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1 Student Name Professor Palmer Engl 2111 04 July 2022 Literature Review After spending a lot of time working at the Tom. A Finch. YMCA center in Thomasville, North Carolina, I believe that they should expand their property to get the best results from the children and the members of the facility. I think that the child care center should expand their space to allow for more room and development. The set up of the building right now can become unsafe, disruptive and chaotic at times. An expansion to the facility will be more beneficial for the children in the community. Importance of Childcare Childcare is more than just babysitting. Results show that the environment does have positive effects on children. McNeil states “While child development is not normally par of the normative childcare definition, the relationship between childcare and child development is conceptually strong”. Daycare centers have services during work hours, requiring children to be at the child care facility on average 32 hours per week. Some children are there more or less depending on if their parents are working full time or part time. Children are at the facility for long periods of time and need more room so they

2 aren’t crowded and stuck in the same area all day, but also so they are able to move around and explore. Gross Motor Skills The journal, “Physical Activity in Child-Care Centers: Do Teachers Hold the Key to the Playground?”, focuses on children in the United States that attend childcare and are not receiving the correct levels of physical activity. The article gives information on physical activity allowing for gross motor skills development. Children Development The journal, “The Development of Children Ages 6 to 14.”, discusses information on the kinds of biological, psychological, and social changes that come forth in different ages, six through fourteen. From ages three to six years old their developmental task according to Erik Erikson, is initiative vs guilt. This means children want to take initiative to do many adultlike activities, sometimes overstepping the limits set by their adult figures and feeling guilty. This is different from the developmental task Erikson gives ages 7-11. This being industry vs. inferiority. At this stage it is expected for children to learn to be competent and productive. They may also feel ashamed or have a fear of not being able to do things well enough. Additionally, this article explains that out-of- school programs can allow children to safely explore independence, peer relationships, and leadership. They can provide opportunities for children to form long-lasting relationships with adults outside their families. Increased Physical Activity

3 Children are also given the ability to be more active inside whenever the classrooms are bigger. With the room in the classrooms now, there is no room for the children to do any safe physically active activities in the classroom, but if the classrooms were expanded then they may be able to do so. According to Copeland, “Physical activity has also been associated with numerous other long-term health benefits, including improved blood pressure, blood cholesterol profiles and increased bone mineral density [26-31], as well as mood and cognitive benefits such as decreased anxiety, depression and aggression and improved attention [31-36], self-esteem, mood [26, 31, 37] and social interaction skills [38]”. 90% of children attend childcare, and there are probably more that could attend the facility if it was expanded to hold more children, giving more children an opportunity to increase skills and health. Conclusion Overall, I think an expansion to the facility will be more beneficial for the children in the community. Childcare is important to children and have shown positive effects. 90% of children go to some sort of care during the day as parents and care givers go to work and school. This leaves children at the facility for long periods of time. During these long periods, children should not have to be placed in small classrooms when inside, and should be given the opportunity to move around, play and explore. There are multiple benefits that come with the expansion of the classroom, all improving development, mental and physical health.

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5 Works Cited Copeland, K. A., et al. “Physical Activity in Child-Care Centers: Do Teachers Hold the Key to the Playground?” Health Education Research , vol. 27, no. 1, 29 Feb. 2012, pp. 81–100., doi:10.1093/her/cyr038. Eccles, Jacquelynne S. “The Development of Children Ages 6 to 14.” The Future of Children , vol. 9, no. 2, 1999, pp. 30–44., doi:10.2307/1602703. McNeil, Lori. “Understanding Childcare through Experiential Knowledge” Michigan Sociological Review, vol. 19, pp. 86-114. Moerk, Eva, et al. “Childcare Costs and the Demand for Children – Evidence from a Nationwide Reform.” Journal of Population Economics, vol. 26, no. 1, Jan. 2013, pp. 33–65., doi:10.2139/ssrn.1752111.

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