In case our (or let's face it, my) parenting skills are in any doubt from the past few posts...ha ha my daughter swears, ho ho, my daughter is accustomed to seeing me drink wine…I thought I would post Alice's report from daycare today. Feeling very proud of this little one.

She's been able to do elephant impressions for a couple of months now, but feeding herself AND getting more in her mouth than down her front is a relatively recent skill. Nonetheless, one we're strongly encouraging.

"Once again the independent reading will be a main feature in our room, to encourage developing language skills and abilities observed amongst the children. We will be introducing a variety of books, to allow for exposure to many different themes and prompting. This week we are focusing on animal based picture books, as the children are familiar and aware of many different types of animals, their names and their associated sounds. We explore new sounds and words as we respond verbally, through random and rhythmical babbling.

Alice is an avid reader amongst our Turtles, and does enjoy a good book! Today was no exception with reading of the Sea Creatures and then the one about Safari Animals, to which she responded with an exceptional Elephant Noise and Action. All part of Alice’s language development, to which she is building upon every day."







"Turtles would like to congratulate their newest graduates to the table at meal times, Alice and Arabella. Who both did a fabulous job at trying out their self help skills of feeding themselves, whilst sitting with their friends on the ‘Big Chairs’. This is a great progress in their steady transition to expressing their independence and in preparation to moving to the older rooms at a later date. "