Little Daisy is a bilingual (English and French) daycare where children are encouraged to learn and develop by engaging in a variety of activities and field trips. Children will have the opportunity to explore their world in a safe environment.
Block play - Physical: Learns to balance blocks and line them up (small motor coordination). Cognitive: May count blocks, sees pattern and design. Learns to build and plan structure. Matches blocks that look alike. Social: Learns to share and cooperate.
Dramatic play - Social: Plays adult roles. Develops self-image and coordinates with others.Language: Learns to express self in another role. Cognitive: Decides appropriate dress and appearance for role; uses visual perceptions to assist self, others, and play environment. Learns and remembers behaviors to imitate. Develops abstract thinking abilities.
Self-help: Dresses self. Sets up play environment and finds props.
Dance - Cognitive/Language: Listens to music and rhythms. Learns to understand simple movement directions and their relationship to the music. Physical: Coordinates movements (large motor).
Sand play - Cognitive: Measures sand and maps out roads (spacial relationships). Physical: Pours, dumps, pushes, gathers, scoops, packs
Circle time - A time to put things learned into practice, read stories, sing songs, watch puppets, learn to be in a group, develop listening skills.
Housekeeping - Fantasy and reality play. Role playing and a place to exlore and model our role in the world. Imagination and socialization.
