Infant & Toddler Programs

Infant Care

The need for quality begins with infants whose parents’ family leave may be limited. Housed in a separate and quiet building across the playground, the infant program provides a nurturing atmosphere that builds trust and attachment with caregivers for children from six weeks to two years of age. The goals of our infant care program are:

• To enhance infants’ perceptions that the world is a place where their needs will be met, and
   
• To begin infants’ ability to enter into two-way, lasting emotional relationships.

Toddler Care

Developmental tasks and associated outcomes, characterized by the search for independence, accelerate in this period. Early childhood specialists help our toddlers become independent and learn to get along with others. We also encourage good nutritional habits, and in cooperation with parents, promote toilet-training. We have introduced a specialized program for older toddlers who are not toilet-trained, the only one of its kind in this area. The goals of our toddler care program are:

• To enhance toddlers’ sense of control over their own life by providing a safe environment to explore the outcomes of their choices, and
   
• To begin a sense of trust that one’s feelings, impulses, and choices will lead to appropriate and accepted outcomes.