Programs

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Little Kids Academy’s Infant program focuses on meeting each family an child’s individual needs in a caring and trusting learning environment. We encourage parents to visit with their child in our classrooms so that we can form a trusting bond with both the child and parent. This also helps us develop an understanding of each child’s at-home habits and routines before they start so we can provide a smooth transition from home to school. Our teachers understand that each child and family is unique, which is why we take the time to get to know your infant before they even start in our classrooms. We do work with the child to adapt to a routine or schedule that is based on the daily routines. Our teachers understands that each child is unique each child may adapt at different moments due to their own eating, napping, and active schedules.

We provide a play-based curriculum for all infants which will meet their individual developmental needs using themed experiences that extend (on average) through two weeks. The classroom activities are planned in accordance with individual learning goals defined for each child.
While interacting with the children in their care, our teachers are constantly making observations of the infant’s skills and development to intentionally plan for their individualized developmental needs. Teachers plan social and emotional games and experiences to help the children develop a sense of self, form bonds with their teachers, mirror expressions of others, and take interest in being around their peers. In addition, the children have outdoor experiences each day, weather permitting.

Within our Infant program, our teachers help and encourage the children to develop their physical skills, such as holding their heads up and following sounds and movement. The older infants interact with their teachers in ways that encourage them to sit up, roll over, crawl, pull up, and walk. We provide art and sensory experiences, too. Our Infant program encourages language development by immersing children in a language rich environment and by actively communicating with them throughout the day, including during play, during outdoor experiences, and during routine tasks such as diaper changes and bottle feedings.

Our Infant program encourages language development by immersing children in a language rich environment and by actively communicating with them throughout the day, including during play, during outdoor experiences, and during routine tasks such as diaper changes and bottle feedings.

Some benefits include:
Enabling infants to express their wants, needs, and emotions
Reducing their frustrations
Increasing their self-esteem
Increasing the bond with their parents and caregivers
Increasing fine and gross motor skills abilities
Helping them to remember words because there is muscle memory involved, and the more senses involved in learning, the greater the memory retention the child will have
Accelerating the development of verbal communication
Enrichment programs including field trips twice a year, music and dance, yoga, zumbini
We work in partnership with our families so that children can effectively communicate with both their teachers and family members.

Little Kids Academy’s preschool program provides a variety of learning experiences based on our current theme of study, with focused on project based learning approach. This learning approach is geared toward the developmental milestones and curiosities of younger preschoolers. Throughout your preschooler’s day, they will receive two nutritious snacks and our teachers supervise and assist our students with setting up there personalized lunches provided by their families. Our teachers sit down at the table with our students; encourage good table manners and polite table conversations.

Preschool Curriculum
In preschool, we follow the principle of “ the Project Based Learning Approach (PBL)”.

Typically we pick one topic and weave in all 7 domains; 1) Attachment ,2) Perception,
3) Motor Skills, 4) Cognition, 5) Language, 6) Emotions, 7) Social Skills.

An example of PBL for preschoolers could be discussing snowmen and then asking a guiding question, such as “How do we make a snowman? The teachers read children’s books, sing
songs, and then introduce a few trial-and-error activities with the learners.
Key Elements of PBL*

● challenging problem or question.
● sustained inquiry.
● authenticity.
● application of learning.
● integration.
● student voice and choice.
● A public product for an authentic audience.
● feedback loops of critique, reflection and refining of the product – including formative andsummative assessment.

*We modify the elements above to suit Preschool children’s needs