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At Learning and Growing,
our teachers implement a program based on
the “emergent curriculum”. By this we mean
that the teachers observe and listen to the
children during their play. They are
looking for specific areas of interest in
which the children might be showing some
excitement or curiosity. From there, the
teachers plan activities based on those
interests while building on and/or
introducing new skills or concepts. As you
can imagine, the children are always more
willing to participate in the activities
when they revolve around their personal
interests. Therefore, you will notice that
every group will be doing different
activities based on their interests and
their developmental level.
Throughout their program
however, you can expect your child to
experience a variety of activities.
Possible activities include: cooking and
science, creative (arts and crafts), fine
motor (beading, lacing), large motor
(movement games), cognitive (memory games,
concepts), social (sharing, turn-taking,
etc.)
We encourage you
to discuss your child’s
program with their leader at any time.
Our day is
structured yet flexible enough to
accommodate the daily routines of each
individual child. The following is an
outline of a typical day:
7:00 .a.m.
- Centre Opens
7:30 a.m.
- Infant room opens
Children and
families are greeted and say good-bye.
Some children have their breakfast; others
jump right into free play.
Snack is brought
out and offered throughout the early
morning.
9:30 a.m.
- Children gather into their groups with
their group leader. Circle time
begins.
10:30 a.m.
- Groups prepare for time outdoors.
Some groups used our newly renovated outdoor
play space, as well we have a variety of
parks including Chapman School playground
that we use daily.
11:30 a.m.
- Lunch is served
12:30 p.m.
- Naptime/Quiet time. Activity time
for the Kindergarten children and "non-nappers"
2:30 p.m.
- Afternoon snack is served. Free
choice activities. All activity areas
are open.
3:30 p.m. -
Art, circle, large muscle activities are
offered.
4:30 to close
- A variety of music, free play, active
and quiet activities are offered throughout
the end of the day until children are picked
up.
5:30 p.m.
- Infant room closes
6:00 p.m.
- Centre is closed
We also have a
variety of outings during the year which may
be directly in the community; or we may
venture a little farther. Typically,
we have groups that visit the zoo,
Assiniboine park, the local library, fire
station, local wading pools etc. All
field trips are pre-planned and require
parental permission as well as volunteers to
ensure the children's safety while away from
the centre.
From time to
time we also have special visitors who come
to the centre. These people always
have something special to share with the
children. Some of the visitors that we
have had include:
Every day is new
and exciting with lots of special
events to look
forward to!
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