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Overview : Totts' Room
Wyndarra’s Tott’s room caters for children from approximately 16 months up to 2 to 2 ½ years of age.
The play room has a large wet area to allow for many different messy art and creative play experiences and a small carpet area for other activities.
The Tott children have a large play yard which they share with the Toddler children (all children under the age of three). The yard has a large decked area for table activities, a bark area for the climbing equipment, a concrete area for the bikes and scooters and a large sandpit. The Tott children also have access to a grassed picnic area.
Room Ratio 1 staff per 5 children.
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Your Tott's Day
An approximate routine of how your tott spends their day at the centre:
| 6:30 am |
Centre opens. Staff heat/cool rooms. All Totts stay in the Totts Room for family grouping with other children and served breakfast. |
| 8:00 am |
Breakfast finishes. Other 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. Totts are put down for a sleep or rest. |
| 12:00 pm |
Sleep or rest. Other totts may have quiet play. |
| 2:00 pm |
Totts 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 totts 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: 2 to 2 ½ years of age
This is a time of sensory exploration, building relationships and communicating.
In our 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 and painting
- and much, much more...
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