We provide a safe, engaging, and dynamic environment where wobbly steps lead to big leaps in development. Every day is a new adventure, packed with activities that foster:

• Social & Emotional Growth: We gently guide children in their first steps towards friendships, teaching them how to share, take turns, and express their feelings in healthy ways.

• Language & Literacy: Our classroom is alive with songs, stories, and conversations that build vocabulary and a lifelong love of language. We provide opportunities for children to use words to express their needs and thoughts.

• Sensory & Creative Exploration: From finger painting and building with blocks to exploring different textures in our sensory bins, we offer hands on experiences that ignite their imagination and problem-solving skills.

• Gorss & Fine Motor Skills: We have plenty of space for active play both indoors and out, to help strengthen their bodies. Activities like puzzles and stacking toys are part of our daily routine to enhance coordination and dexterity.

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Our caring educators are experts at understanding and celebrating the unique milestones of this age. We provide a nurturing foundation that encourages independence, builds confidence, and ensures your child is not just cared for, but truly thriving.

 

Areas of Focus:

- Health and Safety: An entire team trained to keep your child safe

– Love and Security: Trusting bonds formed between your child and the entire team at Ivy Hill

– Social Interaction: A solid foundation promoting an imaginable connection with peers 

--Daily Parent Communication: Electronic communication through the Lillio app, emails, and face to face at pick up and drop off.

– Independence: Learning the skills to be able to do things for themselves, and also when to ask for help  

– Language: Using a mixture of Sign Language and words to communicate wants, needs, and to ask for help  

– Sensorial: Learning the world through all five senses

 

Dedicated to the Details:

- Daily App Pictures and Videos: For peace of mind and to share with family and friends.

– Baby Yoga: to help strengthen core, muscles, balance and coordination

– Sign Language: To communicate wants, needs, and to start the steppingstones for independence. – Child- Size Furniture: To meet your child’s developmental needs

– Learn Responsibility and Order: By placing materials and toys back to their specific locations

– Outdoor Time: Twice a day weather permitting