Our Infant Classroom
We know the first year of life can have a big influence on a child’s success in the years that follow. That’s why teachers in your child’s Infant classroom provide a loving and nurturing environment as they lay the foundation for learning. This includes literacy; communication and vocabulary skills to help your infant better express their needs; gross motor skills and sensory development; and emotional well-being.
Nurturing Active Minds, Healthy Bodies, and Happy Hearts®
Active Minds
- Language & LiteracyLanguage & Literacy
Throughout the day, Infant teachers use sign language and read books to your little one. They talk and sing with your child during feeding, diaper changes and playtime. These interactions provide one-to-one attention while also helping your baby begin to understand language and conversation.
- Science, Engineering & TechnologyScience, Engineering & Technology
Children enter the world as natural scientists, curious to observe and explore how the world works and their role in it. All the while, they’re honing their senses and developing skills like observing and problem solving.
- MathematicsMathematics
While math may sound like a big topic for an infant, they’re learning about shapes as they interact with toys, they explore numbers as teachers count their toes and they use all their senses to explore.
- Social StudiesSocial Studies
Your baby is learning about the people around them. With the support of caring teachers in this classroom, they learn how to interact with them and build relationships.
Healthy Bodies
- Thumbs Up!: Physical DevelopmentThumbs Up!: Physical Development
Motor skills are important building blocks for physical activity. That’s why your child’s teacher helps your infant focus on key small and large motor skills by reaching for and picking up objects, rolling, sitting, crawling and finally walking.
- Health & Safety
- Balanced Menus: NutritionBalanced Menus: Nutrition
Infants have special dietary needs and teachers remain attentive to your little one’s feeding schedule. When it comes time for solid food, adjustments are made to prepare the food items offered that take into consideration their development, with parent or guardian permission.
Happy Hearts
- Character Development & Life SkillsCharacter Development & Life Skills
Our exclusive Happy Hearts Character Development Program® is embedded into our daily experiences with lessons that teach the importance of values like respect, friendship and kindness in school, at home and in the community.
- Social SkillsSocial Skills
Every day, Primrose school teachers foster belongingness in classrooms across the country to help children feel valued and included. In turn, those children are better equipped to show kindness and compassion to others.
- Early Art Masters: Creative Arts & ExpressionEarly Art Masters: Creative Arts & Expression
Exploring the arts is a great way to stimulate your children’s imagination and creative thinking. In our creative arts programs, your infant listens and moves to music, explores various art materials and expresses themselves creatively.
Our Infant Classroom Teachers & Staff
Karen Faircloth
Mrs. Karen Faircloth joins our faculty in August, 2013. Mrs. Faircloth holds her A.A in Child Development and has over 19 years experience working with young students in a child care/early learning setting.
Rachel Dossey
Ms. Rachel Dossey joined our faculty in April 2016 to teach in our Older Infant classroom. Ms. Dossey completed her Associate Degree in Early Childhood Education and prior to joining our school, she completed six years of service at another child care center teaching and caring for young children.
Sandra Garcia
Ms. Garcia joined our school in December of 2022 as an Assistant Teacher in our Young Infant classroom. Ms. Garcia attends Elgin Community College to obtain her degree in Early Childhood Education.
Sai Bendi
Mrs. Sai Bendi joined our school as a support teacher in May of 2024.
Diane Shorter
Ms. Diana Shorter joins our faculty in March, 2014 to teach in our infant classroom. She has over 13 years experience in another child care program and attended school at Elgin Community College.
Cassidy Seibert
Ms. Cassidy Seibert joined our school in April of 2024. Ms. Seibert has previous experience with children as a Infant Support Teacher at another childcare center.