Authority: IC 12-13-5-3
Affected: IC 12-17.2-4
Sec. 59. All program planning shall provide the following:
- (1) A caregiver-prepared environment for children to learn through active exploration and interaction with adults, other children, and materials.
- (2) Encouragement and enhancement of expressive activities that include play, story telling, music, and dancing. A variety of art media is readily available for creative expression.
- (3) Daily opportunities for children to use large muscle skills, learn about outdoor environments, and express themselves freely and loudly, except when the severity of the weather poses a safety hazard, the wind-chill temperature is below twenty-five (25) degrees Fahrenheit, or there is a health related reason documented by a parent or physician for a child to remain indoors. (For a period exceeding three (3) consecutive days a physician's statement is required.)
- (4) Daily opportunities for children to develop small muscle skills through play activities.
- (5) Opportunities for children to complete activities.
- (6) Provision for privacy by arranging a small, quiet area that is easily accessible to the child who seeks or needs time to be alone.
(Division of Family Resources; 470 IAC 3-4.7-59; filed Aug 11, 2003, 3:00 p.m.: 27 IR 134; readopted filed Oct 24, 2007, 11:25 a.m.: 20071121-IR-470070448RFA; readopted filed Aug 23, 2013, 3:36 p.m.: 20130918-IR-470130306RFA; readopted filed Nov 13, 2019, 11:56 a.m.: 20191211-IR-470190490RFA)