Happy Feet Family Day Care is a unique bilingual (English & Chinese) childcare facility. As the owner and educator at Happy Feet Family Day Care, I have a Master of Early Childhood degree and have more than 12 years experiece. I always endeavor to provide a secure, welcoming, interesting, loving and nurturing learning environment for young children to explore the world around them.
Diversity practice:
- Each family’s cultures, languages, values and beliefs should be respected and embedded within the program.
- Children will explore a variety of cultural learning experiences throughout the day to develop positive attitudes towards similarities and differences.
Purpose of a family day care
- Supporting children’s holistic development and helping them reach their fullest potential by providing an educational and interest-based program.
Learning environment
- The learning environment is the “Third Teacher” (Reggio Emilia, 1998).
- I value the natural environment, both within the service and in the wider community, by embedding sustainable practices in the program.
Roles of early childhood Educator
- Be an advocate for children.
- Be responsive to all children’s strengths, abilities and interests.
- Use teachable moments to scaffold children’s learning.
- Engage in intentional teaching to promote interest-based learning and to extend children’s learning.
- Be a co-learner, learning alongside children.
Families
- Families are children’s first and most important influential educators.
- Developing meaningful and trusting relationships between educator and families is essential.
Children
- Each child is unique, capable, and competent.
- Children learn through play.
- Children should explore their world through stimulating and challenging learning experiences.
- Each child should be encouraged to develop their fullest potential at their own pace.
- Childhood is a time for fun, friendship, happiness and adventure.