A Typical Day In Our Baby Room
Babies have bottles and cups of water and milk throughout the day not just at break times.
Planning is incorporated into the daily routines, each individual Child's needs are taken into account when planning activities.
Morning Session Begins
Free Play: Babies arrive at nursery and have freedom to choose what they play with. The baby room is split into two areas one for the smaller babies which is set out with cushions, playmats baby gyms and soft toys. The other area is free play for the mobile babies and children. All children join up until breakfast.
Breakfast Time: Babies are sat in their low chairs and are given a choice of warm cereal and toast with a drink of milk or cooled boiled water. Tidy up after breakfast and wash children's hands and faces ready for their day.
Planned Activities: The babies begin their morning activities. The staff set out planned activities that are age appropriated for the children and to their individual needs. We carry out birth to three activities during this time as well as both table top and floor toys.
Nappy change.
Storytime/Singing: The children gather into a group where they have stories and sing songs.
Outdoor Play: We get ready according to the weather, whether it is putting on our hats and sun cream or wellies and waterproof clothing. During outdoor play we do ring games, have free play with the bikes, cars and slides, we also use the parachute.
Lunch Time: The babies come in and wash their hands and sit down for lunch. The babies are served their two course nutritional lunch. The older children are encouraged to try to feed themselves.
Quiet Time: The babies use this time to have a sleep, rest or simply just have some quiet time. Some of the babies get rocked whilst others go a sleep on their own, this is based on each individual child. For the babies who don't wish to sleep they have quiet time with stories or quiet toys.
Morning Session Ends/Afternoon Session Begins
This is change over time for the babies who go home and arrivals at 1 o'clock.
Nappies are changed by the babies' Key Workers.
Planned Activities and Assessment: The babies begin their afternoon activities. The staff set out planned activities that are age appropriated for the children and to their individual needs. We carry out birth to three activities during this time as well as both table top and floor toys. This time is also used to observe the children for assessment records.
The babies are gathered together to do group stories, finger rhymes or songs which are linked to their theme.
Outdoor Play: We get ready according to the weather, whether it is putting on our hats and sun cream or wellies and waterproof clothing. During outdoor play we do ring games, have free play with the bikes, cars and slides, we also use the parachute.
Snack Time: The children are given a nutritional snack and drink of boiled cooled water.
Activities & TV: Television time, jumping jacks and the sensory room.
Nappies are changed and recorded by the babies’ Key Worker. Clothes are changed if needed.
Free Play: The children choose which area they want to play in.
Afternoon Session Ends
Children start to go home.
