Our Infant/Toddler Licensed Group Daycare hours of operation are from 8:00am - 5:00pm. The following daily schedule is an outline of a typical day with the infants and toddlers. Keep in mind again that, if needed, the schedule will include children’s individual needs based on their age.

For those children who do not take a nap we encourage quiet time, this time allows them to rest, wind down and not disrupt sleeping children. We have a separate room allocated for quiet time activities such as reading, puzzles, drawing etc…

 Sample Daily Schedule

ACTIVITY GUIDE

At Aubrey Daycare Centre we believe in responsive planning. That means balancing thinking ahead about what activities we might do during a week or a day with following a child's lead at particular moments. Responsive planning is one of the keys to building relationships with each child in the group. Even though we develop a plan for each day, we will always be open to following children's interests and addressing their needs. As we work with the children, we observe and think about what we see and hear, and respond instantly in the moment!  

From birth, your child has been exploring the world taking in sights and sounds and textures, sorting them out, and making discoveries about how things work. Even very young children are capable learners. Our program will build on your child’s natural curiosity about the world. Staff will carefully set up the environment so that your child will find interesting things to explore and learn from everyday activities.
Here are some of the activities and experiences your child will enjoy at the centre:

Playing with Toys
Toys are natural teachers. Children learn new skills while they have fun.

Our program has a selection of toys appropriate for the ages and interests of the children.

Dabbling in Art
Using art materials to express ideas and emotions gives children another language for communicating. For very young children, art activities are sensory experiences. The children will enjoy:

• Exploring textures such as bumpy corduroy and silky satin
• Observing colors from the sunlight streaming through a prism
• Squeezing and rolling edible playdough
• Making crayon marks on a paper
• Painting on paper
• Gluing, sticking and cutting; making cards and pictures
• Drawing with sidewalk chalk

While your child is an infant and toddler, you probably won't see many art products coming home. But these early sensory motor experiences lay the foundation for a lifetime of creative expression.

Imitating and Pretending
Pretend play builds imagination, promotes social skills, and is one of the ways your child gains a better understanding of daily experiences. Imitation is the beginning of pretend play. You may have seen your child

• Crawl on all fours and pretend to be an animal
• Pick up a toy telephone and carry on a conversation
• Hold and feed a doll
• Push a block along the floor and make a train sound
• Roll playdough into a ball and say "Apple"

Children should be encouraged to imitate and pretend. Our teachers will participate in their play, taking on a pretend role themselves. They also provide props that inspire pretending: stuffed animals, dolls, baby carriages, play telephones, pots and pans, dishes, some hats, and dress-up clothes.

Enjoying Stories and Books
The warm feelings your child experiences when you cuddle together and read a book or tell a story can lead to a lifelong love for reading. Research shows that children who have been read to often and from an early age enter school with more advanced language and better listening skills than those who have not had these experiences. The time you spend sharing books and telling stories at home with your child is time well spent.

Our teachers will read books with your child every day. Young children enjoy stories about familiar objects and experiences, with lots of repetition, rhyming verses, and simple plots. And toddlers especially like predictable stories so they can anticipate what will happen next!

Tasting and Preparing Food
Food nourishes the body and the mind. At home, when you allow your child time to mash, smear, and squish food around, you encourage rich sensory experiences. Inviting your toddler to help prepare meals with you is a wonderful way to promote thinking, social, and fine motor skills all at the same time. And your child will experience a sense of pride in being able to help you with grown-up tasks.

At our Centre, your child will have tasting and food preparation experiences:

• Stirring cinnamon in apple sauce
• Dipping banana chunks into yogurt
• Spreading jelly on crackers
• Squeezing lemons to make lemonade
• Punching dough to make bread

Exploring Sand and Water
Water play is a natural part of everyday life. It becomes a special activity when props such as rubber animals, balls, boats, funnels, bottles, and cups are added to a small amount of water in a tub.

Sand play leads to discoveries (such as what happens when water is added to sand), develops fine motor skills (pouring sand into a pail), and promotes pretending (creating a sand castle).

Having Fun with Music and Movement
Music and movement experiences take place every day in our centre, listening to different kinds of music, moving to music, singing songs, and creating music with simple instruments. These experiences are enjoyable and teach important skills.

Research suggests that listening to and creating music help wire parts of the brain in ways that can help children understand math and science concepts.

Going Outdoors
Time outdoors is important for a child’s health and well-being. Your child will have lots of outdoor playtime and enjoy a range of experiences:

• Crawling, rolling, swinging
• Climbing, jumping, sliding, throwing, running
• Gardening; flowers, fruits and vegetables
• Collecting pinecones, leaves, sticks, and acorns
• Feeling the grass
• Watching ants move along the sidewalk and squirrels scurry up trees
• Scooting along on wheel toys
• Sand and water play
• Going on neighborhood walks

Our outdoor play area will invite your child to stretch and strengthen large muscles, breath fresh air, and take in the sunshine and the natural world.

Themes and Special Occasions
We will incorporate different themes into our activities such as; weather, transportation, feelings, multi-cultural events and holidays etc. slowly introducing children to all these different experiences.

Weekly Activity Plan
Here are a couple of examples of weekly activities and snacks your child will enjoy.

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