Goals
Our goal in our Infant Program is to meet the milestones of the infant by providing them a safe, nurturing, and stimulating environment for the children. The program is setup to develop the physical growth of the children. The material in the infant program is age appropriate and allows the children to explore and learn at their own pace.
We separate the small infants from the more mobile, older children. Once infants begin crawling at around one year old, we introduce them slowly into the older age group.
Areas of Development
- Large, Small, & Fine Motor Skills - Small infants use the activity gyms that foster crawling, rolling over and sitting up. The older children explore the indoor play structure that fosters standing, scooting, walking, and climbing. Children use the manipulative materials to develop fine motor skills such as pulling, grasping, re-grasping, and pinching.
- Language Development - Caregivers are constantly talking to the children and communicating through play and activities such as stories, puppets, and Group time. This stimulates the children to vocalize sounds and words.
- Social Skills - To encourage the children and infants to develop social skills the staff will provide various activities such as: Stories, Group time, Songs, Puppets, Celebrations, and Simple Art Activities.
- Sensory Development - Sensory input is an important factor to learning the environment around them. This is when hearing, touching, seeing and smelling are changing. The staff will encourage this development by various activities and through play with age appropriate materials.
- Daily Activities - Singing, stories, finger puppets, play dough, stacking blocks, puzzles, music and movement, games, balls, and outside play.
Schedules
| Infants: 6 weeks to 12 months old | |
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| Meals: | On demand. We will provide rice cereal, and ask parents to provide jar and finger foods. |
| Bottles: | On demand or as needed. We will stay as close as possible to your home schedule. |
| Diapers: | Changed as needed all day. |
| Naps: | When the infant is tired. |
| Mobile Toddlers: 1 to 2 years old | |
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| Meals: | Breakfast - 7 to 8 am Snack - 9:30 am Lunch - 11:00 am – Parents are asked to provide a lunch or purchase one through our lunch program. Snack - 3:30 pm |
| Bottles: | 9:45, 12:30, and 3:45 or 4:00 |
| Diapers: | Changed at 10, 12:15, 2:30, and 4:15 |
| Naps: | From 12:30 to 2:30 |
| Routine: | Group time - up to 10 min. Activities - 30-60 min. Inside Play - 1-2 hours Outside Play - 1-2 hours |
Tuition
| $1,700 | Fulltime |
| $1,564 | 4-Days (Mo->Th or Tu->Fr) |
| $1,194 | 3-Days (Mo-We-Fr) |
| $844 | 2-Days (Tu-Th) |
