Infant/Toddler Center
Nurturing environments where children grow through love, exploration, and play.
Infant Program
Program Highlights:
- Each infant has a primary caregiver for consistency and parent communication.
- Responsive routines: infants eat/sleep on demand, not by a preset schedule.
- Safe Sleep practices: individual cribs, sleep sacks, no bumpers, bedding washed weekly.
- Daily activities: tummy time, supported sitting, free movement, art & music play, and outdoor time.
- Ratio: 1:4 (younger infants often 1:2).
Infant Curriculum:
- Early Literacy: Exposure to board books, rhymes, and one-on-one communication.
- Creative Arts: Sensory art (finger painting), rhythm, and music.
- Math Foundations: Fill-and-dump play, sorting toys, stacking blocks.
- Science Exploration: Sensory bins, discovering textures, observing nature outside.
- Social Skills: Building trust and security with caregivers, as well as gentle peer interaction.
Play is not a break from learning. It is endless, delightful, deep, engaging, practical learning. It’s the doorway into the child’s heart!
Toddler Program
Program Highlights:
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Developmental leaps in language, mobility, independence, toileting, and impulse control.
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Consistent routines and rituals create security and comfort.
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Toys & activities encourage exploration, mastery of new skills, and learning to share.
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Outdoor play every day.
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Toilet learning supported gently with consistency between home and school.
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Ratio: 1:4 (strive for 1:3).
Toddler Curriculum:
- Early Literacy: Storytelling, songs, picture books, early vocabulary building.
- Creative Arts: Dramatic play, dancing, painting, music and instruments.
- Math Foundations: Sorting, stacking, early counting, identifying shapes and colors.
- Science Exploration: Hands-on nature play, classifying objects, sensory science tools.
- Social Skills: Cooperation, empathy, independence, learning routines and self-help skills.