Parent-Infant Playgroup (4-12 months old)
Details
Wee Care’s Parent-Infant PlayGroup is a unique programme that allows babies to learn about themselves and the world in which they live. The programme’s main philosophy is taken from the views of Vygotsky and Bruner, both of whom emphasised the importance of adult input in increasing a child’s level of development.
Parents at Wee Care are encouraged to participate in the learning activities in each playgroup session as an integral part of a triangular model where “partnerships in learning” are reinforced. In turn, our team of specialist educators facilitate in the
development of the social bonds that are required for motivated, directed and purposeful play.
BENEFITS
The Parent-Infant PlayGroup programme increases the child’s ability to relate socially with others. Babies who come to us early have been observed to start babbling at a peer by the age of 6 months. By 2 years, many of them appear to be more self-confident and articulate.
In addition, the children also seem to have a greater ability to focus on learning tasks, as well as process the physical and social environments in a more organised manner.
ACTIVITIES and FORMAT
The Parent-Infant PlayGroup programme encourages babies to learn through structured activities via exploration, manipulation and discovery. A weekly theme provides the backdrop for learning goals and activities that vary from week to week.
Typically, a Parent-Infant PlayGroup session involves the following:
- Welcome and Music Time
- Stations for Structured Learning including creative play and thinking skills to provide the child with individual attention in a group setting
- Soft-Play and Multi-Sensory Learning for sensorimotor development
- Snack and Circle Time for acquiring social scripts and interaction skills
- Closing and Goodbye
Outdoor Play and Nature Time are available according to the theme for the week and when the weather permits.
The length of each Parent-Infant PlayGroup session is one (1) hour.
Outline
- Welcome and Music Time
- Stations for Structured Learning including creative play and thinking skills to provide the child with individual attention in a group setting
- Soft-Play and Multi-Sensory Learning for sensorimotor development
- Snack and Circle Time for acquiring social scripts and interaction skills
- Closing and Goodbye
Outdoor Play and Nature Time are available according to the theme for the week and when the weather permits.
Wee Care was birthed from a heart that wants the best for infants, toddlers, children with special needs and their parents. Founded in 1996 by teacher and mother of three, Mrs Denise Lai, Wee Care began as a provider of home-based midwifery services to babies and new mothers. Eventually, the services took on an educational nature to ensure that infants and toddlers developed well whilst their parents were at work.
Three years later, Parent-Child PlayGroups were introduced to give working parents the opportunity to develop deeper bonds with their babies and toddlers through motivated, directed and purposeful play. At the same time, Behavioural Management Programmes were added to the fold to provide early assistance to children with special learning needs.
Today, Wee Care stands out among the crowd of educational centres as the home-grown pioneer in research-based Infant Development, Early Childhood Education and Early Intervention Programmes.
It is one of the top centres in Singapore for the rehabilitation of children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder and other developmental problems. Child psychologists at the KK Women and Children’s Hospital (KKH) and the National University Hospital (NUH) of Singapore, as well as those at private hospitals and clinics, make regular recommendations to their clients to seek therapy services here. ...
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