Infants & Toddlers

Children Central believes that all children have the right to grow and learn in a warm, safe and loving environment.

INFANT GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

6 Weeks – 12 Months

• We listen to infants by interpreting their cries, demeanor, appearance and mood.
• We interact with infants on a continual basis to insure that all infants in our care receive sensory stimulation.
• We are led by the infants’ needs as we provide napping time, diapering time, feeding time, and play time.
• We constantly sanitize and disinfect the infant environment.
• Our facility is designed so that our feeding area is completely separated from the diapering area. Sanitation procedures are clearly defined for all CHILDREN CENTRAL caregivers.

We provide a daily communication record of your infant’s day. We list when and what was eaten, diaper changing information and general infant observational notes. We help you and your child make the natural transition into the next group. Children Central assesses the infant at each stage and notes the accomplishments of major milestones that are observed while in our Infant Care. Caregivers are required to obtain First Aid and CPR training, as well as attend a minimum of 18 hours training in early childhood education.

TYPICAL INFANT DAY

• Greeting of infant
• Communication with Parents
• Receiving Infant Belongings
• Infants have On-Carpet Time
• Breakfast (According to Infant’s Needs)
• Individual On-Carpet Time for Fine Motor Development
• Outside Time Provided for Those Awake for 15-20 Minutes
• Sensory Activities
• Morning Snacks (according to infant’s needs)
• Gross Motor Movement
• Lunch(according to infant’s needs)
• Napping Provided
• Outside Time Provided for those awake for 15-20 minutes
• Fine Motor Development
• Afternoon Snack(according to infant’s needs)
• Gross Motor Development
• Language Development
• Music Activities
• Greeting Parents at Pick-Up

TODDLER GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

13 - 24 months

CHILDREN CENTRAL provides daily, themed related, age appropriate activities to help Toddlers learn about themselves and how they fit into the world around them. We know that Toddlers are striving for independence and self-esteem. Experiencing new activities and successfully completing tasks are very important to them. Because Toddlers learn through play and a “hands on” approach to the exploration of materials, ample space with a variety of selections of learning materials are provided. Through our weekly focus on Self Help Skills, Toddlers participate in valuable experiences that will help them become more independent. They explore new tasks which refine eye-hand coordination, fine and gross motor development and problem solving.

DAILY COMMUNICATOR

At the end of each day you will be given a parent communicator that will give you a look into how successful your child’s day was which will include, but is not limited to: activities of interest, eating patterns, diaper changing schedules and comments. This very informative daily document provides observations of a caring and educational nature.

TYPICAL TODDLER DAY

• Greeting Children
• Fine Motor Activities
• Morning Snack
• Gross Motor Activities
• Outside Time ( diaper changes as needed)
• Language Development
• Art Activities and Nature Activities
• Clean up Time (diaper changes as needed)
• Lunch Time
• Quiet Activities Before Rest Time
• Wake Up Time, Diaper Changing
• Afternoon Snack
• Quiet Time
• Music Activities
• Fine Motor Activities
• Review The Day
• Getting Ready to Go Home