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The program at Cast for Kids Child Care
Centre recognizes that each child is an individual with a unique
pattern of interests, capabilities and aspirations. These qualities
shall be nurtured in a healthy and safe environment in which the child
can develop physically, socially, emotionally and intellectually. Each
child’s sense of autonomy, self esteem and self-discipline shall be
facilitated in our warm and caring environment.
At Cast for Kids Child Care Centre, we
strive to create a supportive family atmosphere in which the program is
an extension of both the home/school community.
Our program is designed to:
- Provide a warm, receptive and stimulating
environment
- Encourage the development of a positive
self-concept within each child and a positive concept of family and
community,
- Provide opportunity for the children to
develop self-expression, language enrichment and experiences that
promote knowledge and understanding of their environment and the world
around them,
- Provide a safe environment for all
children at all times,
- Provide co-ordination between child care
and classroom programs,
- Provide opportunities for family
involvement and co-operation,
- Provide opportunities for the children to
learn and play together and to share with others,
- Provide opportunities to regularly assess
the effectiveness, appropriateness and efficiencies of the program
organization, activities and routines,
- Provide a safe environment for all
children at all times,
- Provide a wide variety of activities
throughout the day: Crafts, indoor and outdoor play, music, stories,
and real life field trip experiences,
- Provide co-ordination between child care
and classroom programs as stated bythe Day Nurseries Act/Education in
the Primary and Junior Divisions,
- Provide a program that addresses all
cultures and people differences and similarities through an anti-bias
approach.
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