I will strive to provide a safe, comfortable, stimulating, fun, educational environment in my home with a structured day plan. It is my goal to expose the children to as much information as I can. I will have a lot of guided activities with the learning process involved in everything we do.
Activities will include free playtime, structured playtime, large motor skill playtime, small motor skills activities, story time, arts and crafts, music and dance activities, and educational yet fun activities. I will also provide nutritious meals and snacks and encourage good personal hygiene skills and manners.
Through a mixture of guided and undirected creative play, children in my care will have the opportunity to learn about color, shapes, textures, numbers, letters, animals, seasons, feelings, senses, nutrition, basic science and math concepts, and creative concepts such as “pretend” play, art, music, and dance.
These may sound like lofty goals for infants, toddlers and preschoolers, but children can learn all of these things and more through creative play. By providing the right kind of fun safe environment, I believe children will learn at their own appropriate pace.