Your baby wants to move! The room and activities are prepared in a way that gives your baby opportunities to move freely, developing and practicing the gross motor skills they are so determined to master such as rolling, slithering, sitting, crawling, pulling up, cruising and walking. Activities that encourage development of the hand support the progressive stages of grasping, reaching and hand to hand transfer.
This is a time of intense language development and we provide a language rich environment to support your baby's desire to absorb and develop the language of their world. This most importantly begins with the adults' responses to the child's attempts at communication, acknowledging, responding, naming and introducing and repeating new language through conversation, the Montessori activities and also picture books.
A variety of sensory and manipulative activities encourage your baby to explore independently, developing their senses, eye-hand coordination and understanding of key concepts such as object permanence.
Opportunities for the development of artistic expression through music and art are available, including scribbling/drawing, percussion instruments and a group sing song at the end with your baby's favourites and a focus on movement based songs.