INFANTS

In our nursery, your child will experience a peaceful, loving atmosphere -- just like home.  A Child's Haven nursery is furnished with full size cribs, rocking chairs, and nurturing caregivers.  Our rooms are equipped with everything needed to provide the loving care your baby needs.

At A Child's Haven we provide a loving environment with a balanced schedule that meets the needs of your infant.  The nursery is equipped with a kitchen in each room for preparing your baby's food and bottles.  All furnishings and toys are kept clean and sanitized for your baby's use.  We strive to keep a clean, germ-free environment.

We provide individualized care to ensure both your baby's happiness and well-being.  Your baby will receive personal attention to enhance his or her learning.  Holding, cuddling, singing, and playing will develop motor skills, sensory skills, language skills, and social skills.  Infants are constantly absorbing and learning through their environment.  Our staff is equipped with all the latest materials on how to safely stimulate your infant.

You will feel the warmth when you enter and observe the loving care that your baby receives.

Your Infant's typical day:

• Greeting of Infants
• Communication with parents
• Infant exploration of surroundings
• Individual Time for Fine Motor Development such as grasping, turning and tracking
• Gross Motor Development accomplished inside or outside providing balls, push/pull toys, strollers and swings
• Sensory Activities involving touching, feely books and textures
• Individual Time with adult talking, cuddling and rocking
• Gross Motor Development by reaching, pushing, pulling, crawling and walking
• Outside Time provided for exploring, walking, swings and balls
• Music Activities incorporating moving to rhythms, listening and singing
• Language Development by talking, listening and looking at books
• Gross Motor Development with rolling, climbing and crawling
• Art and Sensory Activities such as painting with applesauce, finger paints and collages
• Greet parents during pick-up

* All Infants are fed/napped on their individual schedule.  Diapers are changed every two hour or less if soiled.

TODDLERS

Our toddlers are very active and curious about their world.  It is our job to help your toddler learn about himself or herself and how he or she fits into the world.  The caring staff in you toddler's room will create an exciting, fun, loving environment.

We know that toddlers are striving for independence and self esteem.  Experiencing new activities and successfully completing tasks are very important to children.

Toddlers learn through play and a hands-on approach.  A Child's Haven provides an environment for your child to choose new learning activities in a familar and comfortable setting.  Exploration of materials, ample space with a variety of learning activities provides an element of success.

Your toddler will be exposed to valuable experiences that will help him or her become independent.  Children explore their environment which helps develop eye-hand coordination, fine and gross motor development and problem solving.

Your Child will still have plenty of time for hugging, sitting in laps and cuddling throughout the day.  The energy and curiosity your toddler displays will make you want to be a toddler again.

Your Toddler's typical day:

• Greet child and parents

• Music activity sing along songs with fingerplays and puppets

• Breakfast

• Language and Literacy Activity sharing a story and flannel board story

• Free Choice Activities exploring the room and finding their favorite toy

• Snack

• Outside Time swinging, exploring and riding toys

• Art and Sensory Exploration

• Circle Time singing, counting and preparing for lunch

• Lunch

• Quiet Activities and preparation for rest time

• Rest Time

• Snack

• Math and Science Activities sorting, nesting cups and animal recognition

• Dramatic Play having fun in the play kitchen, dressing up, be your favorite animal

• Outside Time running, ball play and blowing bubbles

• Music Activities such as dancing, instruments and singing

• Review of the day and departure time

* Diapers are changed every two hours or less if soiled.

PRESCHOOL

Our preschool program is designed for children ages 3, 4 and 5 years and prepares him or her for kindergarten.  The program focuses on developing your child's natural curiosity for learning.  A preschooler is transforming from being reliant into an independent and active learner.  The day is balanced between structured teacher activities and child's play.  Our educational program will challenge and reward your child all in one.

The staff, at A Child's Haven, is trained to provide the appropriate environment to educate your child in a fun and loving setting.  Our goal is to instill confidence in your child's decision-making, to build self-esteem and to promote academic proficiency in order to help him or her succeed.

Your child's classroom is designed to enhance all the skills required to ready him or her for kindergarten.  The learning centers provide developmentally appropriate activities the reinforce learning through exploration, problem solving, asking questions and repetition to help your preschooler master skills.

We cannot wait to see what your preschooler teaches you on the way home.

Your Preschooler's typical day:

• Greet Child and Parents on Arrival
• Free Choice Activities
• Breakfast
• Language and Literacy Activities
• Arts and Crafts
• Computer Lab
• Calendar, Weather, Daily Chores, Show and Tell
• Snack
• Outside Time/Indoor Playground
• Library
• Reading and Writing Readiness Center
• Math and Manipulatives
• Music and Movement
• Lunch
• Quiet Activities
• Rest Time
• Snack
• Science and Social Studies
• Outside Time
• Art and Sensory
• Dramatic Play and Home Area
• Free Choice
• Review of the day and departure

TWO YEAR OLDS

This is a wonderful age that allows little time for rest.  This is definitely a time for exploring and learning.  The environment we create for this age group is fast paced to keep up with your busy child.

We have designed this program to accommodate the traits and needs of a child who is growing toward independence.  Two year olds are entering the world of change, Physical, social, emotional, and intellectual growth is rapid and ever changing, so our teachers are provided with appropriate resources and training to meet the needs of this stage of development.

As your two your old grows, so does his or her inquisitiveness about the world.  Always keeping in mind the healthy curiosity of this age group, we create a safe, loving and nurturing environment.

A major milestone for a child is successfully accomplishing toileting.  Our understanding staff will help your child feel comfortable and give him or her an excitement about learning to use the toilet.  With the parents' help we can all be successful.

Learning is everywhere around us, stop and take a look with our two year olds.

Your Child's typical day:

• Greeting child and parents
• Free Choice Activities
• Breakfast
• Fine Motor Activities such as lacing beads, manipulating clay
• Outside Time enjoying bikes, climbing, hopping, swings
• Snack
• Language and Literacy Activities sharing a story, talking and fingerplays
• Music Activities incorporating movement, singing and fingerplays
• Calendar, Weather, Daily Chores, Show&Tell
• Creative Art making glitter, paint, yarn into something wonderful
• Science and Math exploring numbers, plants, animals and shapes
• Lunch with our friends
• Quiet Activities before rest time
• Rest Time
• Snack
• Outside Time running, pretending in the house, digging, hula hoops
• Sensory Activities including touching a pinecone, smelling a lemon and tasting a watermelon
• Fine Motor Activities at the tables, crayons, nesting cups, small blocks
• Review the day and departure time

* Diapering and Bathroom time is very important for toilet training.  This is done often to help your child succeed.