Introduction

At Cambridge we offer a curriculum that allows infants and toddlers to take the first step towards learning away from their parents. We offer morning courses and full-day courses to help your child get used to a new learning environment at their own pace. The schedule is tailored to allow children to learn in a relaxed manner but which incorporates key learning objectives and developmental milestones.

The Cambridge framework for toddlers and infants (ages 1 – 3) is based on current research on how infants and toddlers learn and develop in the key domains: social–emotional, language, cognitive, and perceptual and motor development. Our framework presents principles and strategies for supporting early learning to support children’s learning from birth to age three though we only accept children from the age of one.

In the past 20 years, research has uncovered a vast amount of information about how young children learn and how that learning is best facilitated. Research has shown that infants are ready to learn from birth; they are able to absorb information from the sights, sounds, and scents around them, to store it, to sort it out, and to use it. This information helps infants understand the world and the people around them.

Children engage in a multitude of activities designed to build up their skills in different areas while exploring different weekly themes and having fun. For language arts, children explore picture books, sing songs, practice Jolly Phonics, and build up their vocabulary word bank.

Children are encouraged to practise using their imagination, creativity, and self-expression through arts and crafts. They learn colours, shapes, textures, and simple art techniques while creating their own masterpieces using a variety of materials.

Tasks that develop motor and social-emotional skills through music, dance, and play are also incorporated in every day lessons. In addition, our program includes a variety of materials such as blocks, puzzles, games, pretend play props, art supplies, sand, water, clay, books and equipment for physical activity and allows for periods of time when the children can choose the materials with which they want to play and experiment. Children engage in basic numeracy activities such as counting, matching, and sorting exercises.

Developmental Courses

We have specially designed developmental courses for ages 1 to 5 that are to targeted to help children further develop cognitive, sensory and motor skills. These courses are primarily aimed at those children who may need additional stimulus in important developmental areas because they do not currently have opportunities to engage with such tasks and materials that enhance learning in these areas. For more details, click here.