INFANT PROGRAM ( 6 weeks to 24 Months )
Cognitive
- Focusing on an object
- Remembering object's location
- Matching lids to pots
- Making a simple toy
- Identifying & finding specific objects
- Finding covered objects
- Matching shoes
- Tracking objects being moved
- Fitting nesting cups
- Putting on a glove
LANGUAGE
- Focusing on names of objects
- Naming parts of the face
- Naming parts of fhe body
- Identifying pictures of familiar objects in a book
- Adding sound effects to favorite stories
- Naming categories of objects
- Retrieving a hidden object
- Providing specific objects when requested
- Identifying objects from their description
- Introducing numbers
Motor
- Rolling over
- Grasping objects
- Developing the pincer grasp
- Introducing "in" & "out"
- Dropping object into a container
- Putting shapes in holes
- Practicing "in" & "out"
- Stacking assorted objects
- Pouring dry material from one container to another
- Pulling a hidden object out of a cylinder
SOCIAL
- Imitating facial expressions
- Anticipating
- Reaching out & touching
- Learning quiet-time exercises
- Recognizing simple songs
- Pulling an object back & forth
- Joining a rhythm
- Filling in words to a song
- Trying on hats
- Sharing freasure basket
SENSORY
- Following movement witn the eyes
- Experiencing different food textures
- Experiencing different sounds
- Hearing different levels of sound
- Recognizing patterns
- Making different sounds with utensils
- Experiencing different fabric textures
- Gathering objects in nature
- Identifying containers with objects inside
- Experiencing "worm" & "cold"
Practical Life
- Introducing eating utensils
- Handling eating utensils
- Squeezing a sponge or cloth
- Crushing paper
- Ripping paper into strips
- Nose-wiping
- Using a spoon
- Pouring water
- Drinking out of a cup
