Infant Room - Seedlings

Ages: Birth-12 months

Our infant classroom focuses on meeting the needs of each individual child, while implementing lessons to foster the development of every child. During the day, infants will engage in experiences to strengthen their fine motor and gross motor skills as well as allowing opportunities for exploring different textures, smells, tastes, and sounds through sensory play and open-ended art. Infants will expand their developing language through teacher interactions and baby sign language.

Our infant classroom focuses on providing a safe, nurturing environment where babies can explore, grow, and develop at their own pace. Teachers support early development through sensory play, movement, language interactions, and responsive caregiving.
Focus Areas

  • Sensory exploration
  • Early communication and language
  • Fine and gross motor development
  • Social interaction and bonding

Toddler Classroom

Ages: 12 month- 24 months

Our toddler classroom offers a variety of hand-on exploration opportunities to promote curiosity and learning. Toddlers will become familiar with a consistent classroom routine and will be encouraged to engage in the wide-variety of teacher-planned experiences available to them that will encourage greater independence strengthen development of both fine and gross motor skills, and promote more accurate hand-eye coordination. Toddlers will expand their developing language through both peer and teacher interactions and continued use of baby sign language.

Our toddler classroom encourages curiosity and independence through hands-on learning experiences. Toddlers explore their environment, develop language skills, and begin building relationships with peers.
Focus Areas

  • Language development
  • Early problem-solving
  • Social interactions with peers
  • Motor skill development
  • Exploration through play

Older Toddlers

Ages: 20 months- 33 months

Our step-up toddler classroom focuses on reaching greater competence in communicating and interacting with peers, increased ability to recognize and label emotions, and encouraging more involvement in implementing problem-solving strategies with teacher guidance. Older toddlers are given access to a variety of art and writing materials to encourage mark-making and proper pincer coordination, as well as continued opportunities to work on manipulating small objects with increased control, focus, and coordination. Children begin to show interest in, and gain greater understanding of their body, especially in becoming competent in using the toilet and experiencing more control over bodily rhythms.

Our older toddler classroom helps children build confidence and independence while developing communication, social skills, and early learning foundations.
Focus Areas

  • Social and emotional development
  • Early literacy and communication
  • Fine and gross motor skills
  • Cooperative play
  • Independence and self-help skills