PHILOSOPHY

 At It’s A Kidz World Child Care Center we believe that all children are unique, and it is our responsibility to help them develop to their fullest potential.  We believe it is essential for children to be in a positive, safe, healthy, caring and nurturing environment.  At It’s A Kidz World we believe that parents are the most important part of a child’s life and we will work with parents as partners for the benefit of the child and we also believe in providing children with opportunities that are appropriate to their age and stage of development.

Center Staff

 Our staff is committed to the highest quality of care and developmental needs of each child.  Every staff member meets the required qualifications established by state regulation.

 We employ people who are warm and nurturing, who understand child development, who can apply their knowledge in the classroom, who meets all of the state requirements, who are mature and who respect each child as an individual.  We seek employees who value working as a team with parents, colleagues, and volunteers.

 Each staff member has on file three written references from previous employers and/or supervisors.  We require a background check and physical examination for every staff person.

 Each staff member participates in continuing training programs throughout their employment.  Our staff is committed to complying with the state regulation that requires twelve hours of in-service training each year.  As well as CPR and First Aid Training. We promote professional growth by encouraging our staff to earn the Child Development Associate (CDA) credential first, and pursue a degree in Early Childhood or a related field.  Our staff is committed to working in partnership with you in meeting the needs of your child.

Learning Programs

 Each child is unique.  Daily activities provided are appropriate for child’s age and interest and are planned in accordance with the age, developmental levels and interests of the child.  Our learning programs are child centered and bilingual.  Our curriculums: Reach for the Stars and the Creative Curriculum, they are developmentally appropriate and also teach sign language and self help skills; which are important to help very young children communicate effectively, socialize and feel independent.  Room arrangements and furnishings are kid friendly and child-sized. 

 Infants
(6 weeks – 17months)

 Infants receive quality individual care and attention.  Their needs are monitored carefully and their day is planned to coincide with home schedules for important routines like feeding and sleeping.

•  Visual stimulation- bright colors, interesting shapes to look at

•  Social interaction- playing and sharing with other children

•  Motor skills and muscle development- building with blocks, catching and throwing, shape sorting

•  Language development- interaction with the teachers and other children

•  Exploring their senses- touch, smell, taste, hear

•  Trust in adults- relationships with caregivers

 Toddlers
(18 months- 24 months)

 Children in the toddler class have fun experiences participating in large and small groups and individual activities that encourage development in everything from fine motor to language skills.  They are encouraged to gain independence as they explore their environment.  Children learn through play and they experience many exciting activities in language, math, social, and motor skills development.

•  Social interaction- playing and sharing with other children

•  Gaining independence- teaching and allowing children to do things on their own with help if needed

•  Learning to explore and experiment, discovering things in their environment and thinking about how they work

•  Learning to deal with emotions and frustration, hitting, biting, and throwing

•  Matching and sorting colors

•  Developing fine motor skills-puzzles, blocks

•  Understanding quanity-1 block, 2 blocks, etc.

•  Exploring their senses- tasting, felling, smelling, hearing objects in their environment

•  Developing language skills- under standing most of the simple sentences spoken to them and learning to speak in three to five word sentences and carrying on simple conversations.

   Transition
(3 years- 4 years)

 Children in transition class are encouraged to achieve and grow in physical, intellectual, emotional, and social skills.  The focus is to develop self-help skills, language, and social skills.  By encouraging the children to follow directions, solve problems, work cooperatively, and express themselves creatively.

•  Self-help skills- understands and able to dress, undress, and recognize restroom needs and go successfully.

•  Colors and shapes- recognizes and names primary colors, recognizes basic shapes

•  Numbers- recognizes number 0 to10, uses numbers 0-10 in counting, compare quantities to determine more or less, identify penny, nickel, dime, quarter

•  Languages- experiments with writing independently, pretends to read, listens and responds to literature, recognizes first and last names, follows simple directions

•  Concepts- understands big and little, long and short, understands up and down, in and out, understand hot and cold, understands day and night

•  Motor skills- able to run and jump, able, to clap hands, build with blocks, completes simple puzzles, draws and colors

•  Social emotional development- knows home address and phone number, plays and shares with other children, puts toys away and helps with chores, able to work independently

 Preschool
(3 years to 5 years)

 Children in preschool class are encouraged to achieve and grow in physical, intellectual, emotional, and social skills.  The focus is to develop self-help skills, language, and social skills.  By encouraging the children to follow directions, solve problems, work cooperatively, and express themselves creatively.

•  Color and shapes- recognizes and names primary colors, recognizes basic shapes

•  Numbers- recognizes number 0 to10, uses numbers 0-10 in counting, compare quantities to determine more or less, identify penny, nickel, dime, quarter

•  Languages- experiments with writing independently, pretends to read, listens and responds to literature, recognizes first and last names, follows simple directions

•  Concepts- understands big and little, long and short, understands up and down, in and out, understand hot and cold, understands day and night

•  Motor skills- able to run and jump, able, to clap hands, build with blocks, completes simple puzzles, draws and colors

•  Social emotional development- knows home address and phone number, plays and shares with other children, puts toys away and helps with chores, able to work independently

 School-Age
(6 years to 13 years)

 Children in the school-age class are encouraged to achieve and grow in physical, intellectual, emotional, and social skills.  The focus is to help develop language, math and other academic skills by encouraging the children to follow directions, solve problems, work cooperatively, express themselves creatively, and complete school assignments.

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