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Welcome to Nesting Time, a fun, loving, and safe licensed home child care and early learning program that opened in July of 2006! Nesting Time is conveniently located just north of the Albertville Premium Outlets Mall off of I-94, and is in the Otsego Elementary area of the Elk River school district, and is very close to the Kaleidoscope Charter School which relocated from Rogers in the fall of 2008.
I've joined the Provider's Choice food program to help ensure that the children will receive a variety of nutritious food that's appealing to eat. Food program regulations require that meals meet federal guidelines as determined by the USDA. I am reimbursed $0.45 for breakfast, $0.19 for snack, and $1.40 per lunch or supper (maximum of three meals per day) per child. While the reimbursement rates don't cover the cost of food served, it does help. What We'll Do in a Typical Day
Notes: Infants are fed according to their needs not necessarily according to the schedule above. Poopy diapers are changed as soon as possible. Skills Children Learn in Family Child Care Cognitive: Makes decisions about interests and abilities. Self-help: Finds toys by himself or sets up environment for play. Social/language: Learns to share, barter, manage conflict, and ask for help. Emotional: Learns about acceptance and rejection. Expresses needs. Cognitive: May count blocks, sees patterns and design. Learns to build and plan structure. Matches blocks that look alike. Social: Learns to share and cooperate. Physical: Learns to balance blocks and line them up (small motor coordination). Cognitive: Decides appropriate dress and appearance for roles; uses visual perceptions to assess self, others, and play environment. Learns and remembers behaviors to imitate. Develops abstract thinking abilities. Social: Plays adult roles. Develops self-image and coordinates with others. Learns to express feelings. Language: Learns to express self in another role. Cognitive: Counts silverware, glasses, and napkins, or places one object by each setting. Follows pattern of place settings. Knows which is soup spoon or salad fork. Social: Cooperates with other children. May teach younger children to help. Physical: Picks up and places objects (small motor coordination). Cognitive: Measures to pour. Understands directions. Social/language: Learns appropriate table conversation and manners. Physical: Pours milk, passes the dish (small motor coordination). Cognitive: Listens and retains information. Follows storyline (sequencing) with eyes and/or ears. Recognizes words, pictures, instruments, and rhythms. Cognitive/language: Learns words, gestures, and melody (sequencing, repitition, speech, and listening skills). Follows directions. Physical: Coordination (small and large motor) for gestures and finger plays. Cognitive/language: Listens to music and rhythms. Learns to understand simple movement directions and their relationship to the music. Physical: Coordinates movements (large motor). Cognitive: May count the rungs to the top of a climbing structure; plans climb. Maps out direction and distance to ride; watches for others in path. Social: Takes turns, interacts. Physical: Large motor coordination, balance. Cognitive: Measures sand and maps out roads (spatial relationships). Social: Shares, interacts, cooperates. Physical: Pours, dumps, pushes, gathers, scoops, packs (small and large motor). Cognitive: Sorts toys, follows directions. Social: Takes turns, learns to handle toys carefully. Physical: Places object on the shelf, replaces lids, opens and shuts doors. |
Unique Features of Nesting Time Child Care
