Little Explorers 3 months -16 months
Our curriculum has enabled us to break down milestones into achievable goals right from the moment they start with us. Our babies enjoy a homely and comforting environment while still being exposed to rich, age-appropriate vocabulary, alongside Makaton signs and picture cards. In addition, our practitioners plan a variety of engaging activities to share throughout the day to create experiences and opportunities for the children to investigate and explore key themes and vocabulary.
We have two separate rooms for the babies. The Little Explorers is for the younger babies, 3 months +. Children will move into the next room, Little Acorns when they are walking confidently and based on each child’s development.
It starts here; nurturing both physical and mental stimulation from 3mths to 16mths. Our baby room adopts a structured routine for feeding and sleep time formulated from your baby’s own individual routine. A calm and tranquil room enables our young babies to feel happy and content in a homely environment.
Flexibility and self-discovery are essential at this age as babies use their fingers and toes to explore and anything and everything –every day is its very own adventure!
We believe that a babies sleep is of the upmost importance and we offer a dedicated sleep room for our Little Explorers to sleep peacefully in a darken room which is further enhanced with our sensory night sky and gentle soothing classical music. Babies will have their very own dedicated cot, which is fitted with a cosy pocket sprung mattress and cotton bed sheets.
A designated milk kitchen area takes care of the majority of food and milk requirements for our babies and is further assisted by our main kitchen and our fully qualified chef.
Outside we have a specially created baby-friendly area undercover, allowing all our babies to explore in the fresh air whatever the weather. All our babies are invited to join in our regular assemblies and are introduced to music, movement and basic signing using Makaton.
In our Little Explorers room all our babies are able to develop their fine motor skills and be more aware of the people and the world around them. As our babies grow we begin to prepare them for their next step. They will continue to work within their own routines but begin to interact with the older children in the Little Acorns room giving them a smooth transition to becoming more independent and social.
