Our infant rooms are designed for ages six weeks to 15-18 months of age. The rooms are designed to replicate that of a cozy nursery at home. In the infant room, your child will experience lots of love and nurturing. Upon enrollment, each infant is assigned to a primary caregiver.  Our infant classroom enrollment starts at 6 weeks old and typically begin the child begin to transition to the toddler room around 15-18 months of age. The decision to make this transition is made cooperatively between each child’s parent and teachers and when the child is developmentally ready.

In the infant room, it is important for our staff members to provide each infant with love, care, and fulfillment of needs and wants; while, simulating their cognitive, and social development. Infants and parents require us to provide a safe, healthy, and attractive environment for them. The environment is arranged to encourage and stimulate new learning skills, physical activities that support large and small muscle development, and positive interactions.  

We understand that no two infants grow and develop the same way.  Each infant is on his/her own feeding and sleeping schedule depending on his/her own demands.

Infant Developmental Stages

Infants learn many things in a variety of ways from the moment they are born. Each child will develop their own unique style, but much research shows that growth will occur in four main areas. Starting from birth to 12 months infants grow from being completely helpless to demonstrating the beginning abilities of communicating and self-care.

• Sensory Motor Development
  Sensory and motor development is the gradual process by which a child gains use and coordination of the large muscles of the legs, trunk, and arms, and the smaller muscles of the hands. A baby begins to experience new awareness through sight, touch, taste, smell, and hearing.
• Language Development
  infants learn language by taking in information through their senses. They use their sense of hearing, sight, and touch to process the world around them. By using their eyes, tongues, hands, and ears they learn to mimic the sights and sounds of other people to create their own sounds, safety, and communications.
• Social-Personal Development
  consists of the infants growing awareness of themselves, how they feel about others and how they play and communicate to others around them.
• Cognitive Development
  is the infants growing ability to listen and understand others around them and follow short, easy directions. How an infant thinks, reasons and problem solves are all factors used to assess their individual level of cognitive skills.

For the toddlers, this age group thrives on new experiences and we will fulfil this need by providing care, direction, and games that will allow them to explore the world without stress or pressure.  We have design spaces in the classroom that is inviting and friendly.  Our rooms are creative filled with various toys and games such as blocks, train sets, dress- up play, books, and puzzles, also, children can choose for free choice play.  We aim to work with each child as an individual and ensue that each day is a fun filled adventure. 

Emotional Goals

• Begins to show empathy for others
• Feels safe and secure away from parents

Social Goals

• Imitates others
• Influences or persuades others

Physical Goals

• Sits well in chair
• Climbs up steps

Cognitive Goals -To learn about their world

• Shows a beginning understanding of cause and effect
• Shows a beginning understanding that things can be grouped
• Uses problem-solving strategies
• Engages in pretend play
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Language Goals- To learn about communicating.

• Develops receptive language and expressive language
• Participates in conversations
• Experiments with drawing and writing

For the preschoolers and pre-K students, at the start of each day, the children will meet at circle time for group interactions, singing, dancing, sharing stories and discuss the theme activities.  Our themes are selected to inspire curiosity and learning and include a variety of interesting subjects such as letter of the week, on the farm, transportation, community workers, famous authors, or dinosaurs.  Our teachers will make every effort to balance play with structured academic programs using developmentally appropriate materials.

Our living and learning environment are designed to meet the overall needs of preschoolers and to facilitate their development through age-appropriate experiences. Due to the individuality of each child expectations vary; each child is challenged but not hurried. Ideally, the following goals should be met by the time a child enters kindergarten.

Emotional Goals

• Displays a sense of security
• Exhibits self-confidence
• Has a positive attitude
• Shows a desire to learn

Social Goals

• Plays cooperatively and help others
• Interacts positively with peers and adults
• Resolves conflicts peacefully
• Exhibits good manners; courteous.

Language Goals

• Speaks clearly
• Has age-appropriate vocabulary
• Expresses needs and ideas verbally
• Recites jingles and rhymes

Physical Goals (Large Muscle)

• Displays good balance
• Exhibits skill on playground equipment (climber, swing, slide, etc.)
• Builds with blocks
• Throws/catches ball

Physical Goals (Small Muscle)

• Holds pencil correctly
• Can cut with scissors
• Draws a recognizable person
• Writes own name

Cognitive Goals

• Demonstrates knowledge of colors, shapes, numbers, and letters
• Expresses self-using words and expanded sentences
• Understands the purpose of writing
• Can work a 10-piece puzzle