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Discovery Point: The Forefront of Child Care

Providing Child Care and Daycare Services for Infants to School-Aged Children

At Discovery Point, we take pride in being at the forefront of child care. Our goal is to redefine daycare for our families and the children in our care. Our dedicated caregivers are not simply spending the day with infants, toddlers, and preschool-aged children; they are providing the formative educational experiences that will shape the way these young minds address the rest of their academic careers. Our early childhood teachers implement research-based curriculum and a child-centered instructional approach for every age and stage of development — it is not simply “daycare.”

At Discovery Point Heritage, we provide a variety of enrichment programs in Wake Forest in addition to our child care and preschool programs, including a Chinese enrichment program and Track Out Camp. Our goal is to help children at our child development center reach their potential by inspiring a lifelong love of learning and creating opportunities for growth through exploration and play.

Our facilities are designed with children in mind, containing spacious classrooms stocked with age-appropriate toys and learning materials. From providing nutritious meals to ensuring that our facilities are safe and secure, we offer care that emphasizes every area of development—physical, mental, social, emotional, and academic.

  • Programs ranging from 6 weeks of age to 12 years
  • Track Out
  • After school care
  • Specialized classrooms, playgrounds, and materials designed specifically to help nurture young minds
  • Low child-to-teacher ratios so children always receive the attentive care they need
  • Proprietary Discovery Point Connections® Curriculum
  • Nationally recognized Creative Curriculum® by Teaching Strategies
  • Summer Camp and Spring Break programs

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  • 1212 Heritage Links Drive
    Wake Forest, NC 27587

  • MON-FRI 6:30 AM – 6:00 PM
  • 919-556-8001

We couldn’t be happier with the level of care our children receive. – Erin Moore Wallace

My child loves going to school! – Kristin Baysinger

Wouldn’t change a thing! – Gloria Potter

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Raising the Bar for Child Care in Wake Forest

Our exceptional child development center in Wake Forest, located on Heritage Links Drive, offers a range of child care options for children of all ages. Our team members are passionate about early childhood education, and we work with nationally-recognized curriculum that encourages children to develop new skills while having fun. We focus on providing excellence in care and fostering a safe, nurturing environment where children grow, play, and explore their natural curiosity in a hands-on manner.

We know you have many choices when it comes to child care in Wake Forest, but we’re sure you’ll recognize the Discovery Point difference when you visit our center! From the moment you enter our child care center, you’ll see that we’re all about fun and learning without sacrificing safety or security. Our custom-designed center contains an open floor plan for plenty of visibility, and access is limited to a single front entrance for added security. We also conduct visitor ID screening and monthly quality assurance inspections to confirm that we’re always maintaining only the highest levels of safety for our students.

In addition to a safe, secure, and nurturing environment for your child, you can also expect the following when you choose Discovery Point Heritage:

  • Certified teachers
  • Opportunities for creativity and self-expression
  • Low child-to-teacher ratios
  • Computer access for technology skill development
  • Developmentally appropriate lesson plans
  • Hands-on exploration and discovery
  • Before and after school programs
  • Track Out and Summer camp options
  • A child-friendly, healthy USDA-approved menu with organic milk

Experience the Discovery Point difference for yourself by visiting our child care center in Wake Forest for a free, no-obligation tour. Call Discovery Point Heritage today at (919) 229-4127 for details.

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For the first time, sleep features of the little deer were studied

The study of the sleep-wake cycle of the little deer showed that the parameters of sleep in these animals are unique and formed under the influence of a number of ecological factors of the rainforest. The work was carried out by specialists of the Institute of Ecology and Evolution named after A.N. Severtsov RAS (IPEE RAS).

Deer (Tragulus kanchil) live in the forests of South Asia and Africa. The weight of adult animals rarely exceeds two kg. These are the smallest of modern ungulates. They appeared on Earth approximately 40-50 million years ago, and are the only surviving of the known basal groups (organisms whose evolutionary line separated from the root before other groups) artiodactyls.

Deer, which are called “living fossils”, have a number of features that are considered “archaic” for artiodactyls. Given their evolutionary status (the historical development of the organism), deer are of interest for comparative eco-physiological studies of sleep, as well as for testing several hypotheses about the function of sleep.

Employees of the IPEE RAS, together with foreign colleagues, studied animals in Vietnam in the BuZyaMap National Park. Sleep was studied by the electrophysiological method. Indicators of brain activity (electroencephalogram, EEG), motor activity of muscles (electromyogram) and eyes (electrooculogram) were recorded, and the behavior of animals recorded on video was analyzed. During the experiments, the deer were in spacious enclosures, and physiological parameters were recorded using telemetry (wireless method of information transmission).

