Jul 28, 2017
Childcare for many parents comes with the feeling of guilt for leaving your child or children in care instead of at home with you where all children should be……… so some people believe
Childcare can provide many benefits.
The top 10 reasons for your child to attend childcare include:
For the children
1. Relationships with other children their own age, educators and materials
2. Control over the direction of their learning
3. Vast array of educational resources and experiences of touch, hearing, seeing, listening and tasting
4. Educators with extensive up to date knowledge in the development of birth-5 year olds
5. Environments designed for different types of play and learning with many opportunities to express themselves
6. Links to the wider community
7. Ability to form independence
For parents
8. Ability to continue with their own career path
9. Assurance your children are being provided with early education
10. Respite (we all need a bit of that every now and then)
Western Australia now has its first National Curriculum for birth-5 year olds, there is no better time to consider childcare.
For more information about the curriculum visit www.acecqa.gov.au
Jul 28, 2017
Selecting the right childcare centre for you and your family can be a difficult and scary challenge. As a mum myself, I know how it felt leaving my children with the educators, and that was in a centre I owned, where I knew the staff.
To help you on your journey in searching for what suits your family best, I have come up with 5 suggestions to make your starting point a little easier.
1. Look for childcare close to home – the last thing you want at the end of a work day is to be stuck in peak hour traffic with a tired child. Google childcare in your area and have the names of 3 or 4 centres to contact.
2. Have a list of questions important to you to have answered for example
– What will my child do throughout the day?
– What are the centre opening and closing times?
– What is the daily cost to me?
3. Make initial contact with the centres – Give all centres a call. 1st impressions in childcare are generally made within 3 seconds according to ‘Care for Kids’ 2011. If the centre representative is willing and able to answer all your questions the centre is probably worth pursuing with a visit.
4. Follow your gut feeling when viewing the centres – If it feels right, it probably is. Ensure you are given the time and attention to view the centre and have all your questions answered. The way the physical centre presents itself and the engagement you receive from staff gives you an initial impression of trust.
5. Stop – Evaluate – Decide – Once you have visited the centres, compare the pros and cons and decide on the centre that best suits your family’s individual needs and circumstances.
Jul 29, 2015
“We value space, to create a handsome environment and its potential to inspire social, affective and cognitive learning. The space is an aquarium that mirrors the ideas and values of the people who live in it” – Loris Malaguzzi
(more…)
Jun 25, 2015
“The best classroom and the richest cupboard is roofed only by the sky“
Margaret McMillan
May 26, 2015
DREAMS…..we all have them, we all have the special one we hope will come true.
In April we encouraged the children to dream big and take on the world. We asked them all different things about their dreaming
(more…)
Apr 30, 2015
We are all different, our perceptions, our paradigms, our passions, all are different.
As Albert Einstein said:
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
(more…)
Recent Comments