Explorers
19 Months to 29 months

NURTURING CURIOSITY THROUGH EXPLORATION

Explorers is a year-round program for Infants that focuses on enhancing the simple joy of childhood to nurture curiosity through exploration.

 
 
 

At Evergreen all children’s developmental needs are met with warmth and care by expert staff, such as their desire to walk and talk, eat and drink independently, and understand the world around them.

+ MOBILITY

  • Starts to jumps with both feet leaving the ground
  • When walking, able to pull toys behind them
  • Runs
  • Stands on tiptoes
  • Climbs on low furniture
  • Kicks large ball
  • Goes up and down stairs with support

+ VISUAL CUES

  • Able to focus on objects near and far
  • Scribbles with crayon or pencil, and may imitate drawing straight line or circle
  • Can point to body parts (nose, hair, and eyes) when asked

+ LANGUAGE

Toddlers will be immersed in a language-rich environment essential for developing both receptive and expressive language skills. This program includes high-interest books, stories, songs, poems, and chants that will amuse and delight toddlers.

+ COGNITIVE

Cognitive development includes engaging activities that support cause-and-effect relationships and problem solving to develop foundational skills for lifelong learning

+ HEARING AND SPEECH

  • Follows 1-step commands when shown by a gesture
  • Uses words he or she has learned often
  • Uses 2 to 3 word sentences to talk about and ask for things
  • Says more words as each month passes
  • Points to some body parts when asked
  • Understands simple "yes-no" questions (such as, "Are you hungry?")
  • Understands simple phrases (such as, in the cup, or on the table)
  • Enjoys being read to
  • Understands "not now" and "no more"
  • Chooses things by size (such as, big or little)
  • Follows 2-step commands (such as, "Get your shoes and come here.")
  • Understands many action words (such as, run or jump)

+ SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL

Toddlers will build confidence with a special emphasis on social-emotional development, learn impulse control, and develop social skills while caregivers build trusting relationships with children through one-on-one, partner, and small-group interactions.

Our Approach

Your infant needs to connect with their immediate environment in a very deep and unspoken way. We teach sign language early on to develop communication skills before they can even speak. And because it’s important to encourage infants to engage with all their senses, our specialists take extra care in holding your child during feedings, rocking them gently at appropriate periods and playing soothing music and nursery rhymes throughout the day.

Each infant has their own personal crib, and is assured by plenty of love, encouragement and hugs throughout the course of their day. There’s a world of language around them, and we nourish their interaction with it through words, gestures and sounds.

We encourage you to freely ask questions and build relationships with your infant care specialist and our program director and provide you  with daily reports on feedings, diapering, and napping.

Our infant care specialists are certified in First Aid and CPR and have received the state requirements for infant care as well as continued early development education to ensure only positive connections are made with your child. We realize how hard it can be to entrust the care of an infant with strangers, and monitor all specialists extensively through background checks and onsite evaluation.