Infant/Toddler Program

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INFANT AND TODDLER PROGRAM

• Each infant and toddler shall be allowed to follow his or her own schedule based on his or her own individual needs. Parents or guardians are required to fill out an Intake form so the Center can coordinate each child’s schedule to their home schedule as much as possible.  The Intake must be updated each time there is a change to the schedule.  At 1 year of age children are required  to be on daycare supplied meals/whole milk unless a written medical statement from a physician is in their file.  If children have a medical statement then parents are required to supply what is on the medical statement.
• Consistent staff is used so that a secure attachment can be made and the little ones learn to trust and form an emotional bond with the caregiver.
• Developmentally appropriate activities will be incorporated into their day with emphasis given to play as a learning and growth experience. 
• Throughout the day each infant and toddler shall receive physical contact and attention such as being rocked, talked to, sung to, read to and taken on walks inside and outside the center.
• Routine activities such as taking a nap, eating, diapering and toileting shall be used as occasions for language development and other learning experiences.
• To reduce the risk of SIDS, all infants will be placed on their backs to sleep unless the center has written permission from the child’s physician to put them in a different sleep position.  
• “Tummy time” will be provided for all awake, non-mobile infants. 
• When a non-walking child is awake, they shall be moved to a variety of locations and positions in the room throughout the day. All non-walking and walking children will be given the opportunity throughout the day to move freely in a safe, clean, open, warm and uncluttered area. Walking field trips may be done daily within a ½ mile radius of the center. Transitions will be done through songs, poems, chants, etc. Infants and toddlers will be encouraged to play with a wide variety of safe toys and objects.  Infants and toddlers will be taken outdoors every day except in inclement weather.  There will be daily sheets and sent home with the child upon pick up.  

• Infant Room
  • 5:30am-8:00am Welcome, Free Choice
  • 8:00am-8:30am Breakfast & Washup
  • 8:30am-9:00am Diapers / Wash / Free Play
  • 9:00am-9:30am Circle
  • 9:30am-10:00am Art / Free Play
  • 10:00am-10:30am Music & Movement
  • 10:30am-11:00am Diapers / Wash
  • 11:00am-11:30am ***Lunch*** /  Wash
  • 11:30am-2:00pm Nap / Diapers As Children Wake / Wash
  • 2:00pm-2:30pm ***Snack*** / Wash
  • 2:30pm-3:00pm Free Play
  • 3:00pm-4:00pm Fine Motor & Building Blocks
  • 4:00pm   Diapers
  • 4:00pm-5:30pm Free Play / Pick Up

*Diapers are changed every 2 hours or as needed

**Outside weather permitting    ***Infants make their own schedule

• Ones Room
  • 5:30am-8:00am Welcome / Free Choice
  • 8:00am-8:30am Wash / Breakfast /  Wash
  • 8:30am-9:00am Diapers / Free Play
  • 9:00am-9:30am Art / Free Play
  • 9:30am-10:00am Outside / Large Motor Room
  • 10:00am-10:30am Circle Time
  • 10:30am-11:00am Diapers / Table Tops / Wash
  • 11:00am-11:30am Lunch / Wash
  • 11:30am-2:00pm Nap / Diapers As Children Wake / Wash
  • 2:00pm-2:30pm Snack / Wash
  • 2:30pm-3:30pm Large Motor / Outside
  • 3:30pm-5:30pm Free Play /  Pick Up

*Diapers are changed every 2 hours or as needed

**Outside weather permitting

• Younger Toddler Room (2 Year Old) & Older Toddler Room (3-4 Years Old)
  • 5:30am-8:00am Welcome / Free Choice
  • 8:00am-8:30am Wash / Breakfast /  Wash
  • 8:30am-9:00am Diapers or Bathroom / Wash / Free Play
  • 9:00am-9:30am Circle Time / Learning Tools
  • 9:30am-10:00am Free Play / Art
  • 10:00am-10:30am Outside Time / Large Motor Room
  • 10:30am-11:00am Diapers or Bathroom / Wash / Cots
  • 11:00am-11:30am Lunch / Wash
  • 11:30am-2:00pm Nap / Diapers Or Bathroom As Children Wake / Wash
  • 2:00pm-2:30pm Snack / Wash
  • 2:30pm-3:00pm Learning Tools
  • 3:00pm-3:30pm Outside Time / Large Motor Room
  • 3:30pm-5:30pm Free Play /  Pick Up

*Outside Time (30 min Teacher Directed / 30 min Free Choice)

*Bathroom Breaks are taken every hour, or as needed 

*Diapers / Pull-Ups are changed every hour, or as needed

• PRESCHOOL PROGRAM
• Each room is set up with a variety of interest areas/learning centers that children can choose from throughout the day. The teachers will complete weekly lesson plans which will provide the children with a variety of experiences using the interest areas.
• The lesson plans will be based on a weekly theme and offer a balance of activities which may include art activities, songs, fingerplays, stories, flannel boards, music and movement, games, outdoor activities (walks, organized games, playground, etc.), letter and number recognition activities, writing and cutting activities, manipulatives, constructing/blocks, puzzles, dramatic play, sensory experiences and cooking and science experiences. 
• Children that are preschool age will learn through a variety of activities throughout the day. If a child doesn’t bring home art projects and worksheets every day, it doesn’t mean they’re not learning. Children learn through play.
• Self-help skills are encouraged in all activities throughout the day.
• Children will be doing activities that give them opportunities to understand and care for their physical well being and to use their motor skills to further their learning and achieve good health. 
• Children will be doing activities that give them opportunities to develop social and emotional skills and to develop and strengthen their sense of personal well being. 
• Children will be doing activities that give them the opportunities to develop their abilities to listen and understand, to speak and communicate and to develop literacy concepts and skills needed to prepare them to learn to read and write.
• Children will be doing activities that give them the opportunities to extend their learning through the use of invention and imagination, through curiosity, engagement and persistence, and by using cognitive skills like reasoning, reflection and interpretation as a tool to acquire knowledge and skills.
• Children will be doing activities that give them opportunities to extend their learning through the use of early math concepts and logical thinking processes, the use of scientific reasoning and problem solving and through the understanding of the characteristics and structures of social systems.
• Walking field trips may be done daily within a ½ mile radius of the center.
• Transitions will be done through songs, poems, chants, etc.
• The white board by the door will be used to tell parents nap times and activities that were done throughout the day.