HI! My name is Ria McCormick and I live in Inkoo Finland with my 3 children and husband. About me For the past 20 years I have worked in child education which I absolutely love and could never think of doing anything else. I recently started my own daycare and with it…
HI! My name is Ria McCormick and I live in Inkoo Finland with my 3 children and husband. About me For the past 20 years I have worked in child education which I absolutely love and could never think of doing anything else. I recently started my own daycare and with it…
Me CLP:llä olemme sitoutuneet kehittämään haastavaa ja kannustavaa oppimisympäristöä ja vaalimaan lasten intohimoa oppimiseen ja luovaan ajatteluun.
Luovan oppimisen leikkikoulu on kaksikielinen, suomi-englanti, aikaisen oppimisen keskus. Toivotamme kaikki lapset tervetulleiksi luovan oppimisen leikkikouluun, huolimatta heidän äidinkielestään.
Vanhempien rooli on tärkein. Tietämyksellänne ja ymmärryksellänne voimme varmistaa yhdessä, että lapsenne yksilölliset tarpeet huomioidaan.
Kokeneet opettajamme rohkaisevat luovuuteen ja oppimiseen hauskanpidon, leikin, musiikin ja tanssin välityksellä. Kansainvälinen ympäristömme on tilaisuus, jossa lapset oppivat muista kulttuureista, tunnistavat erovaisuuksia sekä oppivat hyväksyntää. Yhteisömme on tärkeä meille ja sillä on tärkeä rooli kasvatusopissamme.
All children are encouraged to spend a lot of time together. When ages between 1 and 5 collaborate amazing learning curves are developed. Older children take on responsibility and empathy towards younger children, they also learn to feel valued when younger children need their guidance and support such as learning new tasks, games and play.
Younger children learn more from older children than they would if in a group of peers who are of a similar stage of development. Learning to speak and communicate, play and learn all happens at a faster pace when it is being demonstrated throughout the day by older children.
Montessori very much encourages different age groups to work together as it instils new learning areas and skill in all of the children.
We encourage many activities and games that support team work, to be patient and so forth.
Learning together is a very big part of the CLP’s ethos and is equally encouraged when working together with families….
Providing High Quality Care is the forefront of our playschool. All our Teachers are highly qualified in Early years Education. All staff members carry a first aid certificate and hygiene pass.
It is paramount that all staff are accurately vetted before allowed to work in our centre and must go on a 4 month training period.
We encourage ongoing training throughout the year for all staff members, to keep up with current early years theories and practice.
The relationship between the CLP and families is extremely important to us and we make sure that good positive communication is a priority. Through various means of communication, we keep you up to date with your child’s progress and development including yearly meetings and functions.
The word ‘environment’ evokes images of pristine oceans, lakes and forests populated by diverse varieties of fish, animals and plants, but it also reminds us of polluted air, dirty water, dead fish, fossil-fuelled agriculture, parking lots, highways and so on. It is our responsibility to teach children empathy towards the planet we live on through positive reinforcements that promote responsibilities such as; recycling and waste reduction, caring for nature, agriculture and to instil general knowledge about how to protect the home we live in.
Respect, kindness, honesty, courage, perseverance, self-discipline, compassion, generosity, are all values that everyone should foster, these are values that the CLP foster, how to accept everyone’s individuality and differences is a big part of our ethos.
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We tend to like our routines and it is very important for children to have consistency, It makes even adults feel more secure and gives the illusion that everything is under control.
However, life rarely goes as planned and often throws wrenches in our carefully placed gears.
At CLP, we follow a daily routine but we also learn to roll with it, we learn to embrace unexpected changes. One of the most important lessons learned working with children is to let go of any pre- plans and observe the situation we are in, in other words, if the children are having a great session, building, engaged in deep learning it might be that a story time get’s a little shortened to have a bit more time doing what we need to do.
