Rainbow Family
Daycare
Programs
"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world". Nelson Mandela
The best you have to offer a young child is patience and understanding. Proper direction and open communication with the parents, will give the child the ability to develop academically, socially, emotionally and physically. I have found it very rewarding functioning as a family day care, but incorporating nursery school philosophy into my curriculum. It gives the parents and children the best of both types of programs: the intimacy and low teacher/student ratio of family day care, as well as the structure and stimulation of a nursery school environment.
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Goals for the younger children... (ages 18 months to 3 years old)
The academic goals for these children are being able to recognize their colors, shapes, numbers, letters, and names in print. We teach them about safety, learniing their addresses and phone numbers. We pay attention to their cognitive skills and help improve their motor skills. We even help in the potty training stage as well:)
Goals for the older children... (ages 3 years old and up)
Academically, it is time to prepare them for kindergarten. We start putting those letters we have learned together to make words. We make sure the children can hold a pencil properly and write their name. Proper use of a scissors, able to dress themselves, including buttoning and zippering are important skills for this age. Being able to toliet themselves, as well as sit, listen and follow directions, just more skills to be taught in preparation for kindergarten.
Goals for all children...
- Academic: The children will learn all the basics of pre-school with kindergarten preparation being the end result. They will all be grouped
according to their ablility and progress at their own rate.
- Social: The children are encouraged to develop social skills such as sharing, cooperating, and learning to function within a group settiing, as
well as to constructively occupy their time independently.
- Emotional: Every effort is made to assure that the children are comfortable within thier surroundings and with each other.
- Physical: Daily physical activities, both inside and out, are done to develop both fine and gross motor skills.
- Nutritional: Rainbow has a formal nutritional component incorporated into its curriculum sponsered through Child Health and Nutrition.
Fun, Fun, Fun: The most important goal of all, is that the children achieve all of the above, while having loads of fun!
