{"id":439,"date":"2018-08-24T17:45:37","date_gmt":"2018-08-24T22:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/childwatch.com\/blog\/?p=439"},"modified":"2018-08-28T17:45:50","modified_gmt":"2018-08-28T22:45:50","slug":"attendance-for-child-care-centers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/childwatch.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/24\/attendance-for-child-care-centers\/","title":{"rendered":"The Importance of Attendance for Child Care Centers"},"content":{"rendered":"

September is Attendance Awareness Month. It\u2019s crucial for kids to attend school every day. Going to school regularly helps your child do well at school\u2014from preschool through high school.<\/p>\n

Regular attendance creates successful learners\"The<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Did you know that absenteeism in the first month of school can predict poor attendance throughout the school year? According to the Baltimore Education Research Consortium, half the students who miss two to four days in September go on to miss nearly a month of school. Students are less likely to succeed in school if they miss 10 percent or more of school days over the course of the school year. That means missing about two days of school per month, or about 18 days per year.<\/p>\n

Many studies show that attending a high-quality early learning program strengthens school readiness and long-term academic performance. Regular attendance in these programs is critically important for children to become successful life-long learners. Not only will good attendance help build good habits for the children, it can also help alleviate academic problems later on.<\/p>\n

If a child is absent, they often miss the foundation skills they need to learn the next skill. It can take days and even weeks to then teach the child the skills and catch them up. By that time, they have missed other skills. If they fall behind too much, they may never fully catch up.<\/p>\n

If children are regularly absent, they may not be fully prepared for school. Preschool is a time for building the social, emotional, cognitive, and language skills needed for school readiness.<\/p>\n

The BP Early Learning Center in Anchorage, Alaska used to allow infants and toddlers to attend only two days a week. But according to Director Angie Lantz, the Center stopped offering the part-time option. \u201cWe found from our experience that for infants and toddlers, part time is hard on the child, hard on the other children, and hard on the teachers. We encourage parents to bring their children every day because infants and toddlers do better with a regular routine,\u201d Lantz said. At quality early care and learning programs, children learn social skills and problem solving. Academics come easier if they have those foundations.<\/p>\n

Tips to Ensure Attendance<\/strong><\/h5>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>The best way to help prepare your children for school is to make sure they are consistently attending so they are able to learn all of the necessary skills. Here are a few tips from Attendanceworks<\/a> that can help prepare your child for school and ensure attendance:<\/p>\n