Infant Curriculum Overview

Foundations for Success Curriculum

  • Give children simple direction during the day such as, “Go find your shoes.”
  • Model the action when needed.
  • Cheer at any effort the child makes.
  • Sing songs, do finger plays, and/or chant nursery rhymes.

Experiences to Promote Communication and Speaking

  • Take turns making sounds with infants.  For example, when a child coos, repeat the sound back to them.
  • Play peek-a-boo.
  • Blow bubbles and encourage children to try and blow bubbles as well.
  • Respond to ALL children’s attempts to communicate, including when children cry.
  • Point to pictures in books and encourage children to name the picture.
  • When children use one or two words to communicate, respond by expanding on the language used by the child.  For example, if a child says “ball” you can say, “Yes, that is a blue, round, ball.”
  • Use toy telephones to encourage language use by children by modeling and encouraging conversation.
  • Make noise through tubes such as paper towel rolls and encourage children to do the same.

Toddler Curriculum Overview

  • Give children simple direction during the day such as, “Go find your shoes.”  Model the action when needed.  Cheer at any effort the child makes.
  • Sing songs, do finger plays, and/or chant nursery rhymes.
  • Give children simple direction during the day such as, “Go find your shoes.”  Model the action when needed.  Cheer at any effort the child makes.
  • Sing songs, do finger plays, and/or chant nursery rhymes.

Experiences to Promote Communication and Speaking

  • Take turns making sounds with infants.  For example, when a child coos, repeat the sound back to them.
  • Play peek-a-boo.
  • Blow bubbles and encourage children to try and blow bubbles as well.
  • Respond to ALL children’s attempts to communicate, including when children cry.
  • Point to pictures in books and encourage children to name the picture.
  • When children use one or two words to communicate, respond by expanding on the language used by the child.  For example, if a child says “ball” you can say, “Yes, that is a blue, round, ball.”
  • Use toy telephones to encourage language use by children by modeling and encouraging conversation.
  • Make noise through tubes such as paper towel rolls and encourage children to do the same.