Unfortunately,gone are the days when children would grow up under the supervision of grandparents and extended families. With joint families giving way to the nuclear family set up & with more women pursuing active careers, the dependence on professional care givers has only increased in the recent times.
Being a working mother I can completely understand how tough a choice it is for mothers to leave their little ones behind in the care of domestic help while they are away at work. If one does not have the support of family to help raise kids, one has to fall back on domestic help which may not be the most reliable option in today’s day and age.
The question then in one's mind is what are my other options?
I would highly recommend considering the option of a professional day care.
One such option for parents in Delhi & NCR is Footprints Childcare, an international standard education based Full Day Child Care and Preschool Chain initiated by IIT-IIM alumni in the year 2012 that provides world class care and nurturing environment to kids for physical, mental, emotional and social growth & development.
Footprints is one of the leading day care centre in Gurgaon, Noida and offers an integrated Day Care and Pre-school model that runs from 9AM until 6.30 PM for children from 3 months to 4 years of age all across its 7 centers. Today more than 550 happy children are a part of Footprints. Footprints Childcare Pvt. Ltd, which runs full day childcare and preschool chain, has raised Rs 4.25 crore ($671,800) led by Vinay Kumar Bansal, director at Step Ahead Ventures and Kshitij Jain, the founder of mobile enterprise application firm Mobolt. The unique version that has the best of amenities like an all women staff, hospital tie-ups, CCTV and real time mobile updates also has certified trainers from the US and revolves around making play school and day care available to all at a cost that will not burn a hole in the pocket. With learning programs that are designed to encourage and stimulate children, Footprints impart programs that are flexible to develop interest which are based on curriculum that has been researched well over 50 years and are followed in more than 20 countries and over 50,000 schools.
Some of the things that parents constantly worry about when at work- Did my child eat well? Did he/she take a nap? Hope my child does not spend his/her day watching TV with the maid? Well all these and more get taken care of at Footprints Childcare. At Footprints Childcare, you get access to live CCTV Feed and Child's updates on your mobile through our in-house Parent Connect App. So you can keep an eye on your little one’s activities even when you are away at work giving you complete peace of mind.
The early years are most essential in the development of your child. Children learn from their everyday activities as Footprints’ childcare activities are based on world's best High Scope Infants and Toddlers Curriculum. Some examples of the activities are-
Choice Time – During this time teacher will set three activity corners in the class and asks children in which activity he/ she wants to participate. Children will learn to take decisions, initiative out of their participation in Choice Time.
Small Group Activity – Children will develop various skills out of their participation in Small Group Activities like- When children work with only a few other children at a time, they learn important lessons about cooperation, sharing, and the give and take of conversation. Also, when working in small groups with an adult, children are able to receive more focused attention they need for completing complex tasks and activities. The benefits of small group activities for teachers are plenty. When children work in small groups, this will free up teachers to focus on a few children at a time. Teachers may be able to observe children more closely. Also, teachers have the choice to place children in groups based on ability or interests. This will make observation and jotting down anecdotal notes very easy for the teacher.
Large Group Activity – Children will develop social skills- sharing, caring, empathy and get rid of stranger anxiety while participating in Large Group activity. They will learn to lead which helps them in their daily life also.
Meal Time -Eating together strengthens the relationship by allowing for more opportunities to talk and build relationships. This is the celebration time. Children will learn to eat variety of food with peer group. This is an opportunity to share information about benefits from vegetables, fruits, and cereals to inculcate good eating habits amongst our children.
Outdoor Play -Following are the physical and mental health benefits of getting kids outside as it improves vision, promotes social skills, increases attention span, reduces stress and improves immune system.
All this while they take exceptional care to provide a clean and sanitised environment for the children. They have a highly trained housekeeping team that schedules weekly herbal child safe Pest Control along with weekly cleaning of all toys, floors, cots, bed sheets, walls etc. They also schedule daily cleaning of classes and all toys once the children have left.
At Footprints Childcare your child gets only the best in nutrition, no junk foods only fresh and seasonal fruits, vegetables, nuts (winters) pulses and grains as variety of food. They try to inculcate good eating habits encouraging kids to eat on their own rather than force feeding them.
I highly recommend you visit their website www.footprintseducation.in to see some firsthand reviews from parents. With seven outlets across Delhi & NCR, Footprints Childcare is definitely making parenting easier.
Footprints Childcare offering a free three day trial to a few lucky readers of the blog, so in case you are interested in the trial drop us an email at thoseninemonthsandmore@gmail.com and you shall hear from us soon.
(This is a promotional post & we recommend parents do their due diligence on the same)
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