Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 407 - LICENSING STANDARDS FOR DAY CARE CENTERS › Subpart E - PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS › Section 407.200 - Program Requirements for All Ages

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) Each child shall be recognized as an
				individual whose gender, ability differences, personal privacy, choice of
				activities, cultural, ethnic, and religious background shall be
				respected.
b) The staff of the day
				care center shall have a written plan for encouraging parents to visit the
				center to observe and participate in their children's experience. Parents shall
				be allowed to visit the center without an appointment any time during normal
				hours of operation.
c) The program
				shall include opportunities for a child to have free choice of activities to
				play alone, if desired, or with one or several peers chosen by the
				child.
d) The facility shall
				provide a basic program of activities geared to the age levels and
				developmental needs of the children served. The daily program shall be posted
				in the facility, and shall provide:
1)
				Regularity of such routines as eating, napping, and toileting with sufficient
				flexibility to respond to the needs of individual children;
2) A balance of active and quiet
				activity;
3) Daily indoor and
				outdoor activities in which children make use of both large and small muscles.
				The day care provider shall be required to encourage children of all ages to
				participate daily in at least 2 occasions of age-appropriate outdoor time, with
				active movement or play for children who are mobile, weather permitting, and in
				a safe environment. In inclement weather, active play shall be encouraged and
				supported in indoor play areas. For pre-school programs in which individual
				children receive care for less than 3 hours per day, outdoor activities are
				recommended to be encouraged by the day care provider, but not
				required;
4) Children who are
				mobile shall not be allowed to remain sedentary or to sit passively for more
				than 30 continuous minutes, except during scheduled rest or nap times, or as
				otherwise allowed in this Part;
5)
				Occasional trips and activities away from the facility (frequency to be
				determined by the day care center);
6) A supervised nap or rest period for
				children under 6 years of age who remain for 5 or more hours as required by
				Section
				407.350;
7) Children younger than 2 years of age shall
				not be allowed passive screen viewing;
8) Children 2 years of age and older, who are
				in the program for 6 or more hours in a day, shall have a passive screen
				viewing limit of no more than 60 minutes per day of age-appropriate and
				educational media.
A) Each uninterrupted,
				passive screen viewing session shall be limited to a maximum of 30
				minutes.
B) Children attending a
				program for less than 6 hours in a day shall be limited to a proportionate
				amount of passive screen viewing;
9) TV, video or DVD viewing shall not be
				allowed during meal or snack time;
10) All screen time must be related to
				educational program planning developed by the center.