Infants & Toddlers
INFANT ROOM (6 weeks to 1 year)
Our infant program will give you peace of mind.
Your child’s “FIRST” experience as an infant in our daycare will be the best!
In addition to feeding, changing and getting your child to sleep, throughout the day Ms. Susel will focus on giving them ample amounts of rocking, cuddling, talking and singing, providing a learning environment that will stimulate their brain development. She will also let them develop their fine and gross motor skills through the following activities:
- Exercise & Stretch
- Interactive Music & Dance
- Sensory Activities using colors, textures & theme related items
- Interactive Play with a wide variety of learning toys
- Tummy time
- Storytime
- Free crawl
- Art projects to experiment with coloring & painting
Time to Eat
When it comes time for your child to be introduced to solid foods, (baby & people food), we will help you slowly begin the process.
We will supply the baby food, you can let us know which foods are your child’s favorites. When they begin people food, we have a great menu that is accredited by the Child & Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), full of nutritious & great tasting choices.
Our Infant Classroom is designed to allow your child the space to move around, discover new things and know that learning is FUN!
Our Infant Classroom is designed to allow your child the space to move around, discover new things and know that learning is FUN!
Ms. Susel, our infant teacher is a 10+ year veteran at our learning center with most of that time spent in the infant room. Her extensive experience allows her to cater to the wants and needs of the children and she communicates very well with parents as their children develop.
Toddler Room (1 to 2 year olds)
The Toddler Room Curriculum is a step up from the Infant room, in here they will follow a structured schedule, packed full of fun “Learning” activities.
In the Toddler room, your child begins to establish who they are and achieving milestones based on their age. They will learn the following:
- Social skills – How to play with other children, share & get along
- Verbal language skills, so they can begin to “Use their Words” & repeat words
- Circle time will be introduced at this age, focusing on Theme of the week, Number, Letter, Shape & Color of the week plus songs, story time, nursery rhymes etc.
- Exercise & Movement are very important at this age, they will have fun, moving to interactive music and dance
- Learning Worksheets will be introduced, getting them used to holding crayons
- Art projects, learning to use glue
- Using fine & gross motor skills during activities
- Sensory play using a variety of materials
- Independent skills, such as pushing in their chair, cleaning up their toys, eating with a spoon etc.
- Learning CLASSROOM RULES and how to follow them
Our goal in the Toddler room is to give them skills to be ready to transition into the 2 year old room, where they will learn even more skills that are age appropriate! At age 23 months, they will begin sitting on a potty & using pull-ups instead of a diaper.
Our facility has a dedicated PLAY room for Toddlers:
They have “FUN” while at the same time mastering skills such as climbing, jumping, tumbling etc.
Call us
today to learn more about our learning activities!
502-762-9000
A Step Ahead Childcare and Learning Center has been in business for seven years.