EDUCARE

Welcome to Baby World

Things you will need for the First Day!

- Pre-made bottles
- Nuk (if needed)
- Two sets of extra clothes
- Supply of diapers, wipes, and diaper cream
- Small crib sheet
- Blanket
- Bibs, burp rag
- Sunscreen
- Paperwork completed (You will need to update intake forms every 3 months and keep up with physicals every 6 months)

Please label everything with your child's name!!

A Day in the Infant Room:

We will have a lot of fun in the Infant Room. We will be busy singing songs, reading books, doing art projects, and most important, reaching individual goals for each child such as rolling over, sitting up, crawling, and clapping hands. There is always interaction between your child and their teachers!

We also love to go outside on those nice summer days when the weather is less than 90 degrees. We love buggy rides or just sitting on the playground blowing bubbles or listening to songs and stories. So please make sure your child has sunscreen and a hat. We even go out on cold days if the weather is 20 degrees or above so for those cold months please have a winter hat, coat, and mittens.

All of the babies are on their own sleeping and eating schedule! Please be sure to have all jar food and bottles labeled with your child's name. See 'Daily Schedule' if your child is on table foods.

Cognitive & Sensory

Through the use of finger plays and songs we enhance the children's motor as well as cognitive skills. They learn simple things like waving, clapping, and peek-a-boo. Through art projects, we enhance sensory skills such as finger painting, painting with brushes, using stampers and playing with different textures (for example: cool whip, water and soap, and pudding).

Welcome to Toddler Friends

Things you will Need for the First Day!

- Two sets of extra clothes, including socks
- Bibs (if used)
- Supply of diapers, wipes, and cream/ointment
- Small sheet
- Favorite blanket or doll/stuffed animal for naptime
- Sunscreen, hat, and swimsuit for summer
- Hats, mittens, snow pants, and boots for winter
- Paperwork completed - intake form and emergency card (You will need to update intake forms every 3 months and keep up with physicals every 6 months until the age of two)
We take the children outside every day if the weather is between 20 and 90 degrees.

Please label everything with your child's name!!

Through the use of finger plays and songs we enhance the children's motor as well as cognitive skills. Through art projects, we enhance sensory skills such as finger painting, painting with brushes, using stampers and playing with different textures (for example: cool whip, water and soap, and pudding).

Nap/Quiet Time:
During naptime if the children wake up we will comfort them and give them the opportunity to fall back asleep. If they do not go back to sleep, we give them books, puzzles, and other quiet activities to do while remaining on their cots.

Welcome to Sweet Two’s

Things you Need for the First Day!

- Two (2) extra set of clothes (season appropriate, includes socks & underwear)
- Blanket & sheet (for cot)
- Diapers and wipes
- Art Smock (old t-shirt is fine)
- Winter: coat, hat, waterproof mittens, snow pants, and boots
- Fall/Spring: coat, boots (if muddy outside)
- Summer: sunscreen, swimmer bottoms, water shoes or extra shoes or sandals (for water play outside)

We go outside on a daily basis, please check cubby & book bag each day to replenish used items.

Please label everything with your child's name or initials!!

The activities include, but are not limited to:
- Practice color and shape recognition
- Listen to stories
- Sing songs and finger plays
- Play musical instruments and dance
- Water table activities
- We go for short walks
- Rolling, flipping and crawling on mats
- Kicking and throwing balls
- Painting with fingers, brushes, sponges, feathers, marbles, ice cubes, etc.
- Coloring with markers and crayons
- Gluing many different objects on paper (tissue paper, yarn, leaves, glitter, etc.)
- Cooking projects (cookies, jell-o, pudding pops, cake, etc.)

For naptime each child must bring in a small blanket and they may also have a small pillow and one soft animal or doll to sleep with. We recommend that you take your child's blanket home each week to be washed. We have more than enough toys here for the children, so toys from home are not allowed. It is okay to bring a book or something to share with the class that goes along with our theme of the day. We will let you know when we are having a special day (like teddy bear day) where we allow children to bring in theme toy.

Welcome to Pre- K (3-5)

Things you Need for the First Day!

- Two (2) extra set of clothes (season appropriate, includes socks & underwear)
- Blanket & sheet (for cot) small pillow
- Art Smock (old t-shirt is fine)
- Winter: coat, hat, waterproof mittens, snow pants, and boots
- Fall/Spring: coat, boots (if muddy outside)
- Summer: sunscreen, swimmer bottoms, water shoes or extra shoes or sandals (for water play outside)

We go outside on a daily basis, please check cubby & book bag each day to replenish used items.

Please label everything with your child's name or initials!!

The activities include, but are not limited to:
- Listen to stories, Letter recognition
- Sing songs, finger plays, Play musical instruments and dance
- Water table activities
- We go for a short walks and bike riding
- Rolling, flipping and crawling on mats, Kicking and throwing balls
- Painting with fingers, brushes, sponges, feathers, marbles, ice cubes, etc., Coloring with markers and crayons
- Gluing & taping many different objects on paper (tissue paper, yarn, leaves, glitter, etc.)
- Cooking projects (cookies, jell-o, pudding pops, cakes, etc.)
Please see Program sheet for a detailed activities.

For rest time each child must bring in a small blanket and they may also have a small pillow and one soft animal or doll to sleep with.

In our classrooms, we use a thematic approach to our curriculum. We believe that children learn primarily through play and hands-on learning activities. Our room is divided into several different learning centers. Each day we add activities and toys to enrich each center according to the theme of the week.

We try to have a balance of teacher directed and child initiated activities throughout the day. We have set times for learning center activities and we set up writing and math activities as well for the children. A special art activity is usually set up during learning center time too. The children use the computer daily and we go outside to do large motor activities.