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Types of Care | Food |
Clothing | Sleeping |
Routines |
Observation and Documentation
Programming | Monitoring and
Support of Careproviders
Darwin Family Day Care is quality
home based child care.
Where children attend the careproviders home.
Careproviders may have up to 5 children under school age and
2 school aged children with a maximum of 7
children at any one time. (Including their own children)
Types
of Care
Darwin Family Day Care provides a flexible
care with flexible hours.
Standard
Hours (Monday to Friday, between 7:30am
and 5:30pm)
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Full Time
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Part Time
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Before and After School
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Vacation Care
Other
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Evening
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Weekend
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Public Holidays
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24 Hours
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Casual
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Shift Work
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Food
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Families have the option of providing all food or negotiate with the
careprovider to provide food at an additional cost.
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When
choosing to provide pack a nutritious morning tea, lunch and
afternoon tea.
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Formula/milk needs to be supplied for babies.
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Discuss mealtime routines and any likes or dislikes your child has
with the careprovider.
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DFDC
has a Nutrition policy requiring that children are provided food
that is fresh and includes a range of food groups, in line with
current nutrition guidelines.
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Children will be encouraged to participate in the preparation and
presentation of food, as a valuable learning experience.
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Careproviders have been trained in safe and hygienic food handling
procedures.
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Eating is also an enjoyable experience for children and provides
opportunities for children to learn about different types of food.
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Careproviders need to be fully informed of any food allergies your
child has.
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Clothing
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Depending on the careproviders program, children will be involved in
a range of activities including climbing, running, messy play (think
paint!) water play and excursions; therefore children will need
changes of clothes (often multiple), appropriate footwear and a hat.
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Sleeping
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Routines
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Children thrive in a predicable environment, where mealtimes, nap
times, separating from a parent and toileting are dealt with
consistently.
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It is
important to communicate with your careprovider; let them know of
any changes in routine at home and become familiar with the carers
daily program.
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Observation and Documentation
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Careproviders program based on observations of how children
play, interact with the environment and other children around them.
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Careproviders will provide age and developmentally appropriate
programs.
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Careproviders are encouraged to provide feedback to families about
their child's progress. This could be in the form of notes,
scrapbooks, checklists, photos. Discuss your needs with your
careprovider.
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Parents are encouraged to give their input to the program.
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Programming
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Careproviders program for a variety of early learning activities
throughout the day. Careproviders program learning experiences
to cater for individual needs of children and reflect all learning
areas and current early childhood practices. (See table following)
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Careproviders programs reflect inclusive practices that
values and celebrates differences in culture, race, gender and age.
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Areas for programming are: Social and emotional, Intellectual
(cognitive) Physical (fine/gross motor) Creatively
(communication, language)
Example learning experiences |
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0– 9 months |
Grasping
Place a object in the baby’s hand. |
Hearing/speech
Talk/sing/hum- varying the tone, volume and pitch. |
Conversations
Smile and talk to the baby. Repeat sounds back to the baby. |
Chasing
Give a head start and then crawl after the baby. Take your time
catching up. |
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9
-18 months |
Filling and emptying
Put objects into container. The baby will be interested in
empting the contents. |
Sound tins or shakers
The baby will discover that if shaken the object will make a
noise. |
Reading
Point to the pictures and say the names. Talk about what’s
happening in the pictures or what the people are doing. The
baby can help turn the pages. |
Through the tunnel
Encourage the baby to crawl through a tunnel to a person at the
other end. |
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18 months - 2 years |
Pretend Play
Pretend play gives children a variety of experiences to develop
their personality, and the ability to cope with different
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Music experiences
Move and dance to music. Movement games. |
Word Games
Play word association games. Ask questions i.e. ‘what do you do
with your shoes?’ |
Homemade balancing board
Children crawl/walk along the plank or push cars along it or
jump on it. |
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2
– 3 years |
Clothing
Give children everyday clothing with zips and buttons. Show the
children how to do and undo, encourage to do alone. |
Musical instruments
Give children the opportunity to experiment with different
musical instruments i.e. drums, bells, singing. |
Guessing Game
Have the children guess something else i.e. ‘in the kitchen I
have a fridge, what might be in the fridge?’ |
Ball Fun
Have fun dribbling bouncing and rolling a ball outside.
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3
– 5 years |
Collage and construction
Creating art with paper, glitter, cutting and gluing. Use a
variety of materials. |
Dance
Dance individually or in small groups. Constant physical
movement with opportunities to explore space, time, the body,
shapes and energy. |
Books
children read independently, making up stories to match the
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Obstacle Course
Set up the course with the children using different materials.
Develops muscles and co-ordination, running, twisting, balancing
and under and over experience. |
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Monitoring and Support of Careproviders
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Careproviders are monitored and supported by the coordination unit.
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The
coordination unit consists of experienced qualified early childhood
educators.
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The
coordinators conduct a variety of home visits including planned
assessments and drop in visits.
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Careproviders have a minimum number of training sessions that they
must complete annually.
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Coordinators can help careproviders access other services such as
the Commonwealth Inclusion Support Service (CISS).
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Darwin Family Day Care Inc accreditation etc
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