Infant Center

Age: 6 weeks to about a year
Classroom size: 6

Infants and babies are cared for with great attention at the Infant Center. During this early time, babies are nurtured in a loving atmosphere especially created for children of this age. The Infant Center works with each child to suit his or her own individual needs.

The room is filled with baby safe toys and is safe for exploration. This room is rigorously cleaned and disinfected to limit children’s exposure to germs.

Staff are carefully chosen for their ability to foster a warm and gentle environment. All staff members have been trained in 1st aid, infant CPR and fire safety. The staff to child ratio is 3 to 1, which is better than the state requirement.

Activities Include:

• Basic care such as feeding and diaper changing
• Gross motor skills such as learning to sit, crawl and walk
• Napping appropriate to individual needs
• Fine Motor development
• Exposure to texture, color and sound
• Reading- Children are read to daily
• Weather permitting walks outside
• Socialization with other children
• Music
• Introduction to Shabbat and Holidays

Children are moved up to the young toddler room based on mobility and readiness, rather than age.

Parents are part of the decision making process, kept informed about child’s daily activities, and are encouraged to drop in at any time as the entire school has an open door policy.