Responsive Caregiving

Being a Responsive Caregiver requires that one understands that to contribute to a child's sense of trust you must be intoned to their needs and their mode of expressing these needs.  It's important to know that children who feel safe are better able to actively explore their environments.  Sensitive, responsive care in particular, has been connected in research to cognitive, social emotional, and language development in child care settings.  Responsive care is a critical component of our curriculum, especially in the infant and toddler department.  Being sensitively responsive means reading and understanding the communication cues, verbal and nonverbal, of another individual; to do so requires an established relationship with that person.

What is the RIE philosophy of child development?

Here at HUMmingbird we strongly believe that infants should not be restricted by swings and bouncy seats but should be offered the opportunity to explore their environment freely.  We respect each infant as an individual human being not just as an object.  This is why we practice the RIE philosophy.  So, what is the RIE philosophy you ask?  Check out their website and discover how truly amazing this approach really is!  http://www.rie.org/