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Older Infant Daycare

13 months to 24 months

For more information contact: kassiesarkar@orchard-center.com

Older Infants

Our Older Infant program provides a warm, welcoming environment where your child can grow from a bundle of joy to a bundle of curiosity. Your child’s primary caregiver is a nurturing child development professional who is focused on creating experiences and opportunities that invite exploration and support the rapid and important development that is occurring in a child’s second year.

Beyond daycare, our Multiple Intelligence Orchard curriculum for pre kindergarten students is designed to adapt to each individual child’s age and stage as well as their learning style. Our teachers promote emotional, physical, social, and intellectual development in a fun, engaging environment, and we begin to incorporate this curriculum as soon as your child is ready!

Every Child is Unique

That's why we tailor our programming to each child's specific needs.

Below, you'll find our Target Milestones for each age-group, 

so that you know exactly how we aim to support your child at school.

Target Communication Milestones

The baby makes two similar sounds, such as “ba-ba,” “da-da,” or “ga-ga."

If you ask the baby to, they plays at least one nursery game even if you don’t show them the activity yourself (such as “bye bye,” “Peeka- boo,” “clap your hands,” “So Big”).

The baby follows one simple command, such as “Come here,” “Give it to me,” or “Put it back,” without your using gestures.

The baby says three words, such as “Mama,” “Dada,” and “Baba.” (A “word” is a sound or sounds your baby says consistently to mean someone or something.)

When you ask, “Where is the ball (hat, shoe, etc.)?” the baby looks at the object.

When the baby wants something, they tell you by pointing to it.

Gross Motor Skills

After one or two tries, the baby picks up a piece of string with his their finger and thumb. (The string may be attached to a toy.)

The baby picks up a crumb or Cheerio with the tips of their thumb and finger. They may rest their arm or hand on the table while doing.

The baby puts a small toy down, without dropping it, and then take their hand off the toy.

Without resting their arm or hand on the table, the baby picks up a crumb or Cheerio with the tips of their thumb and finger.

The baby throws a small ball with a forward arm motion.

The baby helps turn the pages of a book.

Target Fine Motor Milestones

The baby makes two similar sounds, such as “ba-ba,” “da-da,” or “ga-ga.” The sounds do not need to mean anything.

If you ask the baby to, they play at least one nursery game even if you don’t show them the activity yourself (such as “bye-bye,” “Peeka- boo,” “clap your hands,” “So Big”).

The baby follows one simple command, such as “Come here,” “Give it to me,” or “Put it back,” without your using gestures.

The baby says three words, such as “Mama,” “Dada,” and “Baba.” A “word” is a sound or sounds your baby says consistently to mean someone or something.

The baby picks up a small toy, holding it in the center of their hand with their fingers around it.

When you ask, “Where is the ball (hat, shoe, etc.)?” the baby looks at the object.

When the baby wants something, they tell you by pointing to it.

Target Problem Solving Milestones

While holding a small toy in each hand, the baby claps the toys together, in the same motion as “Pat-a-cake.”

The baby pokes at or tries to get a crumb or Cheerio that is inside a clear bottle.

After watching you hide a small toy under a piece of paper or cloth, the baby finds it.

If you put a small toy into a bowl or box, the baby copies you by putting in a toy, although baby may not let go of it.

The baby drops two small toys, one after the other, into a container like a bowl or box.

After you scribble back and forth on paper with a crayon (or a pencil or pen), the baby copies you by scribbling.

Target Personal-Social Milestones

When you hold out your hand and ask for their toy, the baby offers it to you even if they don’t let go of it.

When you dress the baby, they pushes their arm through the sleeve once their arm is at the sleeve's opening.

When you hold out your hand and ask for their toy, the baby lets go of it into your hand.

When you dress the baby, they lift their foot for their shoe, sock, or pant leg.

The baby rolls or throws a ball back to you so that you can return it to them.

The baby plays with a doll or stuffed animal by hugging it.

Music Goals

Absorption: Child will learn to hear and aurally collect the sound of music in the environment.

Random Responses: The child will learn to move and babble in response, but without relation, to the sound of music in the environment.

Purposeful Responses: The child will also learn to relate movement and balle the sound of music in the environment.
 

Kinetic Learning Goals

We use bean bags, hula hoops, crawling tunnels, bouncy balls, soccer balls, footballs, cones, and more to give children the best possible fun and an encouraging start when it comes to early physical fitness and development.

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Monday-Friday  7:30am-5:30pm

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