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Safari Daycare is run by the husband and wife team of Onell and Eleida, who together have over 30 years combined of experience working with children! In addition to raising our own children, we welcome your family into ours and treat your children like family. We are both CPR and First Aid certified and have been licensed by the state of New York since November of 2014.

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At Safari Daycare, we believe deeply that the first years of a child's life are the most important for setting them up for success. We know that a safe, stimulating environment can lay the foundation for all intellectual and emotional development that will follow once a child moves on from our program!

About our program

**Because we have a low adult:child ratio, we truly get to know your child. **As a program with a mixed-age environment, we ensure that your child will grow and learn alongside peers at all different ages! As a result, we can meet your child exactly where they are through close attention from our team.

**We provide a wide variety of activities that occur each day. **Whether it's painting or puzzles, art projects or building with blocks, we have a plan to engage kids each day. Often times, children are very proud to bring what they worked on home to mom and dad!

**We celebrate your child like they're part of our family! **We love to take photos during the day to share with parents, but we also invite you in for special events. We often have birthday parties and celebrate holidays together, which get kids excited (and impact our decorations and activities!)

Rhythm of the Day

We have dedicated the first floor of our single-family home to Safari Day Care, where children are able to use our private backyard for outside play each day. Located a few blocks from Downtown Flushing, we are a short distance from the Murray Hill stop on the Long Island Rail Road.

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Join the Safari Daycare community in four easy steps:

1. Explore our website

We’ve provided information about our philosophies and offerings to help you decide if our program may be right for your family.

2. Tour our program

Come see what makes Safari Daycare unique. Please schedule a tour or attend an Open House event.

3. Submit an Enrollment Application

If you would like to enroll, please submit an application ! Please note that we require tours for all prospective families. Please do not submit an application if you have not visited the program.

After reviewing your application, we’ll send an enrollment invitation. Upon accepting your invitation you’ll pay your enrollment fee, fill out enrollment documents and review our Parent Handbook.

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Acute children's services

The Safari Day Unit provides day care for children and young people up to the age of 16 years. The unit cares for children requiring day care after surgery, treatments and investigations.

Level one, Women’s and Children’s building, Watford General Hospital

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01923 436694

Opening times

The Safari Day Unit is open Monday-Friday between the hours of 08:00 and 17:00. It is not open on Bank holidays.

The purpose of the Children's Day Unit at Watford is to provide children and young people in West Hertfordshire planned hospital care in an appropriate environment, which does not require an overnight stay. The type of care provided includes:

• Day surgery
• Treatment for chronic conditions such as chemotherapy
• Endoscopies
• Sweat tests & allergy tests
• Administration of intravenous antibiotics

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If your child is admitted to Starfish Ward for more than 24 hours, then you will be entitled to a parking permit.

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There are spaces for disabled drivers available outside the Women’s and Children’s Building.

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Toddler & Preschool Programs

Safari Kid toddler and preschool programs present a balanced curriculum based on research and best practices. We combine play, skill-building, social-emotional development opportunities, and structured academics to promote your child’s success. Each learning experience is tailored to your child’s learning capabilities rather than their age. Your child will participate in ongoing assessments to ensure that they progress through programs when they’re ready.

Bambino Infant Program for infants from 6 weeks up to 17 months

We know leaving your infant in someone else’s care can be difficult. Our goal at Safari Kid is to make you feel confident in your choice, knowing that your infant is receiving high-quality and secure loving care. Our contemporary infant classrooms provide a sensory-rich and engaging environment to learn and process information. Infants feel welcome to safely explore and learn through all their senses. Our well-qualified and nurturing teachers encourage each child to learn, grow, and develop through our well-planned playful curricular activities. Bambino Infant Curriculum is designed with activities to help your baby develop their motor skills, emergent language skills, self-awareness, and much more.

+Our Quality Infant Care Focused on Safety, Security, and Healthy Development of Infants consists of the following daily activities:

Active Physical Play

Outdoor play is an important part of our daily routine for infants. It provides them with enhanced sensory experiences. Infants participate in activities that encourage crawling, balancing, and climbing. Outdoor play time is richly resourced with safe objects to play with such as balls, and toys for children to push, pull and ride.

All * marked content is the proprietary curriculum of Safari Kid Inc.

