Infant

What does it mean to be secure?  Trusted, caring relationships and a safe, comfortable, interesting environment lay the foundation for our infants to enjoy new experiences and learn from our teachers.

 

Each infant’s care is structured based on daily communication with parents and the infant’s individual routine.  Through sensory and physical experiences both indoors and outdoors, our teachers stimulate and support each infant’s growth in laying a foundation of linguistic, cognitive, physical, social, and emotional skills at this critical stage of brain development.

 

The Infant Program serves children beginning at 1 month of age from 6:30am to 5:30pm.  See our infants’ daily schedule and further explore each of our curriculum areas and further explore each of our curriculum areas.

What can infants, parents, and teachers expect from the Infant Program?

 

Infants

• A sense of security and comfort outside the home.

• An opportunity for socialization.

• Learning sign language as a tool to support increasing independence.

• Exposure to a wide variety of materials and experiences inside and outside.

 

Parents

• A clear picture of what MCC values and how we teach your children.

• A daily report of care and an understanding of the activities children engage in daily.

• A sense of security that their child’s needs are being met and that the teachers are a resource for support and information.

• A trusting connection with MCC staff and opportunities to participate in your child’s education.

 

Teachers

• A trusting connection with each child and satisfaction in seeing him/her progress and grow.

• A clear set of teaching objectives for each child.

• A profile of each child’s needs and interests.

• Curriculum activities and mentoring support which allow teachers to provide children with continuity in their learning experiences

   and which encourage teachers to help develop novel activities.