8 Va. Admin. Code § 20-790-320 - Daily activities
A. Infants
and toddlers shall be provided with opportunities to:
1. Interact with caregivers and other
children in the home in order to stimulate language development;
2. Play with a wide variety of safe,
age-appropriate toys;
3. Receive
individual attention from caregivers including holding, cuddling, talking, and
reading; and
4. Reach, grasp, pull
up, creep, crawl, and walk to develop motor skills.
B. Infants and toddlers shall spend no more
than 30 continuous minutes during waking hours, with the exception of
mealtimes, confined in a crib, play pen, high chair, or other confining piece
of equipment. The intervening time period between such confinements shall be at
least one hour.
C. Infants shall be
placed on their backs when sleeping or napping unless otherwise ordered by a
written statement signed by the child's physician.
D. An infant, toddler, or preschool child who
falls asleep in a play space other than his own crib, cot, mat, or bed shall be
moved promptly to his designated sleeping space if the safety or comfort of the
infant, toddler, or preschool child is in question.
E. School age children shall be allowed to
nap if needed, but not forced to do so.
F. Infants shall be protected from older
children.
Notes
Statutory Authority: §§ 22.1-16 and 22.1-289.046 of the Code of Virginia.
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