E.M. Landau
Program Director
Future Assets
Child Development Center

    We know that when young children come to school each day they are provided with opportunities that will foster development. Parents want to be assured that all developmental needs are being met. “What is my child learning? Can she throw a ball? Does he run, skip, and jump? Does she play well with other children? Does my child share? Is she cutting well? Does he know letters, numbers, and shapes? Is she using “good manners”? We hear these questions often and they are all valid.  All these questions are concerned with cognitive, physical, and social development.   

We talk a lot about our program being developmental.  What does this mean in terms of our very youngest children?

Here are the Ages of Infancy...

0 - 8 Months  This stage of development is about Trust Building.  It is of utmost importance for babies to bond and form attachments.  We must create opportunities for closeness, provide consistency of caregivers, be available and prompt in answering their needs, bring them things of interest, encourage the use of their five senses, and avoid over stimulation.

6 - 18 Months  This is the time for Exploration; crawling and moving...the first experiences of independent separation.  We need to