With infants, we work to provide an environment as home like as possible – warm and welcoming, cozy spaces, photos of family, and so on. In the classroom, infants develop intimate relationships with a stable caregiver. Care giving activities such as feeding and diapering are warm, consistent, and individualized. These routines are viewed as opportunities for the infants to receive undivided adult attention and to promote language, self-awareness, and social skills. The infants' preexisting patterns for feeding and sleeping are respected and incorporated into the child's daily routine. Consistency in routines and schedules allow children to anticipate what is coming next, thus transitions are predictable.

Our classroom environment offers a rich variety of spaces, material, and activities organized to promote children's active exploration and mastery. Although classrooms often appear informal, they are the result of careful planning and structuring to ensure that the needs of each child are met in a supportive and nurturing way. Our teachers encourage curiosity and enthusiasm for learning, promote cooperative social interactions, support individual creativity and diversity, and provide opportunities for children to use their growing bodies to develop a sense of autonomy and self-worth. Children spend the majority of their day involved in a variety of activities: art, block building, dramatic play, music, sorting and matching games, listening to stories, movement activities, science activities, and large motor play.

The preschool and prekindergarten classrooms are composed of children 2 years to 5 years of age. These multi-age groupings exemplify the Center's commitment to provide an experience to enhance the development of each child’s whole self: creative, intellectual, physical, social, and emotional. As each of these facets develops at different rates, the children seek activities and experiences that meet their individual needs. In addition, children with different knowledge and abilities stimulate one another's thinking and encourage pro-social behaviors amongst themselves. Most importantly, this enables families, children, and teachers the chance to build strong and consistent relationships with one another.