Infant (0-19 months)

Infant Room Capacity: 8 Infants
Two staff members are needed to operate the infant room when it is at full capacity.
This daily routine is just a guide as we ensure that the needs of infants are met throughout the day. A variety of music is played all day, including ethnic, lullabies, country, African and popular children’s music.
Feeding and diapering time is used as learning and bonding time between staff and child. The staff talks to the children, explaining what they are doing with the use of expressions and songs. This enables or develops trust in infants towards adults.
06:30 am – 09:30 am
Babies arrive, bottles and diaper bags are put away. We take note of any information provided by parents. Feed babies with their bottles (formula or breast-milk) and give them a morning snack as they arrive. Babies who are done, start to play.
09:30 am – 10:30 am
Free play (soft activities, blocks, noise toys, rattles, push & pull toys, nesting & stacking toys, house area, open-ended crafts, play dough, water play, informal story time, puzzles, weather permitting outdoor fun).
10:30 am – 11:15 am
Younger infants are fed lunch and changed.
11:15 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
Older infants clean up and get ready for lunch, while younger infants either play or fall asleep.
12:15 pm – 12:45 pm
Older infants eat lunch, or get diapered and get ready for a nap.
12:45 pm – 3:00 pm
Early risers are taken out of bed at nap time, given a little snack or drink, and given quiet activities (reading a book or doing a puzzle).
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm
All babies are changed.
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm free play (music center, house area, soft blocks, rattles, art, i.e., large crayon coloring & painting, puzzles, water play dough, weather permitting, and outdoor fun).
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
It’s clean-up time as we make the babies ready to go home. Diapering, informal reading, and quiet activities are done during this time.
Diapering and feeding are done as needed.

Preschool (3 years to 4 1/2 years)

The ratio in this room varies depending on the ages of the children. If the majority of the children are between 3 and 4 years old, the child-to-staff ratio is 1:8. And when the majority of the children are 4 years old or less than 5 years old, the child to staff ration is 1:10.
Preschool Room Daily Routine
6:30- 7-30am Welcoming children as they arrive, Free Play
7:30- 8:30 am Breakfast: Children can have breakfast as they arrive
8:30- 9:30 am Hand Washing and Diapering/washroom time
9:30- 9:15 am Circle time
9:15-10:00 am Centre play {45mins of uninterrupted play, all centers are open,
Circulates around the room to support’s children’s learning, staff does
Activities with the kids}
10:00-10:15 am Clean up, washrooms and children get dressed for
Outdoor play
10-15-11:00 am Outdoor play {outdoor play space, walk, gross motor activities if it is
inclement weather)
11-00-11-15 am Children come back inside
11:15-11:30am Wash hands, sit for story time for some
11:30-12:00pm Lunch (beds out)
12:00-12:30pm Diapering/washrooms/children go to bed
12-30-2:30pm Nap/Quiet time (staff take their lunch break at this time)
2:30- 3:00pm Diapering/washrooms/beds are put away
3:00- 3:30pm Snacks (snacks can be taken outside as a picnic if weather permits)
3:30- 4:30pm Dress for outside, Outside (or inside centers if it is bad weather)
4:30- 5:30pm Centers or Outside
5:30- 6:00pm Children go home, clean-up of the center

Out of School Care/Kindergarten (4 1/2 years to 12 years)
(Kindergarten/Grade 1 to Grade 6) The children to staff ration is 1:15.