7.30 Welcome
7.45-8.30 Breakfast and free play
9.00 Outdoor adventures/ Forest school:
We have a wonderful garden area filled with adventure and discovery. There is a forest area attached to the garden where children can freely go with a teacher and use independently. We have little kotas and camp areas for children to enjoy in all weather.
10.15 Circle time: Circle time helps children develop communication and self-confidence with the group. It is designed to empower children to participate in discussion about their interests, feelings etc. Children learn how to work together in a group. We sing and play games and discuss the day ahead.
10.30 Group play and activities: We have different centres available for children to choose where they discover and learn through their own curiosity. Each space is designed to support areas of development. The environment is set up for holistic learning, where children can discover, create and follow their own interest independently with the support of their teacher and with their peers.
11.30 Lunch: Our lunch comes from the local Gesterby school.
12.00 Storytime: Increases a child’s attention span, enhances visual discrimination skills, auditory processing, will reinforce word recognition, examine social situations and behaviours and instill a love of books. Reading to children excites their curiosity and leads them to have further adventures in their own minds.
12.30 Quite time and nap time for the youngest. At QT we do many different activities to help children relax and find their quiet space such as mindfulness activities, yoga and music therapy.
14.00 Short afternoon circle time/get together
14.15 Snack time: we serve a high quality snack that consists of fruit, vegetables, bread with all the toppings, milk and water. Water is also available for the children throughout the day
14.30 Afternoon play/adult focus session
15.45 Storytime
16.00 Outside discovery
17.30 Home time
Throughout the week we do many sessions where the teachers focus on different areas of development
Children get to design own recipies, learn to measure, creating different tastes from both familiar and unfamiliar ingredients.
Exercise means playing and being physically active. Active play is part of our curriculum which allows for both moderate and high levels of physical activities both indoors and outdoors in various forms such as through dance and drama.
On Fridays, each child can bring a favourite toy or an object of interest to playschool to show to everyone and talk about it. However, your child is free to bring a toy every day as it can help with settling in and forming friendships.
To enable us to provide and maintain the highest of standards of care, CLP requires all parents to be aware of the following terms and conditions and to abide by them.
Please note that any changes occurring at other times must be communicated to the playschool directly.
Your child’s attendance can be session-based (weekly schedule), half-time or full-time. As there are two sessions each day (morning and afternoon), you can book your child’s attendance between four and ten sessions a week. Fees are charged based on these bookings.
No child may leave the school unless accompanied by an adult stated on the registration agreement. Any other person who is not stated on the registration agreement must be agreed upon by both guardian parents.
A late pick up fee (40€) can be issued in the case of extreme tardiness.
Any issues concerning your child’s pick up please contact Ria.
There is a non-refundable 150e registration fee. This registration fee and the first month’s fee are payable once your child’s application has been accepted. You child’s enrolment is only confirmed when both fees have been paid. The total amount is non-refundable in the event of cancellation.
The payment is made for 12 months, however, parents do not pay for July as kela alone covers the summer deduction fee.
We are closed during the month of July, on national holidays, and between Christmas and New Year.
By paying the registration fee, parents are confirming that they have agreed to the CLP’s Terms and Conditions of contract and the CLP policies.
To change a child’s attendance, notice of one full calendar month or more must be given, using the attendance adjustment form.
If your child is leaving the CLP, notice of three full calendar months or more must be given. For example, if you wish to leave in June you must notify the playschool by the end of February.
Payments should be made to the school bank account in accordance with the monthly invoice issued in the middle of each calendar month.
No refunds are given for missed attendance. This includes absence due to private holidays or sickness.
Fees include a healthy breakfast, lunch and an afternoon snack.
All children are fully insured during school hours.
We maintain the right to change our terms and conditions policies as and when it is necessary.
The children are encouraged to play with messy activities such as paint, glue, sand, water and so forth throughout the day, therefore it is paramount that children wear ‘work clothes’ to playschool that you don’t mind getting dirty. We do offer and encourage aprons but in our experience paint always finds a way.