Where education, care, and play go hand in hand
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Early experiences have profound effects on a child’s development and learning – these are optimal periods for certain types of development and learning to occur which stick with them for life.
○ Ample opportunities for creative experiences
○ Freedom to explore the environment
○ Allow children to get messy during play
○ Nature and Nurture
○ Foster creativity
○ Well- balanced diet, sufficient sleep
○ Plenty of stimulating activities to support healthy brain growth
Environment plays an important part in child’s development in the first five years. We now know that a baby’s brain weighs one quarter ¼ of what an adult’s brain weighs. The brain grows rapidly in these years than at any other time in the child’s life. The neurons children are born with make connections based on their experiences. Outdoors play in natural settings contributes to children’s healthy development.
○ Engaging and inspiring children
○ Balancing children’s needs with purposeful program panning
○ Creative themes
○ Ensure all the age appropriate skills are acquired
○ Wider range of Stimulus to children’s interests and imaginations
○ Well- balanced diet, sufficient sleep
○ Plenty of stimulating activities to support healthy brain growth
○ Allow enough time to complete their enquiry
○ Secure their commitment to accomplish the project
Preschoolers learn about the world around them and refine old skills rapidly. Our educators are highly intentional in use of time and focus on key skills and abilities through play based experiences.
○ Engage children in various activities to support an increase in child’s endurance, strength and balance
○ Stimulating experiences to develop fine motor, gross motor, cognitive, linguistic skills
○ Ensure the materials in the classroom reflects the needs, interests and capabilities of each child
○ Ample time and opportunities to investigate what sparks their curiosity
○ Teach them to listen, control their behavior and get along with others.
○ Provide opportunities to acquire new words and use them to communicate
○ Engage children in conversations to encourage them to refine their language skills
Kindergarten is a preparatory year of schooling. Our programs ensure that they provide experiences to support kindergartners’ enthusiasm and engagement in learning and prepare them for the transition to the school with positive learning attitudes and effective learning behaviors.
○ Provide opportunities to acquire new words and use them to communicate
○ Engage children in conversations to encourage them to refine their language skills
○ Encourage children to paint and draw what they saw on a site visit
○ Take nature walks and collect rocks, leaves, shells etc.
○ Direct children’s energy towards purpose, goal and task
○ Model hygiene skills
○ Stand up for rights
We truly believe that educational achievement is directly attributed to having good teachers and caring environment. Identifying how students learn is one of the most important role of an educator at Wonder kids Daycare.
○ Recognizing individual work and accomplishments
○ Providing opportunities to acquire knowledge, skills, values to face life with confidence
○ Revisiting concepts again help them to understand better
○ Using variety of observations to collect information about child’s learning and progress
○ Opportunities for homework assistance
○ Freedom to explore the environment
○ Direct children’s energy towards purpose, goal and task
○ Self-discipline, self- confidence , Self – esteem
We encourage and welcome parental involvement in the daycare. Through parent/staff interaction, we provide an environment that will benefit the children. The daycare plans and organizes special events for parents, such as Mother’s and Father’s Days tea, Christmas Party etc. We also have an open door policy and invite parents to visit the centre at any time.
During our circle time, we invite the children to listen to stories and sign songs in order for them to practice and develop language and vocabulary. They will develop their singing voice and understanding of music and rhythm. We encourage children to share stories with the group so they practice their speaking skills and group skills.
Circle times are planned around children’s observed interests. This is the springboard for all learning as children engage deeper in discovery when they are interested and motivated. Discovery learning is at the heart of all planning at our centre. By interacting with stimulating, engaging and varied materials, children learn about the natural world.
The norms of our contemporary society restrict activities based on differences in gender and age. It appears as if this systematic approach dictates what is essentially “fit” for your child. We reject such motion with strong beliefs that active learning is beneficial at any given age.
“Art engages children senses in open-ended play and develops cognitive, social, emotional and sensory-motor skills. Art is a cooperative learning experience that provides pleasure, challenges, and a sense of mastery. Instruction in the arts is of the best ways in which to involve the different modes of learning; through art, children learn complex thinking skills and master developmental tasks.” (Belden & Fessard, 2001)
“Science education, however, has long been teacher-centered, with the teacher a the authority figure and the one with all the right answers Without doubt, such a traditional science program, involving authority-based teacher-directed instruction is inappropriate for young children. (Johnson, 1999).”
Research reveals that the children most at risk for reading difficulties in the primary grades are those who begin school with less developed verbal skills. (Burns, Griffin & Snow, 1999).
Numeracy is taught though hand on activities such as fishing numbers in water, matching pictures, naming body parts, and weighing activities help develop language in early years.