Infant Program
*(6 weeks to 15 months)
Every Child’s Gift is a Treasure to be Nurtured.
At Fontanelle Academy, we understand that the selection of a caregiver for your baby is one of the most important decisions parents make.
When you entrust us with the responsibility to care for your child, we rise to your expectations. Our goal is to create a seamless and harmonious caretaking experience aligned with your family’s care routine at home.
Our Soft Spot Nourish & Care™ Method Key Features Include:
An assigned Infant Care Specialist that establishes a bond with your baby through one-on-one time and cares for him/her daily creating the consistency needed for babies to thrive
A Collaborative Infant Care Plan established between you and your baby’s Infant Care Specialist that addresses your baby’s emotional, nutritional, hygiene, and rest needs
A technology-based care log accessible to parents that allows you to check-in on the daily activities and care provided to your child
WatchMeGrow, a secured and encrypted live video link that allows you to visually peek in on your baby throughout the day
Enriched play and care environments that allow your baby to safely lay, roll, crawl, or stand
Environments include age appropriate items that provide your baby emotional comfort, stimulate their senses, and develop cognitive skills and functions
Always There— A web-based, secured portal that allows you to access an interactive web application. Through this application you can participate virtually in an activity with your baby and primary caregiver.
More than Words— A language development and literacy curriculum that develops your baby’s verbal and nonverbal communication skills through interaction with others and engagement with literature. Your baby will learn an interactive reading pattern including listening skills, reading cadence, tone, as well as how to demonstrate a reading pattern. This lays the foundation for reading and literacy.
Tiny Tots in Motion— A physical education curriculum that develops your baby’s motor, perception, coordination, movement, and balancing skills and aids in healthy digestion. Physically stimulating activities include floor time, outdoor playground play, indoor play lofts, yoga stretching, etc. designed to strengthen muscles and develop muscle memory.
Little Diplomats— A social studies curriculum which develops your baby’s social and emotional competence. Babies develop an awareness of themselves and the ability to regulate their emotions, as well as social skills through interaction with caregivers and other babies (along with the primary caregivers) via activities such as pair and group play, sharing, empathy, turn-taking, etc.
Full S.T.E.A.M Ahead— An integrated science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics curriculum designed to develop essential foundational knowledge and skills necessary for academic success. Babies develop mathematical understanding of shapes, patterns, and counting through one-on-one time and group play and engineering through play with building blocks and stackable objects.
* Our Soft Spot Nourish & Care™ method and Fontanelle Foundations™ curriculum are aligned with the National Early Childhood Program Accreditation (NECPA) Standards and the Virginia Department of Education’s Standards for Licensed Child Care Centers for educational curricular content, safety, security, and cleanliness.
