Room Aims

BABY BEARS ROOM AIMS

3 MONTHS TO 1 YEAR

PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT

Our aim is to promote and encourage the children to develop in all areas. We do this by providing the children with activities that promote physical, emotional, social, intellectual, vision, fine movement and hearing and speech development.

When a baby first enters the nursery at 3 months of age, we first assess their stage and development to establish what exactly the baby is capable of.

Our aim is to provide suitable activities for the babies that will encourage them to develop and refine all aspects of their physical development.

At around 3-4 months, activities such as the baby gym are used to develop their back muscles when they are placed in the prone position and this is also used to encourage hand and eye co-ordination and offer visual stimulation during play.

Toys such as rattles are also used to encourage the babies to grasp objects in their hands and to develop hand and co-ordination.

By 6 months of age, the baby will have developed enough hand and eye coordination to take objects to the mouth and also pass from one hand to the other.

We encourage sitting skills by using the activity ring and bean bags/pillows to prop-up the baby. This helps to strengthen their back muscles so that eventually they are able to sit up unassisted.

To develop a baby socially we encourage the babies to play together. By doing this on a regular basis it will eventually develop into group play thus achieving our aim of good child interaction skills.

We also aim to develop a good bond between nursery staff and baby and by doing this the child will not feel so unsettled while they are at the nursery. This is achieved by talking, singing and playing with the babies and also spending valuable time with them.

To encourage social development, the children sit in a circle at certain times of the day for 'milk times' and group activities. Mealtimes are also spent together in a similar way. Throughout the day the children are given the opportunity to sing songs and read books together and they usually respond by copying each other's actions and enjoying the movements together.

During the day we have two rooms set up for the children to play in which gives them constant access to a variety of toys and also the freedom of them choosing who they want to play with and the opportunity also to interact together or play on their own.

At this age the children begin to show affection towards people and toys e.g. giving teddies and dolls kisses and cuddles. They also begin to ask for certain people by calling their name out loud to make their needs known during play.

INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT

The children have a good understanding of the environment and within the nursery this is stimulated through themed displays and visual aids.

Books are also used to provide the children with the opportunity to learn further as they learn to match the pictures with words and names.

Language development encourages intellectual advancement through speech and we continually promote these skills through the daily routine within the nursery. To develop the children generally, colour and alphabet learning games along with name matching are also practised through play arid also more complex activities are undertaken everyday within the nursery environment.

BABY BEARS DAILY ROUTINE

7.30am - 8.30am:	Breakfast served
8.30am - 9.00am:	Free play
9.00am:	Nappy change
9.15am - 10.00am:	Creatove activities: Hand/Feet Painting Water Play Sand Play Painting To enourage the senses of touch and sight
10.00am - 10.30am:	Garden play
10.30am - 11.00am:	Construction play: Lego Stickle Bricks Mega Blocks To help promote fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination
11.00am:	Nappy change
11.15am - 12.00pm:	Lunch time
12.00pm - 2.00pm:	Main sleep time
2.00pm - 3.00pm:	Imaginative play: Tea set Cars etc
3.00pm - 3.30pm:	Physical play: Walkers Balls Musical Instruments etc
3.30pm - 4.00pm:	Tea time
4.00pm - 6.30pm:	Free play

Big Bears & Purple Room Aims

1 YEAR TO 2 YEARS

1. Our aim to promote and encourage the children to develop in all areas.
   
2. This is provided by promoting emotional, social, intellectual fine movements and physical development.
   
3. In the room we provide and encourage activities that are suitable for their age group.
   
4. At the play time the children have the opportunity to choose which activities they would to play with.
   
5. We also have structured routine for the children within the room.
   
6. To promote physical development activities such as garden play, ball games, large play, push-a-long toys, balls and ball pit and Tunnel etc arranged through the day.
   
7. Intellectual development promote through posters, display boards, and other visual through speech, story time and singing encourage the language development.
   
8. During the story time and group activities, language skills are developed by introducing words and sounds.
   
9. We provide a secure environment within the rooms and ensure the children are happy content with their surroundings.
   
10. Children receive same love and care from each staff member within the nursery as much they get from their parents.
    
11. Childs creativity developed through painting, colouring and sticking while encouraging motor skills.
    
12. The pincer grasps and hand-eye coordination skills developed through the activities such as wooden bricks, stickle bricks, mega blocks and other construction toys.
    
13. Social skills are developed through allowing children to interact with all the children in nursery in different age groups. They will play together, have meals together and participate in circle time.
    
14. It is also the aim to develop a good bond between child and the staff members within room and throughout the nursery.
    
15. The daily routine of each room is constructed to facilitate to develop above skills.
    
16. Overall we provide a secure, loving and safe environment within the room.
    

Big Bears and Purple Room Routines

7.30am - 8.30am:	Breakfast
8.30am:	Big bears and purple room together free play
9.00am:	Nappy change
9.30am:	Big bears and purple room seperated

Red & Yellow Room Aims

2 YEARS TO 3 YEARS

Our aim is to promote the all round development of the children in our care by providing a wide range of activities. Through these activities the children are learning to develop socially, physical, emotionally and linguistically.

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

We aim to help the children to learn socially by encouraging them to interact positively with both their carers and also the other children around them during play. This is achieved by encouraging them to take part in lots of learning group activities in a positive way such as meal times, drink times, stories & singing, messy play and music and movement activities.

PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT

We aim to promote physical development by providing lots of gross motor activities such as pushing, pulling, jumping and skipping games during the day.
This helps to develop large muscle movement and good balance skills.

Fine motor skills are developed through activities such as threading, drawing, painting & dressing during play.

LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT

We aim to encourage language development by providing activities that promote the children to use their language and speech skills to their advantage.

Visual aids, stories, posters and singing all give children the incentive to discuss and develop new words and speech skills during play. We will aim to introduce lots of new and exciting ideas and language so that the children are able to stretch their imagination skills at the same time.

During group activity times the children are all given the opportunity to voice their views individually to everyone else, with of course the need for turn taking skills being encouraged. This helps to give the children a feeling of importance and also develops quality interaction within a group.

INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT

We aim to promote this by encouraging memory and thinking skills during ploy. We introduce number, shape, colour and alphabet work through work sheets and flash cards and this gives the children the opportunity to progress and develop further.

EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT

We aim to develop the children emotionally by encouraging them to act out their choice of expression through play and also help them to show affection freely towards their peers and adults. We also promote and encourage consideration towards others during play.

We will continually provide a variety of activities to help the children in our care within the nursery to develop further in all areas of learning.

PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT

We aim to promote this by helping the children to use their gross motor skills both in the garden and inside the nursery.

We achieve this by encouraging the children to climb the climbing frame and also the slide unaided or with little assistance.

The cars and bikes are available during outdoor play to promote muscle strength and the children ore encouraged to run, hop, skip and jump using hoops, balls, beanbag and cones as they help to develop good balance and co-ordination skills.

We also help them to climb and jump through tunnels and also to move their bodies to music and movement and throw, catch and kick balls.

Without fail the children are also encouraged to develop their fine manipulative skills by using a pencil/crayons, playing with cars and trains and building tall towers using small blocks and bricks.

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

This is encouraged by the constant action of sitting together in a group at meal times and for drinks. buring this time the children take it in turns to give out the toast, which encourages good social interaction skills.

All children are encouraged to share toys and tà play together nicely. We hold group activity times where we all sit together and play games, talk and listen and sing songs/read stories.

These will include mathematical and numeric comprehension with the use of work sheets, sorting objects, puzzles, threading and counting blocks.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORLD

We aim to encourage this by helping the children to explore their surroundings both inside and outside of the nursery by introducing lots of different themes and topics.

Where possible we will aim to take the children on various outings to the local library, post office or park.

The children are also encouraged to take part in lots of new and exciting activities such as cooking and water & sand play.

CREATIVITY

This is generally available to children of all ages within the nursery and we like them to express themselves through creative and messy play by experimenting with lots of new and different colours and textures e.g. painting, sticking, collage work and printing.

RED & YELLOW ROOM DAILY ROUTINE

8.00 - 8.30am:	Breakfast and free play
9.00am:	Flashcard and weather chart activity time
9.30am:	Late shifts arrives. Group creative activity time
10.15am:	Milk and toast time
10.30am:	Nappy changing/toilet training
10.45am:	Outdoor garden time. Indoor free play
11.30am:	Group singing and story time
11.45am:	Children's lunch time
12.00pm:	Sleep time for all children. STAFF LUNCH BREAKS
2.15pm:	Nappy change/toilet training
2.30pm:	Milk and biscuit time
2.45pm:	Individual group activity time
3.45pm:	Singing and story time
4.00pm:	Tea time
4.30pm:	Nappy changing/toilet training
4.45pm:	Quiet time and free play
5.00pm:	Early shift leaves
5.45pm:	Water and snack time
6.15pm:	Tidy room and set up for next day
6.30pm:	Last child leaves

BLUE GROUP AIMS

3 YEARS TO 5 YEARS

Our aim is to encourage the all round development of the children by providing a wide range of fun activities. Through these activities the children are able to develop in every aspect.

PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT

We aim to promote physical development by encouraging the children to acquire fine and gross motor skills by providing a wide variety of fun activities and games.

These will include music and movement, which is good for developing all of their body muscles through the actions of bending, stretching and jumping.

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

This is developed by encouraging the children to react and act positively towards others during play.

Group activities and social events such as meal times are the ideal places for this to be developed generally. Turn taking skills are also praised within the group activity.

LANGUAGE & LITERACY DEVELOPMENT

We aim to promote language skills by providing good conversation opportunities during the day.

Generally, group activities such as story telling will incorporate more detailed stories to enable the children to gain longer concentration skills. This will also apply with songs and rhymes.

INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT

This is developed through providirig the children with a wide range of fun but at the same time educational activities during the day.

Colouring permits the children to use lots of different coloured pencils, crayons, pens and chalk and also gives them the opportunity to develop hand and eye co-ordination as they learn to keep within the lines.

We also encourage the children to play with corriflour, playdough and pasta while promoting the discussion of different textures which all help to develop their fine manipulative skills.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORLD

We aim to promote the children's knowledge and understanding of the world by encouraging them to explore their surroundings and to learn from their experiences.

We sometimes take them on outings to the park, post office or local library and encourage lots of discussion on what they have seen and general road safety.

Everyone is encouraged to share and take turns during play and to talk openly about his or her feelings and friendships.

We read stories and undertake lots of activities that reflect different religions, cultures and genders and also encourage the children to dress up in a variety of different outfits that help to promote imaginative play.

Basic science skills are introduced to the older children through the activity of pouring and measuring liquids such as water/sand, and we also help and encourage the children to grow and core for their own personal nature projects e.g. cress and general plants.

As an additional educational activity for those children who are over 2 years of age we also provide both French and computer lessons twice weekly.

The general overall motto of Dee's Day Nursery is:

'OUR NURSERY IS A SAFE, WARM PLACE WHERE WE LOVE, LISTEN
AND LEARN.'

BLUE GROUP DAILY ROUTINE

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