Care Learning & Play

Care, Learning & Play

Children learn when they are in a safe and caring environment where they are stimulated through play.

Babies and young children develop best when they are in a caring relationship with an adult. A baby will learn to walk faster when they have a safe pair of arms to walk towards and learn to talk, when they have an adult listening and responding to them.

I will strive to provide your child with an environment that will be caring, fun and stimulating. I will implement ideas from the birth to three matters framework and National Guidance to the Foundation Stage.

I will be keeping an EYFS-OBSERVATION record in order to monitor and develop the children within my care.

The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) is a comprehensive framework which sets the standards for learning, development and care of children from birth to 5. It builds on and will replace the existing statutory Curriculum Guidance for the Foundation Stage, the non-statutory Birth to Three Matters framework, and the regulatory frameworks in the National Standards for Under 8s Day Care and Childminding. All registered early years providers and schools will be required to use the EYFS from September 2008.

(Please ask me if you would like to see a copy of these documents)

I will provide activities that support the main learning areas:

Creativity
Physical Development
Mathematical and logical thinking

Language and communication
Social and Emotional Development
Knowledge and Understanding of the World.

These activities will include:

Dressing up clothes Books and Videos
Small world toys Construction toys (Lego, Duplo etc)
Pretend play (toy kitchen etc) Water play
Arts and Crafts Outings
Cooking Gardening
Outdoor play and equipment

Activities

I have a wide range of toys and equipment to suit all needs and stages of development in children. These include:

• Construction Toys
• Lego
• Puzzles & Jigsaws
• Building Blocks
• Role-play - this includes a variety of dressing up clothes
• Kitchen/Play Food etc.
• Prams & Dolls
• Farm animals, Zoo animals & Dinosaur Toys
• Dolls House & Car Garage
• Craft Materials
• Art Materials
• Chalk Board
• Audio & Visual (CD's, Tapes, Videos etc.)
• Books & Games

OUTDOOR

My back garden is enclosed with a large safe grass area. I have:

• Swings & Slide (including a baby swing)
• Sandpit
• Play Tunnels & Tents
• Paddling Pool
• Bikes & Scooters
• Bats, Balls, Badminton, Footballs, Goal, Skittles
ALL OUTDOOR PLAY IS CLOSELY SUPERVISED

Childcare in Chadesdden for your little treasures!