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Welcome to the Infant Rooms The infant rooms consist of a group of infants 6 weeks to 18 months old. The infant classrooms follow the primary caregiver system. Each caregiver is responsible for meeting the basic needs of the children assigned to each one of them. The primary caregiver system allows for building a strong bond between caregiver, child and parent. Young infants are learning to trust us and to feel valued and important. In order for this to happen the adults need to respond promptly, consistently, and lovingly to meet their every need. Each interaction between you and the infant will teach them important lessons about other people. Babies learn how to treat others from the way they are treated; we continue to build on the positive experiences that the child has at home. We now know that language development begins at birth. The part of the brain that is used for language is most receptive in the first few years of a child’s life. The more you talk, listen, sing, repeat chants, and read books, the more language the child will understand. The caregivers in the infant rooms provide an environment where infants can reach out, crawl over, climb in, pull up, and jump. To develop small muscles, the teachers encourage the children to pick up finger food, fill containers, dump them out, stack blocks, etc.Babies are building an understanding of what the world is all about as they watch, listen, taste, touch, and smell everything around them. We give them the opportunity to explore using their senses. Everyday, as infants explore and play, they collect new information to add to what they already know. Little by little the child understands the world a little better. The primary caregiver system allows for each caregiver to meet the basic needs of the children assigned to each one of them. This allows for building a strong bond between caregiver, child and parent. Young infants are learning to trust us and feel valued and important.
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