Caterpillars Classroom: 10 weeks to 6 months
- Mostly non-mobile infant classroom
- CLC only enrolls infants as class cohort in this classroom
- 2 naps a day (9:30am morning nap for 1.5 hours and 1:30pm afternoon nap for 2 hours)
- Parents provide milk and formula
- Feedings 9am, 11am, 1pm, 3:30pm
- 11am feeding or 11am meal based on what parents provide
- Parents must provide all meals, Gerber and infant snacks
- Discovery play based
Birds Classroom: 6 months to 15 months
- Crawling and mobile infant classroom
- 2 naps a day (morning and afternoon 1.5-2 hours each)
- Parents provide milk and formula
- Feedings 9am, 11am, 1pm, 3:30pm
- 11am feeding or 11am meal based on what parents provide
- Parents provide all meals, Gerber and infant snacks
- Discovery play based with 1 teacher led activity a day
Squirrels Classroom: 12 months to 18 months
- Transition to 1 nap a day (12-2:30pm) and sleeping on cots, not cribs
- Walking infant classroom
- Infants must drink milk and water out of a sippy or straw cup
- Parents provide 2 sippy cups
- CLC provides Vitamin D whole milk
- CLC provides breakfast, lunch and pm snack
- Parents must provide any special dietary request or milk
- Discovery play based with 1 teacher led activity a day
Infants are spoken to in Spanish exclusively throughout the day.
In preparation of your infant transition into CLC, we ask that parents follow the same routine at home for a smoother transition:
- Always place infants to sleep on their backs in their cribs. Do not allow your infant to stay sleeping on a rocking swing etc. Always transfer your infant to their crib as soon as they fall asleep.
- Always use sleeveless sleep sacks for infants under 12 months. Swaddles are not allowed at licensed childcares by the State of Colorado.
- About 3-4 weeks before your transition into CLC, we highly recommend weaning infants off for a smooth transition.
- Infant parents will be required to come in the week before their infants first day to demonstrate that their infant can drink directly from the baby bottle.