Child Care Daily Schedule

Our daily schedule is flexible, yet carefully designed to promote your child's development and creativity through a balance of educational, stimulating and fun activities. Following a daily schedule helps children feel secure because they can depend on a consistent routine and predict the events of each day. The daily schedule also helps you understand how your child spends his or her day. Each day is mostly child-directed; not guided by the clock.

A Child Care Daily Schedule Encourages Success

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Studies show that children learn differently than adults and have different daily needs than adults have. Our daily child care schedule is designed to make the most of these differences and meet the needs of your child by providing a flexible, balanced routine that maximizes learning through play. We use the Family Child Care Environment Rating Scale (FCCERS-R) as a tool to design a healthy, safe and natural learning environment for your child. Our environment is arranged into different interest areas which enable your child to explore and develop at his or her own level. We use the FCCERS-R numerical scale to evaluate and improve our program.

Daily Schedules Provide Routine

Children need consistency in their daily routines. They thrive on routine, it helps them make sense of the world and gives them a sense of security. An appropriately structured routine can help reinforce positive behaviors in children and minimize negative behaviors. Young children, especially, have problems dealing with disruptions and disorganization throughout the day. When children cannot depend upon a routine or a routine is changed often, their behavior tends to reflect the routine - chaotic and inconsistent. Our daily child care schedule provides routine and structure for children so that they know basically what to expect from day to day.

Our Child Care Daily Schedule is Flexible

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Our daily schedule provides a basic framework for our days, but is not rigid. Rigidity in a schedule offers its own set of problems. When an activity is especially engrossing or demands a few additional minutes, it is beneficial to adjust the schedule to accomodate the activity. Problems can result when children are regularly asked to stop engrossing work to engage in something less meaningful. This can promote negative or destructive behavior in the child. The child care schedule schedule may vary on a daily basis because it is based on the children's interests and needs. We also vary the schedule according to the weather and the season; spending more time outside when it's nice out and more time inside when it's cold.

Our Child Care Daily Schedule is Balanced

The daily child care schedule at Amy & Kids Co. Family Child Care is designed so that children can choose from a variety of educational and recreational activities. Children need a balanced schedule that alternates long active periods with short quiet times, and brief teacher-led instruction with ample child-led learning through play. All activities are guided by the children's interests; structured activities are available for the children to participate in if they desire but children are not forced to participate. No child will ever be required to watch TV or a video, other activities are always available when the TV is on.

Play-Based Child Care Daily Schedule

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Young children are naturally curious and learn best by exploring and discovering for themselves through play. Play is essential for all children's well-being and development. New concepts, improved skills and enhanced comprehension come to children through play. Children's senses help them to experience the world around them, and their imaginations take them anywhere they want to go. While playing, children learn to originate and organize ideas, become more flexible in problem solving, and develop longer attention spans. During play children learn to communicate their thoughts, feelings, ideas and needs to others. Our daily child care schedule gives ample time for play and provides a variety of educational materials and experiences for the children to choose from.