Pedagogic Concept KiBiZ Childminders
Extended Families with Individual Flexibility The main strength of day-care by a childminder is its individuality. KiBiZ childminders offer flexibility for personal and tailor-made childcare solutions. Each childminder family is different and has its own specific resources. Within each individual framework, KiBiZ childminders keep to our joint pedagogic concept. Care within a childminder family can take place over a long period and through many stages of child development. 2
Children in such KiBiZ daycare have constant people with whom they can relate. This situation enables the child to be cared for and supported individually according to his or her state of development. The children are part of an extended family, can make new friends and develop communicative and social skills in a family atmosphere. The KiBiZ intermediaries are competent contact persons, who support the care relationship from the beginning and advise and support both parents and the childminders. 3
Educating - Caring Upbringing Care by KiBiZ is built on the following three pillars: Educating: encouragement of the individual learning and developmental process whereby the child s own strengths and competencies are placed in the centre Caring: attending to and positively supporting children as well as meeting the basic needs of a reliable person to take care of him/her, safety, diet, hygiene and sleep. Upbringing: Planned framework for child to child and child to adult exchanges with a focus on respectful and social relationships. 4
Pedagogic Concept KiBiZ Childminders KiBiZ Kinderbetreuung Zug supports and advises its childminders so that they can do their responsible job to the best of their ability. All KiBiZ childminders follow our pedagogic concept, which is based on the Orienteering Framework for Early Childhood Education, Care and Learning and was developed by the national organisation for childcare, kibesuisse. KiBiZ Kinderbetreuung Zug endorses the following six principles in pedagogical action. The complete version can be found on www.kibiz-zug.ch. 5
Principle 1 Physical and Mental Well-being Children who are happy are curious and active. A carer who they can trust, who is always there for them forms the basis for healthy development. Children are part of caring childminder family, in which they are accepted as individual personalities and are treated with respect. Childminders offer children an organized day and an interesting environment in which they feel secure. There is somewhere where they can retreat to and there are daily activities both inside and outside. Childminders ensure that there are regular and healthy meals, where children have a say in how much they want to eat. 6
Principle 2 - Communication Children gain a diverse picture of themselves and the world when they communicate with others. Language (German) is an important element of interpersonal communication and integration is given particular emphasis. Childminders use appropriate language according to the child s age, they call things by their right name, verbally describe daily actions and use mimic and gesture. Reading to children or offering books for a child to read itself make up an important part of the educational activities for childminders. 7
Principle 3 Belonging and Taking Part Every child wants to feel welcome and be part of a group. Whether it be in the family, in school or in leisure activities. KiBiZ childminders create a welcoming and warm atmosphere, in which children are involved, and can have their own opinion. With our childminders children are accepted, valued, encouraged, get positive feedback and are strengthened when forming social relationships. Strong feelings and mood swings are given space as is how to deal with them. 8
Principle 4 Strengthening and Empowerment Reactions to their person and behaviour affect a child s view of itself. Development of self-confidence is supported through reliance on a dependable carer, from whom the child gets positive feedback. Self-confident children dare to discover new things, to let people know what they want and to express their personalities. The child s need for independence is recognized, as is the fact that this may lead to conflict because such a development. Learning how to assert oneself, how to do without something and how to come to a compromise are ways to deal with conflicts constructively. 9
Principle 5 Acceptance of diversity Every child needs a place in society. Treating a child with interest and respect, enables him/her to enrich society in general. Children are respected as individuals by our childminders. We are interested in their background and talk about it. Customs, values, games and meal habits in other families and in other cultures are taken into consideration in daily life with a childminder. 10
Principle 6 Holistic and appropriateness From birth children are active and eager to learn. Small children learn with all their senses, directed by their interests and experiences. Children do not need to be taught they teach themselves. With a childminder children are actively observed, individually encouraged and supported in their own self-active learning. In order to encourage their independence, children have free-time and free space. They are allowed to take responsibility and make decisions within certain limits. 11
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