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The first two years of life are a pivotal time for development and growth, where every moment matters.

At Mia Mia, our Infant Program is guided by developmental milestones that help us observe, support, and respond to each baby’s unique path. We closely follow cognitive, gross and fine motor, language, sensory, and socioemotional development, allowing us to understand where each infant is in their journey and when to offer encouragement, enrichment, or closer attention.

We approach each baby with curiosity and respect, learning their rhythms, cues, preferences, and emerging abilities. Our routines are intentionally designed yet flexible, adapting as children grow and transition. Personalized developmental goals and regular progress check-ins ensure that each child is supported with care and purpose.

Our nursery spaces are calm, natural, and welcoming, prepared with soft materials, open-ended objects, and sensory-rich experiences. We center our work around connection, knowing that secure relationships are the foundation for early development. Through attentive caregiving moments such as feeding, diapering, rest, and quiet one-on-one interactions, our teachers move with intention and responsiveness, creating a steady and reassuring environment for each child.

Infants also experience the world beyond the nursery through daily strolls across our campus and time in our outdoor stations. In addition, they participate in our Guided Exploration Classes, each led by a specialized teacher. For this age group, classes include Art and Wonder and Music, thoughtfully adapted to support sensory discovery, early creativity, rhythm, and connection in developmentally appropriate ways.

In these earliest months, learning unfolds through relationship, rhythm, observation, and intentional developmental support, allowing each baby to grow confidently and authentically in their own time.

This is the season where independence begins, one step, one word, one discovery at a time.

At this stage, children are emerging explorers, eager to move, communicate, and make sense of the world around them. At Mia Mia, we honor each child’s growing independence while continuing to guide their development through intentional observation and responsive support.

Our program is grounded in developmental milestones, with particular attention to gross and fine motor coordination, early language development, cognitive growth, sensory exploration, and socioemotional awareness. As children begin walking, climbing, expressing first words, and forming early routines, we thoughtfully prepare environments that invite safe risk taking, repetition, and meaningful discovery.

Daily experiences are hands-on and rooted in play. Through movement, music, open-ended materials, and intentional small-group experiences, children build confidence, problem-solving skills, and early communication. Outdoor time, campus strolls, and visits to our nature spaces remain an essential part of the day, allowing toddlers to explore with their whole bodies. In addition, children participate in our Guided Exploration Classes in Sports, Music, Art and Wonder, and Gardening. Each class is led by a specialized teacher who thoughtfully designs experiences that deepen engagement and extend learning.

Our routines continue to provide continuity and rhythm while encouraging autonomy. Mealtimes, transitions, and caregiving moments are approached as opportunities for language development, connection, and growth.

In this season of rapid development, children are supported as capable learners, developing confidence in who they are and what they can do.

Play becomes purposeful as children begin connecting ideas and building early foundations.

Between two and three years old, children move from simple exploration into deeper understanding. Language expands rapidly, symbolic play becomes more intentional, and children begin recognizing patterns, relationships, and cause and effect in the world around them.

While we continue to observe developmental milestones across cognitive, language, motor, and socioemotional growth, our program intentionally embeds early academic foundations into everyday experiences.

Through project based learning, toddlers explore themes that integrate early math concepts such as counting, sorting, patterns, and spatial awareness; early science concepts such as observation, prediction, nature study, and cause and effect; and expressive language through storytelling, conversation, and representation. These concepts are woven naturally into hands-on exploration, art, movement, outdoor investigation, and collaborative play.

Toddlers also participate in our Guided Exploration Classes, each led by a specialized teacher. At this stage, children attend Art and Wonder, Sports, and Gardening. These focused classes extend classroom learning while supporting coordination, creativity, confidence, and a deepening connection to nature through intentional, developmentally aligned experiences.

Our classroom environment offers a continuous rhythm that helps guide our children by focusing their attention, building memory, strengthening executive functioning skills, and deepening their understanding of routines, responsibility, and community.

As children begin forming peer relationships, we guide them in practicing empathy, cooperation, turn taking, and emotional expression. They are not only learning about the world, but about themselves within it.

In this stage, toddlers are supported as capable thinkers who can question, investigate, represent ideas, and build foundational knowledge through meaningful experiences.

Big ideas begin to take shape as children think, communicate, and collaborate with greater intention.

At three and four years old, children are no longer just exploring. They are explaining, negotiating, imagining, and connecting ideas in more complex ways. Their language expands, play becomes more collaborative, and they begin sustaining attention for longer periods of time.

In our Pre-K3 program, we continue observing developmental milestones across language, motor coordination, cognitive growth, and socioemotional development. These indicators guide our support as learning deepens beyond simple exploration. Children participate in group discussions, contribute ideas, and engage in extended project experiences with growing intention.

Our curriculum follows a project-based approach, where themes unfold through hands-on investigation. Early math thinking, scientific observation, expressive language, and creative representation are woven naturally into everyday experiences, building foundational skills through meaningful learning. As part of our Spanish immersion environment, language is lived daily through conversation, storytelling, songs, cultural traditions, and shared routines.

Our outdoor classrooms and learning stations serve as essential extensions of the curriculum. Children also participate in our Guided Exploration Classes in Sports, Music, Art and Wonder, and Gardening, each led by a specialized teacher who deepens the experience and supports growth through focused, intentional instruction.

As independence grows, so does their ability to reflect, represent ideas, collaborate, and contribute thoughtfully within their classroom community.