It is our belief at Teddy Bear Day Care that all children are unique individuals.
We understand that each child has their own strengths and weaknesses
as well as their own rate of development.
We believe that children
learn by seeing, imitating and experiencing a variety of activities.
Teddy Bear Day Care
Teddy Bear Day Care offers a large range of classes and programs for you and your child. Students can begin learning and developing at TBDC in the Infant Program. Once our students begin walking, they transition into our Wobbler Class, where they work on language and literacy development, social skills, and get exposure to mathematical and scientific experiences.
As students begin to display independence within the daily routines, they move into the Pre-Toddler Class, and then onto our Toddler Class, where each of the above skills are developed. Students continue on to our Preschool and Pre-K Programs, where these, and a whole new set of learning activities awaits them. We also offer Before and After School Program for our students who attend the Lincoln Consolidated Schools.
April News
As you all know by now, April is Month of the Young Child, and this week is dedicated to children’s physical development, and in other news it is, conveniently, “Turn Off Your TV Week”! Did you know that children who have too much “screen time” (the American Academy of Pediatrics says too much is more than one hour a day for children over two years old, and recommends that children under two years old not have any) spend less time reading, have shorter attention spans and their vocabulary is not as highly developed? However in our day and age where family-friendly cars come equipped with split screen TVs so two children can watch what they both would like, “screen time” is practically unavoidable.
When our children do consume this visual media, they ought to be programs that take into consideration their developmental stages, as they are more likely to have educational merit than shows not geared toward healthy growth. Even more important than the content and construction of a show, however, is the role a caregiver can play. By watching with the child, a parent or caregiver can find ways to interact during the viewing and take advantage of learning opportunities which are embedded in a program.
But for this week, flick those switches to “off” and use the activities calendar passed out in the beginning of the month for some fun, non-TV related activities, to partake in this week—and don’t forget to take some pictures and share them on the bulletin board in the hallway!
