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Your Assignment Module Number and Heading: Assessment Task 003: Injuries
Your Assignment Type: Case Scenario
Currently Working in Childcare? No
Your knowledge: Basic Knowledge

Your Question?
A student, who felt she was well prepared for a finger-painting activity planned for the next day, realised that she had not given enough thought to the activity when her supervisor posed the following questions:
i. What do you need to consider when planning where to set up the finger painting?
ii. How will children wash and dry their hands without dripping paint and water on the floor?
iii. How will you supervise the finger painting as well as other activities?
iv. How will you ensure that paint does not drip and cause the floor to become slippery?
v. How will you limit the number of children at the table?

What is your answer so far or What have you done so far as an attempt to solve this question?
i. on a surface that can be easily cleaned?
please help!!!!

Description and Message:
Hello i'm really stuck on this question! Any help would be really appreciated!

Thanks a lot

For I) my assessor told me my answer was not sufficient. Please list all of the considerations you would need to consider when setting up an activity. My answer was: to ensure that the area can be easily cleaned. I'm abit stuck, what other considerations is she meaning?

Here is what I think may help;

- Make sure with your Team Leader and Educators that you have allowed sufficient time for finger painting
- What part of the room are you using for Finger Painting
- Check with parents about any allergies etc with finger paint, so you can look up homemade recipes
- Provide children smocks to ensure they don't get paint on their clothes or ask the parents to ensure the child has a spare pair
- Supervising children say 3-4 whilst completing this activity
- Set up an area they can wash their hands and providing wipes for children to clean their hands
- Make sure their is newspaper underneath the chairs, tables and around the area to ensure no paint is spilt on the floor if so put a yellow caution sign to let children know they are unable to come into that space.
- Provide plenty of buckets or jars of water for children to wash their brushes.
- If you get stuck google the keywords and see what happens..... Hope this helps