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Our Childcare Programme This section explains our programme for childcare. What your child will be doing on a day-to-day basis, the meals we will provide and the house rules we have in place. These have all been given careful thought to encourage confidence and individualism, whilst catering for each childs own developmental needs and stages. Daily Routine The day is arranged according to each child's age and ability in our care. All the toys and equipment available plus our informal play and chats together have a specific purpose in relation to the seven learning C's: confidence, co-ordination, competence, creativity, communication, concentration and cooperation. It has been proven that this is how children learn most effectively. We keep confidential records to illustrate each child's achievements, progress and what they've done during their time with me. Parents are free to see and have this information anytime. Our main aim for the children in our care to have a stimulating and exciting day, namely FUN! Example of a Typical Day Please remember this is only and example of our basic day and our routine is flexible. Although you must appreciate that our own children have busy social lives and we cannot easily work after 6pm. Our intention is to let the children choose from a selection of activities on offer. Weather permitting, if we are not tied to part days, we like to be out and about (with parental permission being sought beforehand).
Meal Times Any meals, snack, or drinks, will be taken sitting down, good table manners can be encouraged in this way. Children will learn that mealtimes are a valuable time when they can share information about the day with one another. For this reason, we do not provide an evening meal, as we feel that this is an important family time, giving everyone within the family the opportunity to share their day with one another. We will provide meals for all children who are fully weaned, however if you have a baby who still has a bottle and / or baby food, we respectfully ask that you provide these items, clearly named, as you know what suits your baby. As soon as your child is weaned, we are more than happy to provide meals along with the other children. Menus are planned and food served is wholesome and balanced children will be encouraged to eat vegetables and fruit. All meals, snacks and drinks provided will be nutritious, avoiding large quantities of fat, sugar, salt, additives, preservatives and colourings. We will try to encourage children to try food, which may be unfamiliar to them; however, they will not be forced to do so. A child's personal and medical dietary requirements will be respected and accommodated. The dietary rules of religious groups, vegetarians, / vegans are met in appropriate ways. Any milk provided for children will be semi skimmed, unless otherwise stated. Fresh drinking water is available at all times. Activities Although we offer numerable activities, only a selection is offered at a given time. Not only does this make the activities easier for the minders to prepare and supervise, but it also makes the choices easier for the children. We aim for activities to provide fun, whilst also provide a learning experience for them too. Indoor Activities may Include: Art and Craft activities e.g. finger painting, potato printing, collages, model building, chalk pictures, etc to help promote colour recognition and hand and eye co-ordination Dressing-up encouraging imaginative roll play House Corner dolls, play kitchen, shopping, etc teaches social skills Baking e.g. buns, biscuits Board games encouraging sharing and co-operation Growing beans and cress etc promotes awareness and changes in nature Flash cards, picture books and story telling teaching word recognition Building blocks e.g. Duplo, Stickle bricks etc encouraging hand and eye co-ordination Ball Pool Music e.g. singing, instruments building confidence Outdoor Activities Include: Sand pit textures and cause and affects Water play cause and affects Teddy Bears picnics social skills Bicycles, scooters agility Hopscotch agility and number recognition Ball games e.g. throw and catch, football, basket ball etc dexterity and team play Children will be allowed to choose their own available activities to nurture freedom of choice and independence, however for certain activities we will be encouraging group participation for development of social skills and team building. |
