An Infant's Day
The infants' rooms are designed to facilitate interactions between children and staff, as well as between the children themselves. All routines that are kept at home, such as feeding, bottles and sleeping times, are carried through in your child's day at the center in order to promote regularity.
An example of a daily routine is:
- 7:00am - 8:00amQuiet activities
- Examples include book corner, home corner, and dough or drawing, are used here to assist the children in settling for the day. Younger infants will be nurtured and settled in.
- 8:00am - 9:00amMorning snack time
- With staff assistance, children are encouraged to develop self help skills in a number of ways, such as holding their own spoon, holding their own (lidded) cups or being asked what they would like to eat.
- 9:00am - 11:00amIndoor/outdoor program
- Time to discover and explore the planned program that has been created both indoors and outdoors, covering all areas of child development, including gross motor, fine motor, music and movement, art, pre-literacy skills, and of course social development.
- 11:00am - 11:45amLunch
- After a short story and song time for the older infants (and any younger ones wishing to participate) the children are offered lunch. Once again, this time is used as an opportunity to promote self-help skills. Lunches are not rushed and each child is treated individually in regard to time needed, what food they prefer, and how they like to be fed.
- 11:45am - 2:00pmRest time
- During this period those children that need to sleep are accompanied by their caregiver to settle to sleep. Caregivers assist the children to settle encouraging self-help skills. All other children who don't sleep at this time continue with their indoor program.
- 2:00pm - 2:30pmAfternoon snack time
- Afternoon snack is served the same way as morning snack.
- 2:30pm - 5:00pmIndoor/outdoor program
- More planned experiences take place in this long block of time, utilizing both the indoor and outdoor space.
- 5:00pm - 6:00pmQuiet activities
- Examples include books and puzzles, and at the time each child is picked up it is also a good time for families and staff to discuss their child's day.
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