What happens at daycare gets shared at home!
My children start in our group about 35 months old. They are learning to use the potty and dress themselves, so patience is a big part of my job.
Meal times are both social and learning times. We just put the food on the plate. Eating it is up to each child. He doesn't have to eat anything, but he has to taste things to get seconds. It is amazing to watch these babies use their forks to shovel in broccoli and green beans as often as they do peaches and pears.
And the glasses are just the right size. If they tip over no one panics. The tipper just goes and gets a paper napkin to mop it up.
Our classroom is kid-sized. There is a trampoline for those with Tigger tendencies. They can bounce and bounce and bounce! Our science center has light tables, flashlights, sorting toys, measuring toys, and rocks covered in letters. There is even an experiment in a big huge jar to keep tabs on.
Our tiny engineers have Legos, and big wooden blocks, tracks, and magnetic wooden blocks to create their colossal inventions.
Our libraries are scattered around the room in baskets and on shelves anywhere a person might need something to read.
We have a quiet corner where you can go to read or rest, or sometimes just let your emotions flow and we have a playground surrounded by a pond filled with swans and geese. There are tricycles and slides and climbing places mixed in with swings and places to play ball. And if the spirit moves you, there are places to run and run and run.
This is a place to grow up curious and free with big people as diplomats and teachers.
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