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Infant toddler daily schedule3/28/2024 ![]() ![]() The children stay in the Infant 2 classroom until they are about 15 months and/or walking steadily. Once the babies crawl and are very mobile, usually at around 8 or 9 months, they are ready to move next door to the Infant 2 classroom. ![]() In the Infant 1 classroom, once the physical needs are met, the babies are on the floor where the teachers read to them, show them books, sing to them, and show them how to play with the toys. Infant 1 is for babies six weeks to 8 or 9 months. And when a teacher and child intimately share a moment of delight, these are prime times for discovering the joy of being human. If the child is actively involved and respected while meeting their needs, these are excellent times for creating a sense of autonomy. With a relaxed pace and gentle one-to-one contact between teacher and child, full of language and conversations, these are prime times for developing a strong sense of personal worth. In the infant classrooms, the child learns and discovers at every waking moment. Social Experiences: adult-child one-to-one, child-initiated interactions, guiding and modeling positive peer interactionsĬreative Expression: art, movement, doll and soft toy play, imitation and beginning dramatic play Language Experiences: adult-child conversations, labeling, books, music, rhymes, sound explorations Sensory Experiences: explorations of texture, color, sound, size, shape, smell, taste, weightĬognitive Experiences: object permanence, spatial relationships, classifying, collecting and dumping, cause and effect, problem-solving Large & Small Motor Experiences: reaching, grasping, holding, crawling in, out, over, under They need a world rich with opportunities to explore and enjoy actively to see, hear, feel, touch, and move a world where they are encouraged to venture and discover. The child at this age is a sensory-motor being, exploring the world with their senses while developing motor skills. This comes from being treated as an individual and increasing opportunities for independence. The child is developing a sense of autonomy, a sense of being a separate, independent self. In the first years of life, the child is acquiring a sense of trust in oneself and others, a sense of safety and security that comes from responsive, predictable care from others to whom one is attached. ![]()
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