The comfortable home-like setting of our nursery offers a safe and nurturing environment for your infant. Classical music plays gently in the background as research has shown it improves the cognitive development of your infant. The play room is filled with manipulatives and books and is a wonderful place where stories and songs are introduced by our nurturing teachers, encouraging language and a love for music. We provide room for movement and exploration with activities designed for your infant to develop fine and gross motor skills. A low child to teacher ratio assures that your infant will learn at her own pace and develop trusting and loving relationships with caregivers. Our quiet and cozy sleeping area provides a peaceful setting for your infant when it is time to rest. We are sensitive to your infants eating and sleeping schedules and we provide a comfortable private area for our nursing mothers. As your infant grows and transitions to solid foods, our balanced lunches and snacks ensure your child is given all the vitamins and nutrients that are vital to his health, development and lifestyle.
At The Day Care Center at Ivy League, the curriculum is reviewed by Ivy League School's Directors. We know how important the first months and years of your infant’s life are; full of so many important milestones. Our low child-to-teacher ratio enables us to give special attention to each child's individual growth pattern. With a maximum of only 8 infants, our caregivers and teachers will encourage your baby’s social, emotional, physical and cognitive growth and help further develop his emerging abilities. Individual assessments help us determine the appropriate plan for each child.
As important milestones are reached, teachers use a variety of materials and experiences to maximize your infant’s potential. In Ivy League’s Learn-Through-Play environment, we enlist cooperative and creative activities and incorporate manipulative materials, toys, games, music and books to encourage:
Language development: Many books of different types and textures that our caregivers read aloud, create not only a social bond but plant the seeds for language skills. In addition, the classical music played throughout the day, has been shown to help develop an infant’s auditory memory, auditory processing and language development.
Fine Motor Skills: Learning to stack blocks and to grasp and pick up a variety of objects and age appropriate art activities all encourage the development of fine motor skills.
Gross Motor Skills and Social Development: Time spent in musical play, toys that create sound when manipulated, push and pull toys, songs, movement and outdoor play on our beautiful secure playground, help babies to develop gross motor skills and enhance social interaction with others.
Self Confidence – Social growth: Your infant’s self confidence and social interaction with others will naturally grow as we incorporate these important skills into our daily activities.
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