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Overview : Babies' Room

Wyndarra’s Babies' Room caters for babies from approximately 6 weeks to 16 months of age.

The play room has a large soft carpet area for floor activities and a reasonable size wet area for meals and messy art.

The children’s sleep area is separate to the play area to allow the children a peaceful rest in a dark quiet environment. To ensure adequate supervision of the sleep room, a large view window runs the full length of the room. There is a baby monitor so staff are able to listen to the children and staff regularly go into the room.

The babies have their own large playground, with small climbing equipment for the older children. We have a well maintained grass area with a garden bed for the children to enjoy.

We have places for 15 children in this room. Room ratio 1 staff per 5 children.

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Your Baby's Day

An approximate routine of how your baby spends their day at the centre:

6:30 am Centre opens. Staff heat/cool rooms. All babies stay in the Totts Room for family grouping with other children and served breakfast.
8:00 am Breakfast finishes. Older children will move to their own rooms.
9:00 am Morning tea is served.
10:00 am Developmentally appropriate indoor/outdoor programs begin.
11:00 am Lunch is served. Babies are put down for a sleep or rest.
12:00 pm Sleep or rest. Other babies may have quiet play.
2:00 pm Babies awake from sleep, get changed and resume activities.
3:00 pm Afternoon tea is served.
4:00 pm Developmentally appropriate indoor/outdoor programs continue.
5:30 pm Late snack for babies still at centre.
6:30 pm Centre closes.

The centre routine is flexible and should only be seen as a general guide to your child's day. The center recognises that all children are individuals and their needs vary daily.

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Enjoying Play

Babies: Birth to 16 months
This is a time of sensory exploration, building relationships and communicating.

Babies like to:

  • sing
  • roll
  • smile
  • babble
  • cuddle
  • suck and chew
  • scribble
  • pretend

In our babies' and tott’s room staff members promote the children interests by providing many different experiences enhancing the children’s fine motor skills, gross motor skills, language, sensory and cognitive skills.

Activity examples:

  • push and pull activities
  • manipulative activity boards
  • musical instruments and rattles
  • simple puzzles
  • sensory play, water and sand
  • walking frames
  • tunnels and tents
  • bikes
  • low climbing equipment
  • drawing & painting
  • and much, much more...

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