R381-70-18. Activities

  (1) The provider shall offer daily activities that support each child's healthy physical, social, emotional, cognitive, and language development.

  (2) Daily activities shall include outdoor play as weather and air quality allow.

  (3) Physical development activities shall include light, moderate, and vigorous physical activity for a daily total of at least 15 minutes for every 2 hours children spend in the program.

  (4) The provider shall post a daily activity schedule that includes:

  (a) activities that support children's healthy development; and

  (b) the times activities occur including at least meal, snack, and outdoor play times.

  (5) Toys, materials, and equipment needed to support children's healthy development shall be available to the children.

  (6) Except for occasional special events, the children's primary screen time activity on media such as television, cell phones, tablets, and computers shall be planned to address the needs of children.

  (7) If swimming activities are offered:

  (a) the provider shall obtain parental permission before each child uses the pool;

  (b) staff shall stay at the pool supervising whenever a child is in the pool or has access to the pool;

  (c) if the pool is over 4 feet deep, there shall be a lifeguard on duty who is certified by the Red Cross or other approved certification program any time children have access to the pool; and

  (d) lifeguards and pool personnel shall not count toward the staff-to-child ratio.

  (8) If offsite activities are offered:

  (a) the provider shall obtain written parental consent before each activity;

  (b) the required staff-to-child ratio and supervision shall be maintained during the entire activity;

  (c) first aid supplies, including at least antiseptic, band-aids, and tweezers shall be available;

  (d) children shall wear or carry with them the name and phone number of the program;

  (e) children's names shall not be used on nametags, t-shirts, or in other visible ways; and

  (f) there shall be a way for staff and children to wash their hands with soap and water, or if there is no source of running water, staff and children shall clean their hands with wet wipes and hand sanitizer.

  (9) On every offsite activity, staff shall take the written emergency information and releases for each child in the group. The information shall include:

  (a) the child's name,

  (b) the parent's name and phone number,

  (c) the name and phone number of a person to notify in case of an emergency if the parent cannot be contacted,

  (d) the names of people authorized by the parents to pick up the child, and

  (e) current emergency medical treatment and emergency medical transportation releases.