Hours of Operation
Bel Red Montessori Childcare is open from 7:00 am – 6:00 pm. Monday through Friday.
Meals and Snacks
Meal time is good time to encourage good nutritional habits. Childcare will serve breakfast at 8:00 am and 2 snacks during the day. Parents should pack lunch every day for the child. Children’s lunches are required to contain protein source, bread source and a fruit or vegetable source. Lunch must be packed in a lunch box. Parents must notify the child care personnel of any foods requiring immediate refrigeration. Two servings of pasteurized milk per day will be served to each child.
Any special accommodation or alternate food needs for the child’s medical, special diets, religious or cultural preference or family preference will require written food plan completed and signed by the parent or guardian.
We will supplement the food provided by the parent or guardian with foods listed on the USDA CACFP requirements if the food provided by the parent or guardian does not meet the nutritional requirements. It is your responsibility to notify us of any allergies or adverse reactions your child may have with certain foods or beverages.
Field trips and Transportation
Bel Red Montessori Childcare (BRMC) does not drive children to field trips. When we have field trips, we ask for parents or others who have completed the background check to be volunteer drivers. We currently do not provide transportation for before and after school children. For field trips a permission slip will state the location, time of departure from and arrival to BRMC, and means of transportation.
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Curriculum
One of the most important things we can teach your child is the joy of learning! All children have a curriculum designed around individual needs.
The staff is dedicated to nurturing your infant and caring for their individual needs in an atmosphere that is pleasant and homelike. Each infant is on their own schedule and parents are welcome to visit their child whenever they feel the need. Our staff is experienced, caring and consistent, so a relationship builds between caregiver, child, and parent.
We work on areas of movement, visual stimulation, music time, reading time, tactile/auditory stimulation, and developing hand/eye coordination, with age appropriate materials. We strive to meet the emotional, intellectual, social, physical, and health needs of all children in a semi-structured environment.
Typical Daily Activity Schedule
The staff is dedicated to nurturing your infant and caring for their individual needs in an atmosphere that is pleasant and homelike. Each infant is on their own schedule and parents are welcome to visit their child whenever they feel the need. Our staff is experienced, caring and consistent, so a relationship builds between caregiver, child, and parent.
We work on areas of movement, visual stimulation, music time, reading time, tactile/auditory stimulation, and developing hand/eye coordination, with age appropriate materials. We strive to meet the emotional, intellectual, social, physical, and health needs of all children in a semi-structured environment.
Typical Daily Activity Schedule
7:00 a.m. Arrival/Free Choice Play
8:00 a.m. Transition/Diapers/Breakfast
9:00 a.m. Circle time (may be used for number concepts, language skills, flannel board, finger play etc).
10:00 a.m. Transition/Diapers/Snacks
10:15 a.m. Classroom activities (may include – art and craft, small muscle activities, including finger painting, easel painting, cutting/pasting, play dough, blocks, dramatic play etc).
10:45 – 11:15 a.m. Outside Play
11:15 a.m. Washing hands/Eating Lunch/Cleaning
12:00 p.m. Diapers
12:30 p.m. Nap Time
2:30 p.m. Up from nap/transition/diapers/ snacks
3:15 – 3:45p.m. Outside Play
4:00 – 5:00 p.m. Games, stories, music, blocks, puzzles, coloring or dancing
5:00 – 6:00 p.m. Free choice play/departure