Baby Signs curriculum
Language development is a defining moment in a child’s academic journey. When babies can express their needs as young as 3 months old, it limits their frustration, builds confidence and lays the foundation for language development. The Baby Signs curriculum in our Infant program is founded in scientific research. Our educators take the 10 fundamental signs and layer on additional words each month to increase their breadth of understanding. By the end of the program, infants will be exposed to 15 essential signs.
Purpose of Sign Children are able to show love and affection in many different ways. With this sign, your child will understand the meaning of love by capturing the feeling that they get around their family, pets and play mates. How to Sign:
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Purpose of Sign Infants often have difficulty expressing their emotions even when they are positive. Having a way to identify when they are happy is just as important as identifying when they are upset. It is also beneficial to see adults in their life use this sign to begin learning how to identify happiness in others. How to Sign:
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Purpose of Sign This sign can be used in multiple ways. The first can be to signify when your baby is hungry. The second, is to have them perform this action while they are eating. This will strengthen their understanding of the word and they will know the context when they begin to develop their oral language skills. How to Sign:
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Purpose of Sign
Children are able to show love and affection in many different ways. With this sign, your child will understand the meaning of love by capturing the feeling that they get around their family, pets and play mates.
How to Sign:
Purpose of Sign
Infants often have difficulty expressing their emotions even when they are positive. Having a way to identify when they are happy is just as important as identifying when they are upset. It is also beneficial to see adults in their life use this sign to begin learning how to identify happiness in others.
How to Sign:
Purpose of Sign
This sign can be used in multiple ways. The first can be to signify when your baby is hungry. The second, is to have them perform this action while they are eating. This will strengthen their understanding of the word and they will know the context when they begin to develop their oral language skills.
How to Sign:
“Watching the Infants reach important [language] milestones and seeing their excitement, there really is nothing like joining in on that celebration with them.”
-Michele Colafranceschi, Infant Team Mentor
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As Head Chef, John is responsible for the development and implementation of CV’s food & nutrition program, managing the culinary team across all 8 CV academies. With his extensive expertise in the field John develops the quarterly CV menus to ensure they are nutritionally dense, seasonally appropriate, nut-free, nutritionist approved, locally sourced and made from scratch whenever possible. All while being delicious and child approved. Orchestrating nutritional food that children will enjoy can be a daunting task, but John is up to the challenge!
Unlike many childcare centres, CV has a Registered Nutritionist on hand that specifically focuses on paediatric health and supporting families in raising well-nourished children right from the start. Stacey’s role at CV is to work with our head chef in developing the quarterly menu to ensure that each meal is nutritionally dense so that our children remain healthy, happy, (full!) and optimized for learning. With 15 years experience, Stacey’s career has been dedicated to nourishing babies, toddlers and children. While working as a paediatric nutrition consultant for CV, Stacey also works at The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto as a paediatric dietitian, specializing in neuroscience.