About Our Program
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Parent involvement is an important part of our program. You can expect regular information on your child's progress, including a developmental report every six months. We use tools like the ASQ and the DRDP to track child development and support learning. We love to help parents get involved in their child's learning along the way!
As part of our commitment to creating a high quality program, we participate in the Quality Start rating program in LA. This program is entirely voluntary and involves ongoing assessment and rating to advance the quality of our program.Teaching Play Skills
Play is voluntary engagement in self motivated activities that are normally associated with pleasure and enjoyment. Play may consist of amusing, pretend or imaginary, constructive, interpersonal (play with others) or intrapersonal (solitary play) interactions. Play is the way that children learn about the environment, their bodies and their place in the world around them. Play is often thought to be frivolous in nature, but can in fact be very structured or very specific in its goal (e.g. defined games such as sports or computer games).
Play skills are determined by the ability to plan and sequence play activities (including new activities), problem solve challenges and generalise skills from one activity/toy to another.
Daily Schedule
- 7:00am -7:20am: Arrival: Health check
- 7:20am-8:00am: Transition time: Clean up, toileting & hands wash, Social interaction
- 8:00am-9:00am: Breakfast time
- 9:00am-9:15am: Transition Time: Clean up and hands washing
- 9:15am-9:45 am: Group time: Actions songs, singing, finger plays, discussions of daily activities or feelings.
- 09:45am-10:00am: Transition Time: Clean up, toileting, and hand wash.
- 10:00am-10:30am: Transition Time: Clean up, toileting and hand wash
- 10:30am-10:50am: Morning Snack Time
- 10:50am-11:00am: Transition Time: Clean up and washing hands.
- 11:00am-11:30am: Music Time: Movements. Music, singing time and, finger play.
- 11:30am-12:30pm: Nap Time: Children are require to rest for a reasonable period, but not require to sleep. Quite Activities are available for those who are awake before others, like using quite books, puzzles done while sitting on cost. Pick up children from school and nap time for infants.
- 12:30pm-1:00pm: Transition Time: Awake from nap, Toileting, Clean up, hands washing and setting the table.
- 1:00pm-2:00pm: Lunch Time
- 2:00pm-3:00pm: Out door play time: Outdoor play games, or vigorous indoor activity (including teacher directed games).
- 3:00pm-3:10pm: Transition Time: Toileting and hands wash.
- 3:10pm-3:30pm: Refresh Time: Relax time, free choices activities, helping children to do their homework.
- 3:30pm-4:00pm: Afternoon Snack Time
- 4:00pm-4:15pm: Transition Time: Diaper changes , toileting, and self help
- 4:15pm-5:30pm: Free play time: Free choices activities and/or Outdoor play or vigorous indoor play. Clean up, hand washing & setting table.
- 5:30pm-6:00pm: Closing Circle, Prepare for departure.