Plenty of love and attention, since we enroll only up to two infants under one year of age.
"Baby Place"- part of our classroom arrangement is a roomy spot just for the littlest "Kid of the Kingdom", full of all kinds of things that baby likes to do!
Infant early learning program, which helps baby develop intellectually, emotionally and physically, and begin the exciting process of early learning.
Infant formula and baby food is provided at the parent's option.
Our Educational & Developmental Goals for Our Infants
While each child has his or her own unique talents and limitations, this is a list of typical goals for our babies who are between the ages of six weeks and one year.
Social Development
To develop a sense of trust
provide frequent contact with a teacher at the Center
provide opportunities to get to know and recognize others while with the teacher
provide opportunities to recognize and get to know themselves
provide many opportunities for interaction with familiar people
provide opportunities to play and interact in games and activities with more than one familiar person
provide activities that help children to become aware of themselves and their awareness of others
respond to their needs so that they feel successful at communicating
Cognitive Development
To acquire concepts and information leading to a fuller understanding of the immediate world
provide baby with much interaction by calling to them, playing music, or making various noises to attract their attention
play "Peek-a-boo" games with baby, so that they can become familiar with them and learn to expect a series of actions
provide opportunities to observe objects that appear, disappear, reappear
provide a variety of toys and objects that are new and different
provide moving objects to watch
provide many different shaped objects to play with and study to interact with baby and give them actions to imitate
provide opportunities for baby to practice searching for objects
Begin to understand the names of many things
provide good language response from teachers with many opportunities to hear baby's own name and the names of objects
opportunities to freely play and talk about the actions they make
Physical Development
To enhance small motor skills
provide opportunities to learn to use their fingers and hands for eating
to learn how to use their spoon for eating
to provide chances for them to "pick up" all kinds of objects
practice grabbing one object as they hold another
to discover the size, weight, shape, and feel of things for themselves
To enhance large motor skills
provide opportunities to perform directed body turns
provide practice in controlling things around them by using their body
provide plenty of opportunity to practice moving around, and to learn to make their body fit into the space available
provide a safe environment for practicing new skills
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