0 to 2 Years Room

The 0-2 room caters for 8 children per day and has two full time staff caring for and educating the group.

Our Goals

The 0-2 room offers a welcoming environment, where children are able to establish and refine their newly emerging skills.  To help children work towards reaching their potential, the room has devised the following broad goals, to use as a basis for their program planning philosophy.

Gross Motor – To provide children with the opportunity to develop their physical coordination, allowing them to achieve each means of gross motor movement.

Fine Motor – To refine children’s fine motor muscles allowing them to experience a greater range of activities.

Cognitive – To provide children with a safe and secure environment, allowing them to explore their surroundings.

Social/Emotional – To encourage and engage children’s independence during routines and play.  To further establish children’s social skills, incorporating problem solving and language development.

Language – Provide opportunities for children to use their language skills, expressing their wants and needs.  To develop and extend children’s vocabulary.

The Program

The staff in the 0-2 room work in partnership with parents to ensure that the environment offered within the centre, reflects that which the child is familiar with.  The daily routine also offers flexibility to ensure that home routines can be reflected, creating a home like environment for all children.

Routines are a necessary part of every day, with staff utilising these times as informal learning opportunities for children, through story telling, singing and making the most of the one on one interactions to establish or further develop, existing relationships.

The 0-2 room offers a stimulating environment where children can find challenge, but also learn through play and exploring their surroundings.  A key focus is on establishing children’s sense of self, as well as building on their personal confidence as they move through the extensive developmental milestones that occur within this age group.

The program offers opportunity for structured and child initiated play.  Having these experiences running parallel within the room allows children to learn at their own pace, offering opportunities for the older children to build on their concentration skills whilst allowing younger children within the room time to investigate and experiment with various experiences.

Children in the 0-2 room have the advantage of having their own outdoor play space whilst also being able to use the Centre’s main outdoor area.  Having the option of using either of the two outside areas, enables staff to structure the children’s indoor/outdoor time around the groups needs, rather than the Centres.

As this room is a family’s first introduction to the concept of child care, staff tailor each families orientation to suit their individual needs, ensuring that the transition into care is a positive experience for both parents and children.