Social & Emotional Development

Social-emotional development is essential to a young child’s sense of well-being. Their first relationships help shape who they are, who they become, and their understanding of the world. Our nurturing teachers and enriched curriculum help lay the foundation for a range of healthy social-emotional skills such as: 

• Self-regulation
• Turn-taking and Sharing
• Positive Relationship Building

Fine Motor Skills/Art/Sensory Play

With close supervision, children are given plenty of opportunities to safely play with different textures such as water, sand, clay, fingerpaints, and more.

Music and Movement

Infants are invited to dance, clap to the rhythm of songs, and even sing along.

We encourage our infants to play with wooden and soft blocks daily, to promote imagination and set the foundation for spatial and mathematical learning.

Dramatic Play

Pretend play is enhanced with real objects such as pots and pans, typewriters, and phones. Infants are also privy to high quality toys, dolls, and stuffed animals.

Nature/Science

Infants are encouraged to use their senses and even special tools like a magnifying glass to observe and investigate the world around us. With teacher support, simple scientific investigations are presented such as growing plants from seeds, studying animals/insects, examining the texture of leaves, and sorting various types of flowers.

Language & Literacy

The early years are critical for literacy development. At Safari Kid we make engaging our infants in activities that promote language and literacy a key focus. Our daily routine includes singing songs, engaging with physical books, enjoying a lively story time, observing and participating in sign language, and using every opportunity to both talk and model active listening.

Babies develop math concepts very early on through everyday experiences. Our teachers are trained to know how to foster math concepts through language in a natural way, i.e. “That is heavy!”, “Can you bring me two blocks? Our math program introduces numbers, sequencing, patterns, sorting and classifying, and informal simple measurement through hands-on learning.

Contact the Safari Kid near you to find out more!

Classes for Children of Ages 18 months+

At Safari Kid, we create a safe and secure environment and provide warm, nurturing, personalized day care for your children. Teachers of the Safari Kid Toddler Program receive extensive training and abide by strict health and safety practices. They will lovingly assist your child with their personal needs and share a detailed daily report with you each day. Your toddler’s physical development will be boosted through enjoyable tasks that improve coordination, and balance. We incorporate appealing activities and educational materials that are developmentally appropriate. Your toddler will receive encouragement and positive reinforcement every step of the way.

OUR RICH AND ENGAGING TODDLER PROGRAM CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING DAILY ACTIVITIES:

• I.T.M.*: Mini Projects
• Magnificent Me*: Social-Emotional Development
• Tumbling Tots Physical Play*: Gross Motor Development, Yoga, Breathing and Stretching Exercises
• Busy Little Paws*: Fine Motor Development and Sensory Play
• Chirp*: Language and Vocabulary Development
• American Sign Language
• Parachute Story Time*: Promoting Listening Skills & Creative Expressions
• STEAM*: Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math
• S.M.R.*: Interactive Circle Time & Phonics Foundation
• Music and Movement & Dramatic Play
• Block Play and Manipulatives
• Art & Crafts
• Print Recognition and Scribbles

Assessments

We assess each child’s learning on a regular basis. When your child is approaching preschool readiness, we will discuss the transition with you to make it a positive experience for your child.

Our Preschool Curriculum

The Safari Kid curriculum helps children meet developmental milestones. Our proprietorial, research-based practices and progressive teaching methods lay the foundation for a love of learning. Through positive behavioral guidance children can confidently build an interactive learning community. Well-trained and passionate teachers provide every child with personalized care and attention. Safari Kid also believes in building strong relationships with our families, and therefore our teachers will consistently keep parents well-informed of their child’s progress. This careful methodology and relationship building approach prepares our children for Kindergarten and beyond.

Tembo* Tots: Entry Level Preschool

Our Tembo* Tots Entry Level Preschool Class creates a smooth transition between home and school. Our teachers consistently communicate with parents regarding their child’s experiences by providing a detailed daily report for each child. It includes the basics such as your child’s eating, diapering, and sleeping schedule, along with informative details regarding participation in enjoyable activities for the day. Our engaging curriculum provides exciting learning opportunities that nurture cognitive, social-emotional, physical, and creative development.

