At Dottie's Day Care we have raised many children from
six weeks old until they enter kindergarten. We accommodate the
baby's schedules, sleeping patterns eating and feeding
schedules.
Integration
The babies in our care are fully involved in our program when they want to
be. We allow them to participate in activities such as music and learning
times as they are ready. They have the opportunity to interact with other
children at a young age. The babies seem to really enjoy the older
children. The older children enjoy playing with and teaching the babies
new things it's like they have a little brother or sister. Our older
children have been raised with babies around and are very kind and gentle
with the infants. We allow 4 infants, age 2
years and under, in our care at one time.
Education
We have age appropriate toys that help stimulate awareness and sensory growth
for infants.
As the children get older we have games and toys that help them with the
development of small motor control. When the babies are ready we work on
basic concepts like shapes, colors, numbers and animals with hands on fun activities.
These activities help develop speech
and awareness.
Sleeping
We have a separate room where the babies sleep based on their schedules. We accommodate their schedules so they have the opportunity to
sleep when they need to and get the rest they require. We have found that in
the child care environment babies become very aware at an early age and do not
want to miss out on all the fun.
Eating
We ask that parents provide formula for their children and we provide all baby food
along with bottles (Avent). We move children to solid food as they develop a
desire and require additional nutrients. They are
monitored very closely while eating to insure they can handle eating solid foods.
We enjoy the babies in our care it is a wonderful and rewarding experience to
watch babies develop into toddlers, then preschoolers, and into little men
and women. We have had many children come back after they have been in
school for a few years and they have become bright lights in our world.
