The Penguin Room is a full time birth-to-three classroom with ages ranging from 6 weeks to 3 years old.
Curriculum
The Penguin Room is designed to allow toddlers to discover their independence in a secure yet stimulating environment. The activities offered encourage the children to enjoy new experiences by building on what they are already comfortable with. The teachers are available in the room to encourage independence and self-help skills, and to share the “ah-hah” moments and the times when the children need comfort.
The Penguin Room works under the same philosophy and curriculum goals as the other rooms at NBCC. Our curriculum is specifically designed to enhance children’s natural development progression. In everything we do, we aim to maintain our primary goal of being a child-centered room. We observe the child’s interests and curiosities and plan all of our activities around them.
Communication
While your child is in the Penguin room we will be communicating with you throughout the day and weeks. We utilize the parent mailboxes, we also will highlight the overall activities of the day and photos of your child will be shared with you regularly through our ProCare app.
In the room, the children have a few locations for their things from home. They will have a locker in the hallway, a cubby in the room and an extra clothing bin in the bathroom.
Planning Activities
As a team we meet each week for one hour to plan activities for the following week. We work very hard to provide your child with meaningful experiences that are developed from their interests as well as regular exposure to new ideas. Our planning sheet is posted outside the door of the classroom for parents to view the domains we work on regularly.
Seasonal Supplies
In the Summer we explore water play twice a week! We run through a sprinkler, splash in a water table and squirt water bottles. Send in a swimsuit, towel and water shoes (or other plastic footwear) At the end of the week, we will send these items home to be washed and returned for another week of water play!
In the Winter we go outside as long as the wind chill is above 20°. Please make sure your child has seasonally appropriate gear at school at all times. Specifically each child needs: a warm coat, hat, mittens/gloves and boots for snowy days.
For rainy days we will go outside and explore the sprinkles as long as it is not raining too hard. Please send in a raincoat and rain boots for these wet days.