Our comprehensive developmental Entry Level Preschool curriculum includes the following:

• Global Child TEMBO Talks*: Social-Emotional Development and Social Studies
• TEMBO Physical Play*: Gross Motor Development, Yoga, Breathing and Stretching Exercises, and Mindfulness
• Fingertips*: Fine Motor Development and Sensory Play
• Chirp*: Language and Vocabulary Development and Public Speaking
• American Sign Language & Second Language
• Story Explorers*: Fosters Listening Skills, Critical thinking, Logical Reasoning, and Creative Expressions
• STREAM*: Science, Technology, Reading / Pre-Writing Skills, Engineering, Arts and Math
• S.M.R.*: Interactive Circle Time & Phonics Foundation & Kindergarten Preparedness
• Arts & Crafts
• Print Recognition and Pre-Writing Skills

Curious Twiga*: Preschool Level

Our comprehensive Curious Twiga Preschool Level curriculum focuses on providing a solid educational foundation for our young students. We keep our class sizes small in order to promote individualized care and education. Our engaging and enriching curriculum provides unique opportunities and materials for challenging “hands-on” learning and gratifying investigative exploration. Students spend fun-filled days in safe, state-of-the-art classrooms and playgrounds participating in activities that stimulate curiosity and ignite imagination!

Curious Twiga Preschool Level curriculum includes the following:

• TEMBO Physical Play*: Gross Motor Development, Yoga, Breathing and Stretching Exercises and Mindfulness
• STREAM*: Science, Technology, Reading/ Pre-Writing Skills, Engineering, Arts and Math

SCHOLAR SIMBA*: PRE-KINDERGARTEN LEVEL

Children prepare for kindergarten and engage in exploration and discovery in our Scholar Simba Pre-Kindergarten Level Program. Our enriching and engaging curriculum allows children to learn through purposeful, planned learning and from interactions with other children. These experiences improve children’s confidence, promote perseverance, and strengthen children’s executive function skills, which help them accomplish their goals towards kindergarten preparedness.

Our comprehensive Scholar Simba Pre-Kinder curriculum includes the following:

• TEMBO Physical Play*: Gross Motor Development. Yoga Breathing and Stretching Exercises and Mindfulness

All * marked content is proprietary curriculum of Safari Kid Inc.

Questions? Contact the Safari Kid near your location to learn more!

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Safari Kid is a Global Chain of Preschools and After School Programs, founded by Ms. Shy Mudakavi in the heart of Silicon Valley in Newark, California. Over fifteen years, 35,000 children going through the program have shown consistent excellence in elementary and middle schools.

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Safari Childcare Halstead Road

Our flagship setting on Halstead Road has been providing excellent care and education for the community since May 2015.

• 79 Halstead Road, Lexden, Colchester, CO3 9AD
• 01206 546824
• [email protected]
• 7am until 6.30pm

Safari Childcare Clairmont Road

We know how hard it can be deciding on the right child care setting where your child can explore, learn and grow!

• King George V Pavilion, Colchester, CO3 9BE
• 01206615657
• [email protected]
• 9am until 3.30pm​

Safari Childcare Runwell

Delivering outstanding childcare, creating well rounded, joyful, resilient children who will flourish in life, whilst providing peace of mind for parents.

• Safari Childcare Liberty Way Runwell Wickford SS11 7LH
• 01268204040
• [email protected]

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Team Administrators for Haematology

Nasra Mamoun Medical PA to Dr Philip Ancliff, Dr Vesna Pavasovic, Dr Anupama Rao, Dr Sujith Samarasinghe and Dr Sara Ghorashian Direct Telephone: 02078297918 Email: [email protected] / [email protected]

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Elbie Watmough Medical PA to Dr Giuseppe Barone, Dr Catriona Duncan, Professor Darren Hargrave, Dr Mette Jorgensen, Dr Mark Gaze, Dr Jenny Gains, Dr Yen-Ch'ing Chang and Dr Trung Nguyen Direct Telephone: 02078298832 Email: [email protected] / [email protected]

Tisha Thomas (Monday-Wednesday)/ Anna Swieczkowska (Thursday-Friday) Medical PA to Dr Olga Slater, Professor John Anderson, Dr Tan Chowdhury, Dr Elwira Szychot, Dr Sarita Depani and Dr Kavitha Srivatsa Direct Telephone: 02078297924 Joint Email: [email protected] NHS.net: [email protected] / [email protected]