According to the authors, immobility is one of the most important signs of deer sleep. At the same time, the state of sleep, as a rule, is difficult to distinguish from calm wakefulness without registration of electrophysiological parameters.

The data obtained indicate that the features of the sleep-wake cycle in deer are determined primarily by environmental factors, such as high environmental temperatures, feeding habits, exposure to predators, as well as body size and physiology of deer.

“Unlike most other animals studied, which sleep with their eyes closed, the eyes of the deer were open most of the time of sleep. Other important features of deer are the twilight (crepuscular) nature of activity, polyphasic sleep, reduced cyclicity of sleep stages,” said Oleg Lyamin, a researcher at the IPEE RAS.

Several previous studies have linked the low degree of differentiation (formation of a special phenotype) of sleep at a substage in animals with their “evolutionary age”.

As scientists have established, sleep in deer is differentiated into substages as well as in higher placental (that is, in most mammals). The total amount of sleep (and the duration of the slow-wave sleep stage) in the smallest of the ungulates was a record for the entire group (about half the time of the day), and paradoxical (REM) sleep was, like other wild ungulates, very short (less than 25 minutes on average). per day).

If the long duration of slow-wave sleep in deer is in good agreement with the idea of ​​sleep as a state of adaptive immobility, which reduces or excludes animal activity when it is inappropriate or even harmful, then a small amount of the deepest stage of sleep, namely REM sleep, with a negative correlation between the duration of REM sleep and the security of animals during sleep.

The research results were published in one of the international scientific journals.

In the photo: a female deer with a cub (A) and the characteristic postures of slow-wave (B) and REM sleep (C) in deer.

Newborn sleep

Children need sleep to be healthy, grow and develop.

The sleep of a small child is different from that of an adult.

An infant can sleep 16-20 hours a day – several dreams of 2-3 hours.

The baby wakes up for feeding, diaper change, is a little awake and it’s time for him to sleep again. Your baby may need help getting back to sleep, and that’s okay.

The complete sleep cycle of a newborn is about half that of an adult. Short periods of sleep ensure that the child does not remain hungry and that he is regularly supervised.

Babies, especially newborns, spend about half of their sleep in REM (rapid eye movement) sleep. This is the active phase of sleep, the child can move, breathing can be irregular, slow down and become more frequent.

In deep sleep (slow eye movements), the child does not move, his breathing is deep and regular.

The adult sleep cycle lasts about 90-100 minutes. The sleep cycle of a newborn baby is much shorter, only 40-50 minutes. This means that the baby can toss and turn more often, make sounds, cry without even waking up.

Already from the age of three months, the baby’s night sleep gradually becomes longer, the breaks in daytime wakefulness also lengthen.

For healthy sleep, a child needs a personal crib, a well-ventilated room, a calm atmosphere, subdued lights during bedtime.

If the child is restless, you can try using white noise devices. They produce sound that masks outside sounds and can induce sleep regardless of ambient noise. White noise is able to block everyday noise, such as conversations.

Babies can fall asleep faster with background white noise. It can be the sounds of the forest, rain or the sound of the sea.

Some white noise devices have a “heartbeat” setting that mimics a mother’s heartbeat and can soothe newborns.

But if white noise is constantly used, the baby may get used to it and it will be difficult for him to fall asleep if he finds himself in a situation where he needs to sleep, and there is no way to turn on white noise. For example, on vacation, visiting, with my grandmother.

Children should sleep safely.

All babies under 1 year of age are at risk for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), especially before 6 months of age. This happens when the baby is sleeping and is not associated with any illness, vomiting or choking.

There are risk factors:

the baby was born prematurely,

during pregnancy the mother used alcohol, smoked,

exposure to cigarette smoke after birth,

overheating during sleep.

Until the child is 6 months old, ideally a year old, he should sleep in the room with his parents.

In the same room, but not in the same bed. Co-sleeping increases the risk of accidents.

Take your baby to your bed only to feed or soothe, then immediately transfer to a crib. If there is a possibility that you may fall asleep while feeding, make sure there are no pillows, blankets, or any other items around that could cover the baby’s face and cause choking. As soon as you wake up, immediately transfer the baby to his crib. Or ask one of the family members to check if you fell asleep with the baby in your arms.

The safest way to sleep is on your back. Children who sleep on their backs are much less likely to die from SIDS than children who sleep on their stomach or side. From a position on the side, it is easier for the child to roll over on his stomach. It is unlikely that he will be able to roll over on his own.

The crib must have a firm sleeping surface, a firm mattress that does not sag when the child is lying on it, and the sheets are well made. There should not be any pillows, soft toys, bedspreads around, where the child can bury his face. Keep all foreign objects out of the sleeping area.

It is better to use a sleeping bag instead of a blanket.