Infant Life
Essentials
Language & Communication
Focus: Learning how to express wants and needs.
Our teachers are constantly communicating with your infant to help them make sense of sounds and speech patterns. They're engaged in activities to help them express and understand both verbal sounds and nonverbal body language.
Activities
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Making associations between words and colors in books.
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Learning words in sign language.
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Responding to and imitating sounds and rhymes through songs.
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Identifying facial expressions and sounds.
Learn
Learning continues beyond the classroom. Here are some easy projects you can do to extend learning into your home.
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Read a book such as “Red Light, Green Light” to make associations between words and colors.
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Go to babysignlanguage.com to find and practice simple sign language words like “mommy,” “please,” “milk” and “I love you.”
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Identify facial expressions and sounds in front of a mirror.
Motor Skills
Focus: Strengthening your baby's finger, hand, arm and leg muscles.
Our teachers assist your infant's physical development through tasks that improve coordination, accuracy and balance. They receive encouragement and positive reinforcement every step of the way.
Activities
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Learning to lift, hold and turn their head, roll over, sit up and crawl.
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Developing leg muscles using objects that support walking.
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Learning to feed themselves by holding bottles on their own.
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Engaging in sensory play, including finger painting, play dough and blocks covered in different fabrics.
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Exploring the outdoors through daily walks in strollers and playing outside in the playground.
Learn
Learning continues beyond the classroom. Here are some easy projects you can do to extend learning into your home.
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Give your baby “tummy time” so they can practice lifting, turning and holding their head; rolling over; sitting up; and crawling.
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Use toy strollers, grocery carts or other objects that support walking to help your infant develop strong leg muscles.
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Use finger painting, play dough, bags and blocks covered in different fabrics to have sensory play time with your child.
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Explore the outdoors through daily walks in strollers and playing outside.
