Level 2 Good Practice
Nursery Albums
A Nursery produced a montage of pictures for their children.
The montage included:
- Pictures of what is important to the child in
the Nursery setting
- Pictures of what is important to the child at home
- Pictures of the
parent/carer with the child
These pictures were then discussed with child and at a ceremony were
given to the child to take home.
These activities encourage parent/carer-child bonding and communication
by:
- Sharing experiences, and
- Providing talking points
Crèche Design
A Crèche considered the design of their
facilities and how they could best be improved to stimulate babies.
- Put
up to date pictures of parents and carers on the walls
- Child friendly
pictures to identify boy's or girl's toilets
- Use a designated quiet area
for stories – tell stories
at a set time, use appropriate stories for children and develop story
sacks for children to use at the Crèche and at home.
- Use a number
of different mobiles that can be regularly changed in stimulating,
contrasting colours.
- For the immobile equipment have a black and white
safety floor, use a reflective acrylic mirror and use black and white
blankets in the sleeping cots.
These practices will provide stimulation for babies and young children
to help develop neural pathways which will, in turn, provide a firm
foundation for the development of language by making the child receptive
to various stimuli.
