Baby’s Schedule in a Preschool Environment

Children in a Preschool environment may act differently and are presented with different experiences and challenges as opposed to a home environment. For instance, a Two-year-old does not have to share their toys at home but at Preschool another child may want that same toy and now the child is confronted with how to deal with the situation. Threes and Fours must learn how to take turns and how to listen to the teacher and how to compromise and adapt to life with many other children.

The same is true of Infants. When an Infant comes to our facility, they no longer are being put down in a quiet, dark room to take a nap. The Infant room is usually noisy, and teachers are walking around and attending to other children and this can be distracting. So, when we ask for your Baby’s Current Schedule, we are doing so with full knowledge that the schedule may need to change and possibly will not be the same as at home. Long naps at home may turn into much shorter naps here at the Center. The teachers try their very best to look at your home schedule and to follow the times as closely as possible but your little one may not cooperate in the way you think they will and so the schedule may be different.

The same is also true of feeding time. With up to 8 children in a room and 3 teachers, there are many distractions that keep your infant from finishing a bottle or eating at mealtimes. At home you feed them one on one but at our Center, that may not happen and 2 babies are being fed at the same time. This could affect how much they eat because they are distracted. The teachers will try their best to get the children to eat but even babies have a mind of their own.

As the babies grow many things begin to change, their bodies, their appetites, their sleeping habits and personalities. A child becomes more aware of their surroundings and so schedules will change again.

At 10 months we will be providing you with information to help you child be ready for transitioning to the Toddler room. At this time, we would like to have a short conference with you in order to help us all as we prepare your child for moving up.

We will always do our best to work with you and we hope you will develop a trusting relationship with your child’s caregivers. Our teachers have many years of experience working with children and are happy to share information with you on how to problem solve any issues that may arise. We want to work in partnership with our families to assure the child achieves their full potential.

Thank-you for entrusting your child to our care. We take this very seriously and want to assure you that we will do our very best.