Infant
INFANT PROGRAM
A Wonderful Start
For Your Infant
For infants, every loving interaction — whether it’s singing a lullaby or rocking them to sleep — is an opportunity to support their emotional development. We focus on providing this individualized, nurturing care while also introducing the fundamentals of learning to your infant.
Our infant suite is the perfect developmentally appropriate environment for little ones as they learn to move, pull up, roll over and eventually crawl.
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I thought, ‘Curriculum for an infant? You’ve got to be kidding.’ Then I learned how important it is for babies to have the stimulation and exercises they need at different stages of development. Thanks to Lightbridge Academy, I’m learning how to be a better parent.”
Curriculum
- Fine Motor: Infants develop their fine motor skills by clapping their hands to music, picking up finger foods, and holding onto their favorite toys to build hand and finger dexterity along with hand-eye coordination.
- Language: From hearing to processing sounds to palate development, language skills flourish by expressing wants and needs, repetition and the use of American Sign Language. This reduces pre-verbal frustration by closing the gap between their desire and ability to communicate while having their needs understood.
- Movement in Space: When babies are crawling, exploring their environment and taking their first steps, they are getting stronger from head to toe, and it shows!
- Social & Emotional: Each smile, embrace and encouraging word builds trust and helps children thrive in social settings, which sets them up for healthy relationships.
- Cognitive: By stimulating brain function, infants are invited to become investigators and cheer on their discoveries, which builds skills such as object permanence and rationalization.
Support for Nursing Mothers
- Building relationships with nursing moms
- Respecting a mother’s decision to breast feed
- Proper feeding of bottle-fed expressed milk
- Understanding the benefits of breastfeeding an infant
- Proper handling and storage of breast milk
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Stay Connected With Your Baby®
to be apart and wonder what your child is doing. That is why we make it a priority to keep you connected:
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Lightbridge Journey App
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ParentView® Internet Monitoring
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