Name-to-Face Is a Safety System
Explain how name-to-face counting reduces transition risk in a childcare center.
The move is not 'count more.' The move is to make the count specific, visible, and timed. Why Transitions Fail Transitions combine movement, noise, changing adult positions, and competing tasks. A teacher may be tying a shoe, answering a parent question, carrying medication, or calming a child who does not want to leave the playground. Active supervision treats that as predictable complexity, not a personal failure. The Name-to-Face Loop Use the loop at each gate: stop the group, scan the whole space, say the count, match each child by name and face, and have the second adult confirm. If a…
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