Little Butterflies Nursery

Welcome to Little Butterflies Nursery, We are a family owned day care licensed from the Family Development Department at the Ministry of Social Affairs for children aged 12 m to 3+ years old. We are a team who are passionate about what we do, and strive for perfection in everything we do. We enjoy helping your child achieve his/her best potential through our organized yet flexible curriculum, which is based on the Early Years Foundation Stage. We have designed this handbook for you to get a full understanding of how we go about achieving that, in addition to our policies and procedures that help us provide your child with the best care.

At Little Butterflies Nursery, we will develop your child's self-esteem, confidence, curiosity, creative expression, respect for his/ her family, peers and his/herself through fun, child-focused activities and experiences. Our program is designed to meet the specific needs of infant, toddler and preschool children in a cozy, safe and nurturing environment.

We believe that the parents have the best knowledge of their child and that is why we value having a close relationship with you to help him/her achieve his/her best potential in a special place that supports you both. Because we know that our staff members are instrumental in achieving this goal, we provide them with the abilities to structure and support the children's learning. We will also invest in the training and development of our staff throughout their employment to maintain their competence and commitment.

The aims and purposes of this Learning Area are to help children learn how to behave and take responsibility for their actions and how to relate to others productively as well as have experiences which help them to grow in confidence. The effective development of communication and language skills lie at the heart of young children’s learning, enabling them to make sense of all other areas of their experience and leading to understanding.

The aims and purposes of this Learning Area in Early Years, is to provide a wide range of activities which will enable young children to use and experiment with numbers and engage in counting, sorting, pattern making and matching, comparing and ordering, and to look at shapes and measures. The aims and purposes of this Learning Area in Early Years are to enable children to develop the knowledge, skills and understanding to make sense of the world.

The aims and purposes of this Learning Area in Early Years is to enable children to gain confidence in knowing what they can do and to help them develop a sense of well-being through being physically active, as well as improving their skills of coordination, control, manipulation and movement. In addition to improving both fine and gross motor skills this learning area also aims to promote an understanding of a healthy lifestyle.

The aims and purposes of this Learning Area in Early Years are to enable children to make connections across different elements of learning and extend their understanding by providing practical first-hand experience and involvement for the child. To resume; Creative Development is often the vehicle for further learning- or reinforcement of other Learning Areas