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. 2011 Dec 22;6:36. doi: 10.1186/1745-6673-6-36

Table 3.

Average times for simultaneous activities performed by educators

Sum simultaneous Average time SD simultaneous
Categories activity simultaneous activity Activity Percentage
(hh:mm:ss) (hh:mm:ss) (hh:mm:ss)
Documentation and administrative tasks 03:59:24 00:07:15 00:03:55 3.37
Child care 03:21:25 00:06:06 00:06:40 2.84
Meals 04:22:36 00:07:57 00:04:13 3.70
Afternoon nap 00:01:56 00:00:04 00:00:12 0.00
Contact to parents 04:06:57 00:07:29 00:05:53 3.48
Educational work 02:26:02 00:04:26 00:04:26 2.06
Cleaning 02:03:12 00:03:44 00:02:04 1.74
Continuing education/Supervision 00:01:34 00:00:03 00:00:09 0.02
Individual contact 34:19:59 01:02:25 00:35:39 29.03
Walking 01:13:17 00:02:13 00:02:40 1.03
Breaks 00:00:00 00:00:04 00:00:13 0.03
Playing 10:07:42 00:18:25 00:19:26 8.57
Internal Communication/meetings 52:10:54 01:34:53 00:35:14 44.13