Our BabiesFirst program offers a safe, nurturing, high-quality environment promoting infants’ healthy growth and development. Teachers provide responsive care to each infant, embracing and encouraging their unique development, allowing them to grow at their own rate. KidsFirst concentrates on each child’s routines and provides a variety of experiences to build trust. Teachers work closely with parents to stimulate children’s learning and the best individualized care. KidsFirst nurtures curiosity with an environment full of meaningful interactions using toys, mirrors, bounce chairs, physical holding, and soothing, comforting words. Here are the results that parents can expect at KidsFirst:
Social and Emotional Development Milestones. Babies will:
Express a variety of emotions, learn to communicate emotions
Recognize themselves in mirrors and photos
Use hands to explore
Initiate play with familiar adults and children
React to hearing their names
Cognition and General Knowledge. Babies will:
Cover their eyes to play "peek-a-boo"
Open their mouths in anticipation of next bite of food
Roll a toy car back and forth on the floor
Hold a toy in each hand and drop one when a third toy is offered
Want to play with a big ball instead of a small one
Explores the ways shapes and objects fit together
Approaches Towards Learning. Babies will:
Engage in a variety of sensory-motor activities
Show interest in people and objects
Roll, wiggle, or crawl to get to a toy
Touch different parts of a toy to see what noises it makes
Language and Literacy. Babies will:
Watch a teacher's face as she speaks
Babble back and forth with teachers
Point to the toy to play with
Reach for the pages of a book
Move hands while listening to a favorite song
Physical Well-Being and Motor Development. Babies will:
Demonstrate strength and control of head, arms, legs and trunk
Move with increasing coordination
Reach for a toy with a free hand while holding another toy