Age Range
6 weeks–3 years
Main Focus
Security, movement, language, and care routines
Children Build
Trust, communication, coordination, and self-help skills
Next Step
Primary
Trust & Security
Consistent care helps children feel safe, known, and connected.
Language
Guides support communication through conversation, songs, naming, and stories.
Developmental Focus
The Nest environment supports the earliest stages of growth through responsive care, consistent routines, movement, language, and safe exploration.
Movement
Children develop coordination through reaching, crawling, walking, carrying, and exploring.
Early Independence
Children begin participating in simple routines with confidence.
What Children Learn
Care of Self
Dressing, washing, eating, toileting, and simple self-care routines.
Practical Life
Real tasks that build coordination, focus, and independence.
Sensorial Exploration
Hands-on experiences that help children discover the world through their senses.
Movement & Coordination
Safe opportunities to strengthen the body and develop purposeful movement.
Language & Communication
Words, songs, stories, naming, listening, and early conversation.
Social-Emotional Growth
Gentle support for connection, patience, sharing, and emotional security.
Outdoor Time
Fresh air, nature, movement, observation, and exploration.
Music & Art
Simple creative experiences that support expression, rhythm, and joy.
Focused Activity
Nurturing Communication
Nature Connection
What the Day Looks Like
Children are greeted warmly and eased into the day.
Children choose simple materials and activities in a prepared environment.
Guides speak, sing, read, and respond throughout the day.
Children spend time outside when appropriate for age, weather, and schedule.
The Nest follows a gentle rhythm that responds to each child’s individual needs for care, rest, and exploration.
A Warm Greeting
Exploration & Work
Language & Connection
Arrival & Welcome
Outdoor Time
Care Routines
Respectful Care
Meals, diapering, toileting, rest, and transitions are handled with respect.
Movement
Active Exploration
Time is built in for crawling, walking, carrying, climbing, and outdoor play.
Meals & Rest
Predictable Rhythm
Children are supported through predictable, caring routines.
Comfort in a Prepared Environment
Children become familiar with order, choice, and purposeful activity.
How the Nest Prepares Children for Primary
The foundation laid in these early years supports the academic and social transitions of the future.
Early Independence
Simple routines help begin doing things for themselves.
Language Growth
Communication skills prepare children for classroom participation.
Confidence and Trust
Secure relationships help children enter primary with greater readiness.