Arenaelc - About Us

              Infant Care Program (6 weeks to 16 months)

The staff at Arena will provide your infant a nurturing, safe, loving, and caring environment, so your infant will be able to grow and explore all areas of development such as language and cognitive development, social and emotional, gross and fine motor skills. The care is more specialized to your infant’s needs.

Social and Emotional Goals for our Infants

To begin the process of becoming independent

Feed him/herself

To begin pursuing curiosities

Creating an environment for self discovery

To feel secure with him/herself

The child no longer uses a bottle
The child does not need a pacifier during awake hours

To begin playing with others

Having group activities that are teacher directed/self directed

Cognitive Goals

To begin to express themselves through verbal and non verbal communication

1.     Child will communicate wishes verbally/non verbally

2.     Child cab understand and carry out a simple direction

To begin to coordinate fine and gross muscle skills

1.     Teacher assisted walking

2.     Teacher moving different body parts on infants – smaller infants etc.

3.     Through various activities infants will use their gross and fine motor skills through teacher assisted activities or self directed activities.