Infants Program Overview
When it comes to the care of infants and our infant program, we know that your fundamental concern is for the safety, comfort, and care of your children. We treat your babies with as much compassion as if they were our very own. By placing them in the arms of our joyful, experienced caregivers, in an environment designed to be a home-away-from-home, you’re offering your children a world full of opportunities for play, wonder, as well as cognitive, sensory, and motor skill development.
Three Basic Tenets
In our infant program, we focus on three basic tenets of early educational development:
- Instill in your children a sense of warmth, safety, and security in a new environment.
- Nurture trust between the children and caregivers by fulfilling the babies’ and older infants with the most basic needs in a timely and loving manner.
- Help them explore their new world in a way that will encourage their sensory, cognitive, and motor skill development.
Infants Program Details
Ages
8 weeks — 18 months
Program Hours
Half-Day: 8:30am – 12:30pm
Full-Day: 8:30am – 3:30pm
Extended-Day: 7:30am – 6:00pm
Class Size
12 students, 2 teachers
Nap Schedule
All students will have supervised nap periods that allow them to maintain their own sleeping pattern.
Program Safety Policies
When it comes to helping your child feel welcome and confident in their new environment, safety is our first priority. Here are the ways we keep your infant safe, healthy, and happy:
- Our classrooms are dedicated to specific age groups, allowing us to choose toys that are certified safe, engaging, and developmentally sound, as well as to modify the space.
- We have two large outdoor play areas, equipped to accommodate the gross motor skill needs of different age groups. These play areas are enclosed and monitored by security cameras.
- We require every parent to observe our focus on Infant Safety in regards to materials that are safe to be kept in the crib with a sleeping baby.
- Every teacher is trained and certified in First Aid as well as infant and child CPR.
- Every classroom has at least two teachers at all times.
Creating Bonds of Trust
When it comes to developing a strong bond between child and caregiver, our teachers are experts. The daily schedule takes into account the needs of each individual child and is modified as they mature into new developmental stages.
Our teachers understand the importance of interpersonal engagement in the development of young minds. A visit to the observation area of our facility will show caregivers smiling and making eye contact with gurgling infants, singing to them, playing games of peek-a-boo, and otherwise engaging with them to encourage language development and emotional bonding.
Tracking Developmental Milestones
At the infant level, keen observation is the key. Teachers are trained to quickly discern when a child is hungry, sleepy, or frustrated, as well as to encourage cognitive, sensory, and motor skill development.
Our teachers keep track of developmental milestones while encouraging and nurturing the ones that naturally follow. We encourage this development through joyous play, whether it’s free play in the classroom and playground, playing games, singing, listening to stories, or engaging in art.
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