Duty Of Care For A Toddler Playing With Water

[Rayxx]

Hi new to this

So I am currently stuck on a case study :-
Imagine that you are an educator in a family day care setting. Briefly describe the actions you would need to take to exercise your duty of care to a 2 ½ year old child playing at the water trough in your backyard.

I am confused as to whether this water trough is one that is designed to be played with from the child (playing with cups and pouring water) or if this trough is none child friendly? I was reading an article that states that;
'Educators should store or enclose any movable water container that is wide enough to
allow a young child’s face to reach the water such as a nappy bucket, animal drinking bowl and wading/paddling pool (containing less than 300mm of water) out of reach of
young children'

please help

cheers Serayah

[Lorina]

Yes I think this is referring to a water trough. So you will need to make sure that you are able to supervise the child playing at all times.

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Lorina

[Rayxx]

thanks Heaps