At Angels Early Learning, our “Healthy Beginnings Program” is thoughtfully designed for infants aged 6 weeks to 18 months, providing a stimulating environment where your little ones can grow, explore and thrive. At this age, children are eager to use their five senses to explore their environment and discover new things.
Mastering movements such as rolling over, sitting up, crawling and beginning to pull up to stand or walk with support. Babies advance to walking with assistance, balancing briefly and exploring their environment by moving confidently on hands and knees or holding onto furniture.
Developing skills like grasping objects, transferring toys between hands, reaching for and exploring items. Babies start to use their fingers with increasing precision, manipulating objects, stacking blocks and using utensils to feed themselves, enhancing their dexterity and coordination.
Beginning to make sounds and babble, progressing to saying simple words and imitating sounds heard from their environment. Babies expand their vocabulary through repeated exposure to language, learning new words for familiar objects and actions and attempting to use these words in context.
Responding to their name, understanding simple commands and expressing needs through gestures or vocalizations. Babies start to use basic words to communicate their desires and feelings, showing a growing ability to interact meaningfully with caregivers and peers.
Engaging in social smiles, responding to familiar faces and showing interest in interactions with caregivers and peers. Toddlers begin to recognize and engage with others, demonstrating preferences for certain people and participating in simple group activities and games.
Displaying a range of emotions such as happiness, frustration and surprise. Babies start to form attachments to caregivers, showing comfort-seeking behaviours when distressed and learning to identify and express their own feelings in various situations.
Toddlers explore cause and effect through play by engaging in activities like shaking a rattle to hear sounds, banging on a drum to create noise, or dropping objects to observe them fall. Through these experiments, they discover how their actions impact the world around them, fostering problem-solving skills and building early cognitive connections.
Imitating simple actions of adults, engaging in exploratory play with toys and showing curiosity about their surroundings. Toddlers use imaginative play to mimic everyday activities, experiment with different roles and explore their environment through hands-on experiences.
Beginning to develop the ability to self-soothe, show preferences for certain routines and start to practice simple self-care activities like holding a bottle or using a spoon. Toddlers increasingly manage their personal needs with some assistance, building independence and confidence.
Developing organizational skills by sorting objects by colour, shape, or size and showing preferences for certain items. They also begin to recognize their personal belongings and follow simple routines. These early behaviours lay the groundwork for more advanced organizational abilities as they grow.
Our caregivers create a warm and responsive environment where babies feel secure and loved. We support their emotional development by recognizing and responding to their needs, helping them build trust and form positive attachments. Social interactions with caregivers and peers foster early social skills and emotional resilience.
As your baby grows and approaches the next stages of their development, we prepare them for a smooth transition to the toddler program. We gradually introduce new routines and experiences, working closely with families to ensure that each child is ready and excited for their next adventure.