(6 weeks to walking depending on your child’s development)
Nothing is more important than meeting an infant's "on demand" schedule. Our nurturing caregivers weave a learning curriculum into an infant's individual need to sleep, eat and to just be held. The simple act of bonding and connecting develops a child's ability to trust. Each week, all areas of development are covered by introducing appropriate activities.

Every interaction is another opportunity to learn and develop. Motor, intellectual, social and language development are all closely intertwined. Infants need opportunities to use their bodies freely in order to learn about space, movement and the effects their actions have on objects and the people around them. Language development evolves from giggles to vocalization through imitation.

The Seedlings Early Childhood Education Program includes enrichment programs for Infant Sign Language, Musical Beginnings and Reading Readiness. Developmental milesones are achieved utilizing key elements from the Creative Curriculum for Infants and Toddlers (approved by New Jersey Dept. of Education) which focus on intentionally teaching through play.

Understanding how young children learn is essential to providing an environment which supports their development. We address an infant's growth and development by creating strong bonds, encouraging learning through play and also by stimulating their five senses through ordinary interaction throughout the day.

"Touch" and large motor skills could be enhanced by rolling a ball back or finger-painting with yogurt and playing with items such as cooked spaghetti. "Sight" could be stimulated by primary-colored pictures at baby infant-eye level and contacted directly on tables to enhance their ability to focus and touch. "Hearing" is not only done through the soothing music played in the room and the Musical Beginnings program, but also through story time and the continuous naming of objects in the room. Meal-times are great opportunities to encourage "Taste" and "Smell" as infants get older.

Exploration is key for infants as they are striving to make sense of the world around them. Our infant rooms are the perfect environment for little ones to discover their bodily powers as they learn to move, pull up and roll over. You will be amazed as your little ones progress from seeing to looking, smelling to sniffing, hearing to listening, feeling to touching, and from being held to moving around.