Hospital Day Care

The hospital day care is a day care situated at one of the hospitals in Indonesia. It consists of a small building which also has a room where kindergarten is taught. The children range in age from infants to five years old. The average age of the children is about three years old. There are approx. 60 children and 14-17 staff members. The activities and format of the day care is very similar to those in North America as the day care format is based on a format out of Florida. The children are active in fine motor skills with such activities as colouring, building, manipulating materials, learning about hygiene, water play, food play and other similar activities. The practicum student has done such as activities as finger painting, bubbles, song, and reading as well as working with the children during their daily activities which are similar to those the student has introduced.