Infants
Our infant care staff are all specialists in the care of babies. They love and care for your baby as if he/she were their own. Along with this loving attention, we incorporate an abundance of educational opportunities throughout the day. Our teachers provide curriculum based on Creative Curriculum and other benchmarks accepted throughout the industry (as listed below). We practice positive guidance and implement physical activities to develop social behaviors and gross motor skills.
Our classroom is filled with a variety of colorful, developmentally appropriate toys and equipment designed for your child’s physical and mental growth. Our teachers read, sing, and play with the children to ensure progressive language development as well as the cognitive and emotional development.
Each of our infants has an individualized schedule that is updated periodically and designed to meet his/her needs. In addition, our teachers also make sure to communicate with parents regarding their child’s day. We provide a daily communication sheet for each child with all the details the parent needs to know about what happened that day! How much did the child eat, when and how long did he/she sleep, when was he/she changed and what were the activities for the day.
At Rocking Horse Academy we provide our babies with an extraordinary environment filled with plenty of love and the educational stimulation babies need for healthful growth and development.
| Social & Emotional Development |
Recognize familiar people
Separates from parents easily
Plays cooperatively with friends |
Expresses appropriate emotions
Imitates adult actions in play
Follows routines independently |
| Gross Motor |
Reaches for objects
Rolls over independently
Holds head steady
Supports head/chest on tummy
Sits up independently
Pushes/pulls toys
Moves to music |
Crawling
Pulls up to standing position
Stands alone
Climbs playground equipment
Throws a ball
Walks
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| Self Help |
Drinks from cup
Eats table food |
Naps once a day |
| Fine Motor |
Can grasp object with one hand
Can transfer object from one hand to the other one |
Can pick up small objects (Cheerios) |
| Cognitive/Language |
Follows object with eyes
Understands simple instructions
Understands and/or uses sign language
to communicate |
Enjoys listening to song/finger plays and stories
Names or points to familiar objects |
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