It is proven that the kids who undergone through quality care from a young age will have a significant impact on the future successes of children. The main focus of childcare is on the development of the child, whether that be mental, social, or psychological. When it comes to infant care, they need more care than anyone else. They need a peaceful atmosphere with just the right stimulation. Everything from the amount of light they should be exposed to till the care equipment used for them has to be monitored & maintained well. The curriculum for a child of 0 to 3 years is also based upon a sound understanding of child development and appropriate practices. Let’s see how the leading preschools are focusing on infant care:
KARA4KIDS : Kara4Kids centres are state of the art centres, keeping all the necessities in mind for the Infant and toddler care areas. Kara4Kids also takes pride in the experienced caregivers at all centres. These women are sentient, motherly, and have the forbearance to handle and care infants, with affection. The average work experience of the care givers at Kara is 6-7 years within Kara. With well-defined hygiene standards, The Infant and Toddler care facility focuses on very safe and secure environment and the child to caretaker ratio is 1:1 for infants and 1:2 for toddlers. Kara keeps the infant environment very stimulating with warmth by sensory learning as per age. Apart from ensuring that basic needs are tended to, even tailor-made requests of new parents are met. Daily communication with parents about their baby’s day so that they feel in-tune with their baby.
KinderCare: Professional Infant Care from 6 months onwards is called Cosy care at Kindercare. Our belief is that all children should have the opportunity to experience the joy of discovery and develop a love of learning. We want to create real learners who have complex, flexible maps of learning. The daily work plan at school is built by keeping Physical and Motor Development, Language, Cognitive, Social, Emotional development and Creative Expression in mind. They ensure a stress free environment to prepare independent, confident and compassionate individuals.
KLAY: The program for babies of aged 5 months – 15 months are planned in a way to encourage child to Explore a rich sensory environment filled with different experiences of sights, sounds, textures and sensations. Develop fine motor skills and environment to grow, roll over and pull up, crawl and step out into the world. It encourages kids to explore the world with well structured learning zones and materials which spark curiosity and provide different experiences. Apart from this KLAY has Spacious and Bright Rooms, Clean & Hygienic Environment, Circle Time, Rhymes and Stories planned and trained nurse on duty is available at centres for infants.
Mindseed has a special provision of Infant care. They have air-conditioned dedicated cosy room for infants to have a peaceful nap. Children are stimulated with interactive learning, songs, poems, creative play and circle time. To facilitate the development of gross and fine motor skills; Mindseed has age-appropriate toys. At Mindseed, they follow a world-class student-teacher ratio of 1:2, soft flooring done to ensure safety of Infant and following a high level of hygiene standards. Mindseed has dedicated breastfeeding rooms for new mothers to feed their child in home-like comfort. Child-proof outdoor play area, on-call paediatrician, freshly prepared nutritious food, Live CCTV camera access and highly trained and loving caregivers are the advantages across the Mindseed centres.
Safari Kid : It’s more than just childcare – children go through a structured program of play and exploration, circle time and supervised creative play for an hour every day (two hours for the full day program), in addition to being attended full time by our highly qualified and trained teachers. Children are stimulated with interactive learning, songs, poems, creative play and circle time. Sensory development is ensured by a variety of play-based activities including sand and water play, art using different materials and textures and so on. Children are also introduced to the basic concepts of phonics, numbers, shapes, colors, beginning sounds, reading, speech development, math and much more, all at a developmentally appropriate level for the individual.
Please Note: This is an alphabetical order, the sequence is not indication of ranking.
