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Our Infant's Program - The Garden Room
It is essential to us that our teachers have a personal relationship with your child. Although the State of Michigan’s ratio of teachers-to-babies is 1 to 4, FELC’s ratio is 1 to 3. At FELC, it is important that our teachers not only know your child’s schedule, but also know their personalities as well as their likes and dislikes.
Our room’s layout is set up to enhance learning while still providing a safe and exciting space to explore. In the play area of the room, we have swings, exer-saucers, jumpers, musical instruments, stuffed animals, books, and many other toys. In our eating area, we have a refrigerator for bottles and baby food and highchairs for feeding. Our “crib room” is a peaceful sleeping area where classical music or relaxing lullabies are regularly played.
We feed your baby as he or she needs or we can follow any schedule you prefer. Diapers are changed every two hours or as needed.
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We are aware that each child is different so we allow our infants to achieve both mental and physical goals at their own pace. We frequently have tummy time to develop stomach muscles to help your baby sit up. When your baby is learning to crawl, we do activities that him or her explore different movements that can make them more mobile. Our teachers love celebrating with you and your baby as he or she achieves various developmental milestones.
Cleanliness is of the utmost importance to us. Each child will have his or her own crib (bedding is changed twice a week or as needed). All toys are thoroughly washed every night. Empty bottles are rinsed out and placed back into your child’s bag to go home so they can be washed and sterilized
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First Day Checklist
- Bottles – please bring your bottles already made. We will date and label each bottle with your child’s name.
- A can of liquid formula or frozen breast milk to leave at FELC for emergency purposes. It is State law that we have this on hand.
- Baby food or cereal, if applicable – most parents will bring in a box of cereal to leave at FELC.
- Diapers, wipes, diaper cream. (Signed medical form required.)
- One or two extra changes of clothes.
- Tylenol to have on hand if needed. (Signed medical form required.)
Each child is assigned a coat hook and “cubbie” for placing personal items such as hats, gloves, etc.
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Communication
Communication with our families is essential. We do this in a variety of ways:
Daily Sheets
Feeding times, diaper changes, sleep time, and activities are recorded on the daily sheets and sent home each day.
Newsletters
Announcements of upcoming events and special activities are sent home in these weekly letters.
Mailboxes
Letters, notes, and art projects are placed them each day.
E-mail
We have found that e-mail is a very effective way to communicate with parents. We e-mail information to you, and you are able to email us at anytime at felckids@yahoo.com.
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We are Focused on all five senses
Vision:
At birth, vision is the least developed sense. Research shows that a baby’s visual preference is to look at new images as opposed to looking at familiar things. For this reason, our room is filled with a variety of visually stimulating objects.
Taste:
Studies show that infancy is an important time to develop a love for different textures and tastes. We will encourage new foods and flavors to the infants. One of the unique ways we let the babies explore is by sensory play. We will put them (when age appropriate) in a highchair and spread baby food on the tray, allowing them to touch and taste for themselves.
Touch:
Babies use their hands to examine many objects. We encourage this by providing a wide variety of textures to explore.
Hearing:
Baby’s hearing is quite sensitive. A child feels love through a voice and its tone, so at no time is your infant to be subjected to raised, harsh voices. Along with this, our music selection in The Garden Room consists of lullabies and classical music to help calm and relax.
Smell:
An infant’s sense of smell is very acute. At times, we help stimulate their sense of smell by exposing them to different smells such as herbs, spices and scents from various foods.
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