Activities
I know that children also learn through play; because of this, I do not under estimate its importance on a growing child's mind, body and spirit. Therefore, the children under my care receive lots of both free-play and structured-play throughout each day. During structured-play I primarily have only one group of toys or activity out at a time in order to allow the children to concentrate fully on each thing they do. Age appropriate activities will be scheduled with the flexibility allowed to respond to the needs of each individual child and their various ages. Activities that myself and the children participate in, include, but are not limited to the following. Indoor activities include: books and story-time,circle-time, music and dancing, dress up, play food, interactive stuffed animals, cars/trucks/planes, arts and crafts, puzzles, flash cards, animals/dinosaurs, trains, musical instruments, balls, dolls, various learning toys, musical instruments, various games, blocks,song games, play dough, coloring, sing along story books, science, board games, puppets, and Simon-says. Outdoor activities include: climbing, sliding, jumping, running, balls, racing, catch, bubbles, follow the leader, ride-on toys, tunnels, safe water toys, water table, painting, neighborhood walks, exploring nature/weather, soccer, and yes falling. As you know, children play hard and will get some bumps and bruises from time to time. I do my best to limit the amount of times this occurs, with constant supervision and watchful eyes. During the summer months (June, July and August) I allow for more outdoor activities and creative art projects. Weather permitting, we play outdoors every day.