Infant Care

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Infant Day Care (6 weeks - 12 mo.)

Our teachers welcome you and your baby to our warm and loving infant classroom. We know every child is different and we work hands on with your little ones at their level and at their own pace. Together we sing songs, play music, read and have so much fun learning and growing together. We offer a nurturing and stimulating environment both indoors and outdoors in which your child can explore. Our teachers work with you and your child on an individual level to support your needs. We invite you to come stay with us as your child transitions into a new environment with his/her friends. Our teachers are here for you. Together we can support each child’s instinct to be independent, curious, loved and happy.

Milestones

Social/Emotional

  • Knows familiar faces and begins to know if someone is a stranger

  • Likes to play with others, especially parents

  • Responds to other people’s emotions and often seems happy

  • Likes to look at self in a mirror

Language/Communication

  • Responds to sounds by making sounds

  • Strings vowels together when babbling (“ah,” “eh,” “oh”) and the likes taking turns with parent while making sounds

  • Responds to own name

  • Makes sounds to show joy and displeasure

  • Begins to say consonant sounds (jabbering with “m,” “b”)

 
 

Cognitive (learning, thinking, problem-solving)

  • Looks around at things nearby

  • Brings things to mouth

  • Shows curiosity about things and tries to get things that are out of reach

  • Begins to pass things from one hand to the other

Movement/Physical Development

  • Rolls over in both directions (front to back, back to front)

  • Begins to sit without support

  • When standing, supports weight on legs and might bounce

  • Rocks back and forth, sometimes crawling backward before moving forward

Daily Schedule

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Daily schedules are developed with the following in mind:

  • Matching the age and abilities of the children.

  • Outdoor time, both structured and unstructured, every day.

  • At least two large blocks of time for child-directed learning.

And include:

  • Morning and afternoon group time

  • Small-group activities

  • Morning and afternoon child-directed learning in learning centers

  • Outdoor play and activities

  • Snack and meals

  • Rest time

Here's an example daily schedule for our Infant and Toddler classrooms.

6 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Arrival and breakfast
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Free play/Begin art
9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Snack
9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Circle time/Finish art
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Outdoor play
11:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Lunch
12:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Nap/Quiet time
2:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Song and dance/Inside play/Art for children who arrive later
3:45 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. Snack
4:15 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Outdoor play
5:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Pick up