Nutrition Information
Proper nutrition underlies a child’s ability to grow, develop, and be healthy and focused throughout the day. Meal times are also great opportunities to work with children on various issues, such as patience, sharing, responsibility and attention. This is why, at WIZO daycare centers, we invest a lot of thought and effort in order to create a healthy, varied, delicious, satisfying and aesthetic menu for our children.
Each daycare center has experienced kitchen staff in clean and spacious kitchens. The kitchen staff receives a feedback from the staff and obtain feedback from the children on the quality of the food. This is how we know your children are receiving the healthiest and best possible nutrition.
Each child receives three meals a day (breakfast, lunch and afternoon snack). The menus consist of a variety of fresh and select foods that contain all the required nutrients and are recommended by a nutritionist.
In the kindergarten, meals are based on meat, chicken, fish, soy, cereals, milk, fruits and vegetables. In the infant classes, we are prepared to adjust the types of food and its texture to the age of the child and their waking hours.
It is important to note that the afternoon snack is a light meal that includes a sandwich and fruit and does not replace a full meal. The weekly menu is posted on the parent’s bulletin board.
Schedule
The schedule detailed below is a basic schedule and varies depending on the age group of each class (e.g., babies will eat earlier than kindergarten children) and depending on the nature of the class and other considerations.
During the absorption period, we allow greater flexibility in the schedule, in order to adapt it to meet children’s needs.
A standard schedule allows children to become familiar with the framework in which they operate. Knowledge and familiarity promote confidence in children, allowing them explore, experiment, play and grow.
All classes work in groups and each group has a permanent teacher who accompanies the child during various parts of the day. As part of a small group, the child takes part in activities that will advance them in the developmental stages, while paying close attention to their abilities and needs.
The role of the teacher is to encourage and support the child and to integrate them in the variety of activities in the kindergarten.
Standard Kindergarten Schedule
08:00 - 09:30 Arrival, games and activities, breakfast
09:30 - 11:45 Educational activities, activities in the various play areas inside the kindergarten and outside in the playground
11:45 - 13:30 Meal and change of clothes (lunch time varies according to age group)
13:30 - 15:30 Afternoon nap, quiet free play, in groups (in classes where children are awake full time)
15:45 - 16:55 Afternoon snack, group activities, departure
Group Activities and Exercise
Every day, the children go outside to the playground and according to age, there are walks around the daycare center.
Each year, a number of different classes are held according to age, such as music and movement.
This year, in the kindergarten, we will have a professionally guided developmental class for infants and toddlers, in addition to a professional music class for toddlers and preschoolers, in addition to a gardening class for preschoolers.
