Our Baby Rooms

Our Baby Rooms

We have 2 rooms dedicated to babies (children aged 0-2)

The rooms are split with varied activities throughout the day and we ensure all of the children are involved in activities in both rooms throughout the morning and afternoon sessions. We also ensure the younger children are engaged in outdoor activities with and our carers ensure clothing is weather appropriate for all seasons.

Some of the activities we get up to in the baby room are:

• Nappy art
• Singing Nursery Rhymes (carers singing to children)
• Hand and Feet Painting
• Painting
• Ball Pool
• Outdoor play
• Sensory play experiences
• Music and Movement sessions

Photos of the children’s activities are displayed throughout the baby rooms as well as being included in each child’s individual tapestry account which is regularly updated and a good pathway for parent partnerships within the setting. The Red House team will regularly update parents on our children’s development, achievement and general wellbeing with daily communication and parents meetings when possible.

Children’s work is displayed throughout the setting and is continually updated based on events in our world or through our children’s interests. All children’s work will be given to parents to enjoy at home. Some parents have told the team they have made a scrap book ready to give to their children when they reach 18.

Although we have dedicated rooms and sessions for babies we also provide opportunities for them to mix with some of the toddlers. The babies are encouraged to observe and copy the positive behaviour of the toddler group. We also find this gradual involvement makes them ready to move up to the older groups when they are ready.

We see children learning to stand, crawl and eventually walk in the baby room and we ensure the parents are the first to know as each giant step forward in their child’s eye has been reached this will be done in lots of ways through photographs, online platforms and daily communication. We love to see our families happy.

In the baby rooms we see children starting to communicate with each other (clearly in their own language) however parents are often convinced their child is in a full blown conversation with their friends when they see them, babbling to each other. This is amazing to see.

Our carers encourage speech and we often see children referring to Mama and Dada at home time. We also see children thanking each other with a simple “tar” as toys are passed between children and some even make attempts at their carer’s and friends names. We never see our role as taking over a parent and our carers are always happy to take instructions or suggestions from parents, to continue with the development of something a parent may have observed at home.

Some of the comments we’ve recorded from parents talking to their child at pick up time include”

“Wow, I bet that was nice and messy”
“Have you been having fun with your friends?”
“Have you drawn me a nice picture?”
“I can tell you’ve had fun today, look at the state of you!”
“I can’t believe that’s you in that picture on the wall”
“I bet you loved that, he loves anything messy”
“Can I have a look at what you’ve been doing?”
“Whose are those little handprints on the wall?”

and of course…

“Have you missed me?”

…and we’re in no doubt that although we truly believe all the children fully enjoy themselves at The Red House they’re always pleased to see mummy and daddy at home time.