1. I have a 'structured' program in that we follow the same routine daily aka arrival with free play and sensory / creative options out, morning snack, outside time or field trip, inside time for free play, lunch, story time , quiet time, pm snack, outside time .... but the times are not rigid and I follow the lead of the children in how much time we spend outside and so forth ~ I like to give them large blocks of child directed play time where they are exploring the playroom or materials with little direction or lead from myself ~ children learn best through their play and my job is to be there just to support them and observe where they have mastered things so I can add things to their environment to take their play to the next level and so forth and where they struggle so I can set the stage with open ended questions or prompts about 'wonder what would happen if' or 'what do you think is not working the way you want here' to help them scaffold their learning to that next level.

2. Yes we go out every morning either outside to the backyard, local park weather permitting and if the weather is too nasty to be outside we go out to a local OEYC or playgroup that has more space and larger equipment to run around and get the gross motor stimulation needed for a nice nap! We go outside again in the afternoon right before pick up time as long as weather permits.

3. Yes I have car seats .... for liability reasons I choose to buy my own car seats so I am 100% sure they have never been in a car accident, have always been installed properly so no inappropriate wear and tear and that they are not getting additional wear and tear on the belts and tethers by being installed and reinstalled too frequently and all the yanking required on them to ensure they are in 'tightly'.

4. Right now my wee ones love bucket of indoor balls, chunky trains and vehicles and the dramatic play centre props like phones, cameras and so forth.

5. I typically transition with a couple of short play dates at different times of day with parent on site but not 'in the room' and these are unpaid so if the child is not coping the parent returns in an agreed amount of time after me trying to 'settle / console' them and than I do a couple of shorter days weaning up to a full day without parents present or onsite where they pay ... if they are seeming to do awesome we adjust the wean in accordingly and get them up to full days soon as possible if they are not coping and screaming inconsolable we keep to the shorter day plan.