Infants and toddlers program
Our infant-toddler program provides a loving “home away from home” for our youngest learners. Your little ones feel special thanks to our nurturing, certified caregivers who happily offer lots of holding, rocking, singing, reading, and cuddling.
You can rely on Children’s Village for an early childhood educational environment that is totally:
- Safe
- Comfortable
- Consistent
- Loving
- Stimulating
We customize schedules for feeding, napping, and activities by regularly consulting with parents and caregivers to promote healthy eating and sleeping habits. Sleep guidelines meet those suggested by the American Academy of Pediatrics. Program highlights for this age group include:
- “Duck-Bunny” and “Teddy Bear-Rocking Horse” rooms for sleep, play, and quiet activities
- Visits to our “Village Square” central gathering place to learn about socializing, sharing, friendship, and fun
- Parent lounge for breastfeeding (we also accept frozen or fresh breast milk labeled with your infant’s name and date)
- Diapers changed and bottles/food provided on an as-needed basis
- Fresh air and exercise
- Regular updates to keep you informed
Our environment encourages growth and development. We communicate daily with parents to share updates about your child, and we hope you do the same when your child is starting something new at home or has changes to eating times or habits.
We welcome crib sheets, blankets, and soft toys. We suggest that other toys remain at home to avoid being lost or damaged.
Children’s Village understands that daily routines are important to make your child feel secure. That routine includes lots of touching, tasting, throwing, banging, jumping, and climbing.
At this age, we gradually start to introduce more playtime and creative activities. We’ll be sure to celebrate special milestones like following simple directions, learning about the potty, dressing and undressing, or meeting new friends. We make sure we communicate these accomplishments to our parents.
We help toddlers reach development goals by studying their interests. This allows them to contribute in their own special way. This method is called the Project Approach. Your child will start learning to express wants and needs verbally, to gain self-confidence, to respond to others’ emotions, and to participate in classroom routines with some independence.
Our toddler curriculum includes:
- Language and literacy (increase vocabulary, develop pre-reading and pre-writing skills)
- Cognitive skills (begin counting, increase problem-solving skills, and identify basic shapes and colors)
- Motor skills (using fingers to grip utensils, experimenting with scissors, climbing, balancing, pedaling a bike)
- Creative arts (role-playing with props, blocks, dramatic play, visual arts)
Toddlers are naturally full of curiosity. While your children experience new activities and challenges, we’re right behind them with hugs, smiles, and lots of personal attention and encouragement.
We love to cook and eat. Many of our delicious snacks are based on our cooking and baking programs with toddlers and older students who assist us in whipping up delicious snacks like banana bread, monkey bread, or cupcakes in one of our three adult kitchens throughout the building. We even make pasta and let our children add cheese. Other favorite treats are homemade applesauce and pumpkin bread in the fall.