Infants
This age group begins at 6 weeks to 12 months old.
In our infant classroom, we have a daily flow that your little one is sure to love. No matter what their individual needs are, we come together as a team to ensure that every baby is nurtured, cuddled, and adored throughout the day. We love spending time together for story time, indoor walks, and learning circles. Our little explorers also get to indulge in sensory exploration and creative art, which encourages their natural curiosity and creativity. And, of course, we can't forget about the music and wonderful stories we share together! Our weekly themes are always exciting and engaging, allowing your baby to learn about colors, shapes, animals, and people. We are here for your little ones whenever they need us, and we can't wait to share all these wonderful experiences with them!
Our Curriculum
Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum
At True Freedom Ministries Daycare Learning Center (TFMDLC) we provide our students with a developmentally appropriate curriculum that is based on the state of GEORGIA standards. NAEYC, which is the National Association for the Education of Young Children, defines developmentally appropriate curriculum as methods that promote each child's optimal development and learning through a strengths-based, play-based approach to joyful, engaged learning. We believe this to be the heart of our curriculum. Our weekly lesson plans are developed through our student’s interests and what grabs their attention. We do our best to meet every child’s individual cognitive and development level and encourage and inspire them to progress.
Language Development
Research reveals that babies are born with a unique ability to pick up on language. They can hear and distinguish all the sounds and languages of the world. Pursuant to our infant’s language development, the babies have Storytime 2 or more times per day. The CD player in our nursery plays number songs, alphabet songs, animal sound songs and nursery rhymes and classical music to give our youngest students a variety of words and songs to begin learning.
Social Emotional
Children are learning to talk about their feelings and the feelings of others. Social-emotional development involves more than just expressing emotions. It involves taking turns, becoming independent, following routines, interacting more with peers than just verbal communication, engaging in meaningful relationships, controlling and managing emotions, and developing a positive and loving self-image.
Cognitive Development: Science, Math, and Social Studies
Cognitive development is how children gain knowledge, skills, and problem-solving, which help them to think about and understand the world around them.
Math
Early math skills involve children learning the basic concepts of numbers, counting, simple addition, and subtraction. We begin with learning how to count one by one using manipulative materials. We also learn how to recognize single and double-digit numbers. Children also learn how to construct simple patterns and sort objects by color, shape, and size.
Science
Science helps children develop an understanding of scientific concepts and develop inquiry skills. Scientific development in young children consists of children using their senses in order to observe, compare, measure, make predictions, classify, and construct hypotheses.
Social Studies
Social studies learning begins as children make friends and participate in decision-making in the classroom. Then it moves beyond the facility into the neighborhood and around the world.
Physical Development: Fine and Gross Motor
Fine Motor:
Children learn how to control the muscle movement in their hands to obtain hand-eye coordination and more. There are specific ways we do this in the classroom such as having your child use scissors, color, play with Legos, draw pictures, and more.
Gross Motor:
Kids rely on gross motor skills for everyday activities at the facility, at home, and in the community. By playing actively indoors and outdoors, each child develops muscle strength, endurance, agility, coordination, balance, and flexibility, as well as builds confidence and social skills.
Sensory Exploration
The students participate in activities that allow them to explore different types of materials and enhance their senses through music and dance games, and sensory bin exploration. They learn about a variety of materials that smell, feel, and taste very differently!
Art, Music, Dance, and Creative Expression
Teachers plan activities to introduce children to different kinds of art media, music, culture, and dance to encourage the student’s development of creativity and imagination. Many opportunities are presented for exploration by playing with water, dirt, kinetic sand, many seasonal nature items, and various food items on the sensory table. The arts allow students to dive into different means of expressing themselves and have fun while doing so!
Meet our infants’ teachers!
Ms. India Russell
She is in the progress of getting her CDA and has 11+ years of experience with kids. She absolutely loves what she does. What India loves about her job is making an impact on “an infant’s life” and bonding with each baby. As she watches them grow and develop, she enjoys helping each child learn about the world around them.
Hobbies/fun facts: Her hobbies are relaxing, traveling, shopping and most of all, being with her family.
Mrs. Dyman Delp
Dyman is a high school graduate with almost 3 years of experience caring for children in a daycare setting. Previously, she worked as a babysitter + nanny for many children since she was 14 years old. She loves seeing the children grow, learn, and the hugs, of course.
Hobbies/fun fact: Her favorite thing to do is hanging out and playing with her dogs. She also enjoys swimming and have recently been learning to crochet.
Weekly themes
Each program consists of its own weekly theme, so that your child has something new to anticipate with each coming week.
Curriculums
Educational moments are tucked into every lesson. Our curriculum will introduce your child to basic principles in math, science, reading, writing, and more.
Hands-on activities
Our activities are designed to keep your child engaged, whether it’s learning how to draw the solar system or memorizing a song about the seasons.
Free Play
Children have free play time throughout the day.
