The Wiggins Family Daycare shares your most important goal— making a meaningful difference in the lives of young children and their families. We focus on 4 areas of development:
- Social–Emotional Development including self regulation
- Language Development, which includes Early Literacy Development
- Cognitive Development
- Perceptual and Motor Development
Learning emerges through exposure to concepts, play, and activities. Play is the “work” of infants and toddlers. Developmentally appropriate activities and play, including a mix of small- and large-group activities, and our staff's directed or child-selected options.
We focus on responsive care and the routines and experiences that are so essential to the growth and development of children from birth to age 3. We have a rich environment; building trusting relationships; and individualizing the experiences throughout the day on the basis of children’s strengths, needs, and interests.
Reading aloud with young children is the best way to inspire a love for reading and create the kind of language-rich environments that support the development of language and literacy skills. We have a cozy area for books and stories, a small-muscle area, a sensory perception area, an active-movement area, a creative expression area, and we provide possibilities for them to encounter, explore, and investigate.
Throughout the program day, during routines, one-on-one interactions, and group learning times, caregivers provide playful and engaging experiences.
