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WELCOME!
WELCOME TO
BROCKTON DAY NURSERY!
Thank you for choosing our program. The staff of BDN look forward
to working with you and your child, and hope that the information
contained in this handbook will be helpful to you.
You are
welcome to visit the program at any time your child is in attendance
and we welcome your ideas, questions, and suggestions.
We look
forward to serving you and your family!
ABOUT BROCKTON DAY NURSERY
Brockton
Day Nursery,
a non-profit organization registered in the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, has been in
existence since 1894 and has been located at 243 Crescent Street
since 1978. BDN serves children from four weeks of age to fourteen
years. We are open year-round from
6:30 AM to 6:00 PM,
Monday through Friday. Our programs include:
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Infants - 4 weeks to 15 months |
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Preschoolers - 2.9 to 6 years |
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Toddlers - 15 months to 2 years, 9 months |
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School-Age - 7 to 14 years
After School Activities Program (ASAP) |
Brockton
Day Nursery is licensed
by the Department of Early Education and Care (DEEC.)
BDN is
committed to providing quality programs to children and families of
Brockton and surrounding communities.
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Our child care
services include: |
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Nutritious meals - breakfast, lunch, and snack |
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Developmentally appropriate activities for each
stage of development |
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Rest time |
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Several playground areas for outside activities and
play |
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Qualified and trained teachers |
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Diapers |
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Fun, fun, fun! |
Brockton
Day Nursery is a
non-profit organization and is run by a volunteer Board of
Directors. The Executive Director is responsible for the day-to-day
operations of the center.
Each classroom
is staffed with a Lead Teacher, Teacher, and an Assistant Teacher.
School-age classrooms are staffed with Group Leaders and Assistant
Group Leaders. Staff are certified by the Office of Child Care
Services.
MISSION
STATEMENT
The mission of
the Brockton Day Nursery is to serve the needs of families and
children by providing comprehensive child care and support services.
PROGRAM
PHILOSOPHY
Brockton Day
Nursery believes that children learn and develop through active
involvement with the world. We provide nurturing, child-focused
environments which promote children’s natural development in the
areas of cognitive, physical, emotional, and social skills. BDN
programs strive to help each child feel safe and secure by providing
a warm, nurturing and accepting atmosphere.
The programs
provide a rich and diverse range of educational experiences in an
open classroom environment that maximizes each child’s opportunities
to choose the what, how, when, and why of their involvement.
PROGRAM
GOALS
AND OBJECTIVES
The overall
goal of BDN is to encourage all children to be actively involved in
their learning process. All children will have the opportunity each
day to participate in a variety of activities which are of interest
to them.
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goals are to: |
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Help children learn
to think and reason so as to enable them to make appropriate choices |
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Help all children to
become independent and confident |
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Help all children to
become social beings who can form healthy and productive
relationships with others |
A. Physical Development
A sense of
independence, confidence and self-sufficiency will be fostered, and
healthy lifestyles will be the long-term outcome.
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Goals for children addressed in this area will be to: |
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Build strength and
coordination in large and small muscles |
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Gain and develop
control and planning in both large and small motor activities |
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Develop and increase
dexterity in fine motor activities |
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Gain in balance and
agility in activities requiring large motor skills |
B. Language and Literacy Development
The long-range
outcome for these particular objectives will be to promote effective
verbal, and eventually written communication skills.
| Goals for children
addressed in this area will be to: |
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Continuously develop
and refine listening (receptive) skills |
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Continuously enrich
verbal (expressive) skills |
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Gain increasing print
awareness leading to competence in reading |
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Begin and continue
the interest and development of writing skills |
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Continuously enhance
comprehension in all language areas |
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children addressed in this area will be to: |
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Increasingly build on
recognition and recall abilities |
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Enhance ability to
classify, discriminate and investigate |
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Discover
relationships between letters, numerals, objects, space and forces |
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Develop
organizational ability and sense of order |
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Continuously increase
attention span |
D. Social / Emotional Development
Responsibility, both personally and socially, become long-term
outcomes within these objectives, as does a sense of social
competence.
| Goals for
children addressed in this area will be to: |
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Develop a positive
self-image and increase self-confidence |
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Continue awareness
and growth in ethnic and cultural pride |
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Establish a role as a
member of the classroom community, and eventually the community at
large |
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Build on increasing
competence in social interactions with peers, adults and family |
E.
Self Help
Responsibility
for awareness of and self-sufficiency in the care of one’s own
physical and mental health are the long-term outcomes sought here.
| Goals for
children addressed in this area will be to: |
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Understand the normal
functions of one’s own body |
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Understand proper
nutrition, hygiene and safe healthy habits |
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Recognize deviations
from normal functions of one’s own body |
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Develop positive attitudes for safety of self, immediate peers,
family and community |
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