Child Care Activities

The best years for a child to grow learning about himself, other people, and the world around him are during his early childhood years. This period may begin from 6 months to 60 months. Thus, the parents or the child caregiver creates a series of child care activities to keep the child eager to learn.

 

An infant from the time he is born has all his five senses activated. A parent puts the baby in the cozy and comfortable room and nourishes him with food and tender loving care. There are some child care activities going on already. Feeding time, sleeping time, playing time, and learning time are general categories of the program for the day until evening.

 

Singing or having beautiful music played inside the room is one way to induce learning. Do you know that you are developing your baby’s eye coordination and shape recognition by letting him see a musical mobile turning around slowly above him while he is about to take a nap inside his crib?

 

Sounds from your voice and other people’s voices help develop the infant’s ability to determine the person speaking even if the baby’s eyes are closed. In his infant stage, you engage in child care activities when you give your baby a bath, massage his body, let him touch your thumb, or simply rub your nose on his cheeks. These make your baby feel loved.

 

When your infant grows up a bit at 18 months, he becomes a toddler able to walk, speak with some words, distinguish colors and numbers from memory, and move his body to exercise. Holding him up in the air and making him walk by himself are child care activities that build his self-confidence and trust in you.

 

When you toddler is able to use his hands to scribble using a crayon or to hold a spoon, you are doing an activity to develop his motor skills. Running around the yard, climbing up the stairs, and sliding down on a toy slide are child care activities that also develops his balance and improve his skills in estimating distance.

 

Some educational toys are useful tools for increasing awareness and enriching memory. Reading a story at bedtime or playing musical instruments is helpful, too, to open your toddler’s mind to the world of imagination and fantasy. When he hears the stories and music again and again, he recreates the scenes and acts them out like in a theatre.

 

As soon as your child reaches preschool age but nearing the year he would be stepping into a formal school, your child care activities will now include building relationships with other people (young and old), understanding of roles of each family member, exploring the world (stars, moon, sun, seas, Nature), knowing more about the people in the neighborhood, and family values (honesty, humility, compassion).

 

With proper care and guidance from Child care San Jose, your child will grow to become a better person who shares and cares for others and obeys his parents.