Infant Program

January 2025

Over the past few months, the children have taken an interest in exploring cause and effect relationships through their play. This has been especially prevalent over the past few weeks as the children have been vocalizing their interests, ideas, and curiosities with the educators and each other!

The children have been exploring these concepts through various play schemas. The schemas that are being used in the children’s play experiences are trajectory (observing the movements of objects), transporting (moving an item from one spot to another, collecting items), enveloping (hiding materials under a cloth/blanket), as well as orientation (exploring the world from different perspectives). Due to the variety of schemas being explored, we have added more materials to our classroom to support this learning! We have added materials such as various sized containers, buttons/shapes, transparent cloths/blankets, large and small vehicles, climbing furniture (toddler tower, large blocks), etc. Additionally, during this time, we have noticed that the children are all exploring the concept of cause and effect in their own individual ways. For instance, E enjoys exploring this concept through orientation. She has done this by climbing onto furniture to see the room from different perspectives, as well as holding onto furniture while bending backwards. On the other hand, R and T enjoy exploring this concept through trajectory! They enjoy watching the movement of items, whether it's a truck being pushed across the room, throwing a scoop into a bucket of water, or by throwing a handful of snow up into the air!

Emily Merenda RECE, Swati Limbachia B.A, BEd, MA, Megan Misner RECE