Welcome mums and/or dads!

What we stand for – our mission happy babies!

• An open house: – open communication with our parents

• Check out our website please!– Information sharing– Provide social emotional, parenting and

medical support• Keep up with changes/ the latest in the area

of child care• Make your baby feel safe: try to have a

regular childcare assistant for him/her every day

Our company’s structure

Barbara VrijdagsDirector

BabyhomeKatrijn Leempoels

Childcare assistants

VillaTrees Steyaerts

Iris Tomzack

Childcare assistants

Kabouterberg en kabouters Nele Lapiere

Veerle BruyninckxLore De Cooman

Childcare assistants

PeutertuinEmilie De Poorter

Ilse Brison

Childcare assistants

GrootparkKarolien Slagmolen

Childcare assistants

Marina De Greefeducationalist

Kristien BrosensManagement assistant

This is how we do things…

6 Different day care centers:Kabouterberg – kaboutersVillaBabyhomePeutertuinGrootpark

Slightly different way of working

• Kabouterberg: structured mixed-age groups• Peutertuin: – one mixed age group / other groups semi-mixed

• Villa: same-age groups• Babyhome: same-age groups• Grootpark: – one mixed age group/ others semi-mixed

What’s the difference exactly?• Mixed age- groups:

– baby’s form one group along with todlers, they stay in the same group untill school

– They have a team of max 4 childcare assistants

• Semi-mixed: – Baby’s and todlers up til the age of 18 months form one group with a

childcare assistant – Todlers from 1,5 years and up form a group with a new childcare assistant

• Same- age groups: – Baby’s of the same age stay together untill they start school, they have

one childcare assistant during all those years

What do you think?

How do you feel about our way of working?Do you feel your baby is happy in his/her group?Do you prefer same-age groups, semi-mixed, mixed groups?

Questionnary in OctoberIn coorporation with Prof.Dr Ferre Laevers from CEGOTarget: one way of working in all the day care centers

by summer of next year

Need to know

We try our absolute best to provide a regularchildcare assistantHowever:

People sometimes get sickPeople get pregnantPeople want to work lessPeople retire… Sometimes you will find there are substitutes who take care of your child in cases like these

We would like to ask you this…

Provide play-clothing that may get dirtySo children can play outside without our childcare assistant worrying too much

We would like to ask you as well…Don’t bring you child to the day care centerwhen it’s sick! Your baby should be free of fever foras long as 24 hours before returning to daycare

• To protect your child: • sick children need time to rest and recover

• To protect other children• To protect our staff:

• so we can provide continuity in our care

We do not administer medication, onlymedication to lower a fiever, with a written agreement from parents and doctor

We call parents when your child is not feelingwell, please come to your daycare center ASAP

What’s a day like for your child?When you drop your child off quite early (before 8 a.m),you will find your child stays ina group with children fromdifferent “families” (units) untilall our staff is present(different work shifts). This is

“de vroege”.

An ordinary day for your baby

Round 8 a.m. they go to their“classroom” and stay there duringthe day with their regular childcareassistant

With our baby’s, we try to followtheir day rythme from home andlet them sleep and eatwhen they need it

Toddlers’ day…Toddlers have a more structured day: playtime till 11, then lunch, (ALMA provides our meals) then nappy time till around 2 pm, playtime again, snacktime round 15: an apple a day… ;-) playtime till mum or dad arrives…

Round 6 the children who aren’t picked up yet, gather in one room, we call this ‘de late”More of all this later..

Please, try to arrive in time, not after closing hours!

How was my child’s day?

If you pick up your child in “de late”, you maynot have the chance to talk to its’ regular childcare assistant every dayHow to know how your childs’ day was then?/ how

he/she is doing in general?Diary (heen en weer boekje):

is filled out with usefull information: Diapers update, sleep, feedings, anekdotes…Please write down important/fun things …

“Look, I’m growing up”: how is your child developping?

If ever you should worry…• wether your child is developping well• Wether your child is feeling happy in the nursery• wether your child is ready for pre-school• Wether your child is ready for potty training

Or you have other questions about parenting/The well being of your child…

Please let us know! Contact your manager of thenursery, ask for an appointement with Marina-Our educationalist, or make an appointment withme.