Angela Campbell Oncology and Haematology Long Term Follow Up Pathway Coordinator Direct Telephone: 0207 813 8127 Email: [email protected] / [email protected] / [email protected]

Paul Steele Oncology and Haematology Shared Care Administrator Direct Telephone: 02078138526 Email: [email protected] / [email protected]

Jennifer Rajendran Oncology MDT Coordinator Email: [email protected] / [email protected] [email protected] / [email protected]

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Oncology Department Level 8, Main Nurses Home Great Ormond Street Hospital Great Ormond Street London WC1N 3JH

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Savvino-storozhevsky monastery and museum.

Zvenigorod's most famous sight is the Savvino-Storozhevsky Monastery, which was founded in 1398 by the monk Savva from the Troitse-Sergieva Lavra, at the invitation and with the support of Prince Yury Dmitrievich of Zvenigorod. Savva was later canonised as St Sabbas (Savva) of Storozhev. The monastery late flourished under the reign of Tsar Alexis, who chose the monastery as his family church and often went on pilgrimage there and made lots of donations to it. Most of the monastery’s buildings date from this time. The monastery is heavily fortified with thick walls and six towers, the most impressive of which is the Krasny Tower which also serves as the eastern entrance. The monastery was closed in 1918 and only reopened in 1995. In 1998 Patriarch Alexius II took part in a service to return the relics of St Sabbas to the monastery. Today the monastery has the status of a stauropegic monastery, which is second in status to a lavra. In addition to being a working monastery, it also holds the Zvenigorod Historical, Architectural and Art Museum.

Belfry and Neighbouring Churches

Located near the main entrance is the monastery's belfry which is perhaps the calling card of the monastery due to its uniqueness. It was built in the 1650s and the St Sergius of Radonezh’s Church was opened on the middle tier in the mid-17th century, although it was originally dedicated to the Trinity. The belfry's 35-tonne Great Bladgovestny Bell fell in 1941 and was only restored and returned in 2003. Attached to the belfry is a large refectory and the Transfiguration Church, both of which were built on the orders of Tsar Alexis in the 1650s.  

To the left of the belfry is another, smaller, refectory which is attached to the Trinity Gate-Church, which was also constructed in the 1650s on the orders of Tsar Alexis who made it his own family church. The church is elaborately decorated with colourful trims and underneath the archway is a beautiful 19th century fresco.

Nativity of Virgin Mary Cathedral

The Nativity of Virgin Mary Cathedral is the oldest building in the monastery and among the oldest buildings in the Moscow Region. It was built between 1404 and 1405 during the lifetime of St Sabbas and using the funds of Prince Yury of Zvenigorod. The white-stone cathedral is a standard four-pillar design with a single golden dome. After the death of St Sabbas he was interred in the cathedral and a new altar dedicated to him was added.

Under the reign of Tsar Alexis the cathedral was decorated with frescoes by Stepan Ryazanets, some of which remain today. Tsar Alexis also presented the cathedral with a five-tier iconostasis, the top row of icons have been preserved.

Tsaritsa's Chambers

The Nativity of Virgin Mary Cathedral is located between the Tsaritsa's Chambers of the left and the Palace of Tsar Alexis on the right. The Tsaritsa's Chambers were built in the mid-17th century for the wife of Tsar Alexey - Tsaritsa Maria Ilinichna Miloskavskaya. The design of the building is influenced by the ancient Russian architectural style. Is prettier than the Tsar's chambers opposite, being red in colour with elaborately decorated window frames and entrance.

At present the Tsaritsa's Chambers houses the Zvenigorod Historical, Architectural and Art Museum. Among its displays is an accurate recreation of the interior of a noble lady's chambers including furniture, decorations and a decorated tiled oven, and an exhibition on the history of Zvenigorod and the monastery.

Palace of Tsar Alexis

The Palace of Tsar Alexis was built in the 1650s and is now one of the best surviving examples of non-religious architecture of that era. It was built especially for Tsar Alexis who often visited the monastery on religious pilgrimages. Its most striking feature is its pretty row of nine chimney spouts which resemble towers.

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