
variety of activities, including:
(a)
Individual or group projects and activities, including homework; and
(b) Rest or relaxation.
(10) A home providing swimming or other water
activities to children shall meet all of the requirements set forth in OAR
414-350-0380.
(11) Spa pools on the
grounds of the certified family child care home shall be enclosed by a barrier
at least 48 inches high, with a lockable gate or door, and have a lockable pool
cover. The enclosure and cover shall be locked whenever the child care business
is being conducted.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
329A.260
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
329A.260,
329A.280
& 329A.290