Sandcastle Child Care and Preschool Center

A.

Sandcastle Child Care hours are 6:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, 12 months a year. We provide age appropriate experiences, with one to six or seven ratio.

B.

Children are supervised at all times by a qualified staff person. Staff interact with the children during play and activities while providing age-appropriate learning experience for each child's physical, intellectual, social, and emotional developmental needs in a loving, caring environment.

C.

Our program is arranged to accommodate children individually, in small groups, and larger groups, to facilitate a wide variety of activities and experiences. Staff encourage child-selected activities and experiences, while required participation in group activities is limited.

B.

Our staff seek the following goals for each Toddler in the program:

1.

Help a child develop a healthy self concept through positive guidance and discipline techniques in a loving, caring environment.

2.

Provide an atmosphere where toddlers can play individually and in a group and begin to learn social skills by learning to share and listen to each other.

3.

Encourage communication skills and language development by role modeling and speaking to children at their level.

4.

Give the children a love and respect for nature by providing opportunities to play and experience outdoors.

5.

Provide for each child's emotional and developmental needs as described in the following goals and objectives:

a.

Physical development (gross and fine motor):

Gross - Large muscle play - encourage climbing activities

Physical movement - variety of physical movements

Balance - become aware of obstacles that can create loss of balance

Fine - Small muscle play - encourage manipulation of fingers

Eye-hand coordination - encourage use of toys, books, and tools

b.

Intellectual development:

Language development - encourage speaking in clear sentences

Problem solving - figuring out by exploring

Personal growth - identify basic body parts and what each can do

Reading readiness - encourage eye movement from left to right

c.

Social development:

Basic routine - following the same pattern daily

Behavior skills - encourage good habits, discouraging bad

Playing skills (alone and in group) - encourage social interaction and individual times

d.

Emotional development:

Create self confidence - encouragement of doing various items by themselves

Allow choices - provide different areas to explore

Encourage curiosity and self motivating - provide a cheerful, inviting atmosphere for play and work.

E.

Some of the activities provided are:

1.

Physical:

Gross:

sliding, climbing on climbing toys, ball play, playing games, dancing to records

Fine:

coloring, pasting, using chalk easel, playing with blocks and puzzles, turning pages to books, playing with puppets, water and sand play

2.

Intellectual: story time, singing songs, puzzles / matching cards, arts and crafts, naming pictures, numbers, colors, and shapes

3.

Social: group games, arts and craft activities, quiet activity time

4.

Emotional: dressing and undressing of dolls and personal clothing, toilet training, selecting colors and shapes to use at play and work, creating colorful pictures for the walls and to take home

F.

Conference forms are filled out by the teacher twice a year, in May and November. The parent is asked to sign a copy of the conference form which is then put in the child's file; a copy is also given to the parent. Time is set aside in May for a personal conference between parent and teacher, if the parent desires one.

G.

Daily Schedule: