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Infants | 6 Weeks - 18 Months | Serving Homewood, Pelham, Huntsville, Trussville, Hoover, AL

3 Infant Rooms That Meet Your Baby’s Changing Needs

With 3 rooms designed to accommodate your infant’s changing needs as they grow, you know they get the care they deserve as they reach new milestones. Loving teachers observe your baby to decide, with your input, when they move up.

State-Of-The-Art Security Features For Their Safety

Feel confident in your baby’s safety with cutting-edge security features like biometric access doors and an HD security camera system. More traditional measures like sturdy playground fences and CPR-certified staff also assure you of your infant’s safety every day.

Clean, Fresh, & Purpose-Built For High-Quality Care & Learning

Your infant enjoys beautiful spaces purpose-built for their care and earliest learning. Caregivers diligently clean and sanitize during the day, and a nightly visit from professional cleaners keeps things sparkling fresh, spotless, and germ-free to protect your baby’s health.

Outdoor Spaces Designed For Fun, Safety, & Growth

Poured rubber surfaces, awnings, and age-appropriate toys and structures give your baby a safe, fun place to explore and expand their developing gross motor skills. When they’re ready, a splash pad offers exciting water play on hot summer days.

Music, Art, & Baby Signing Enrich Their Early Learning

Your baby’s day includes music, art, and baby signing enrichments, at no extra cost, to boost their earliest communication and creative skills. Enrichment activities offer them an outlet for self-expression before they can even talk.

Older Infants Enjoy Healthy Meals Included In Tuition

Your solid-food-eater loves their delicious, nutritious breakfasts, lunches, and snacks, made fresh onsite daily in a nut-free/peanut-free commercial kitchen. Meals account for allergies and come included in your tuition, saving you time and money.

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What Happens In Your Baby’s Classroom?

Each home-like Infant Room (1, 2, 3) meets the developmental needs of every stage of infant development. These thoughtfully designed classrooms have the furnishings, space, materials, and toys to promote healthy growth, plus dedicated breastfeeding space for nursing mamas.

INFANT 1 (6 weeks - 7 months)

With responsive care, food and sleep on their schedule, and loving teachers, your baby makes an easy transition into their new surroundings. After 3 months of age, naps move to a 2x/day structure. Activities include:

INFANT 2 (6 months - 13 months)

This classroom accommodates the needs of newly-mobile infants. With space to safely sit, crawl, scoot, and explore and tons of sensory material for cognitive development, your little mover’s growth takes off. Activities include:

INFANT 3 (12 months - 18 months)

Designed for babies to safely take their first steps, the Infant 3 classroom gives your baby the space to practice their budding skills. Loving teachers and materials to support their growth ease your baby’s transition into toddlerhood. Activities include:

FAQs

WHAT STEPS HAVE YOU TAKEN TO ENSURE THE SECURITY AND SAFETY OF THE CAMPUS?

We place a very high value in the security of our campuses, and every effort is made to ensure that Heritage Preschools provides a safe and secure environment for children and staff. Every Heritage campus is equipped with high definition cameras on a DVR system, the ProCare Software® biometric fingerprint scanners for secure check in and out, and coded keypads at multiple points of entrance. Additionally, Heritage Preschools uses a Raptor data security system. This system assists our front office personnel by screening visitors using data received from their submitted drivers’ license.

IN WHAT WAY ARE YOU A CHRISTIAN CHILDCARE CENTER?

Founded by Christians, Heritage Preschools believes that our purpose is to come alongside parents to cultivate students who are rooted and grounded in Christ, His love and His Truth so that they may continue to grow and flourish in every area of life for God’s glory. Toward that end, Heritage Preschools is directed by committed Christian leadership and hires Christian teachers who are eager to set an example that faith is for all of life. We are non-denominational and hold to a conservative set of beliefs about God and the Bible. This is all lived out through Heritage from our unique approach to child care, to stewardship of facilities, to choice of curriculum.

HOW DO YOU CHOOSE YOUR TEACHERS?

With prayer and careful screening! Many of our teachers come to us by word of mouth through the Christian community. Each is interviewed by the campus director and administration. The candidate must have a credible Christian testimony and be a member in good standing with his or her church. Directors consider a candidate’s education, training and experience, and only hire individuals they believe will bring significant value to their school.

WHAT TYPE OF TRAINING IS REQUIRED FOR YOUR TEACHERS?

All teachers must be fingerprinted and pass the background clearance through the Alabama Department of Human Resources as well as participate in continuous training throughout the year. Although many of our teachers have degrees, we do not require a degree to be a teacher at Heritage Preschools (with the exception of Kindergarten teachers). Upon hire, new teachers must go through 5 days of training with the campus’ Classroom Coordinator and Training Specialist, and then work under an experienced Lead Teacher for further hands-on training in the classroom. Heritage Preschools also provides and requires mandatory training days for all staff to ensure continued excellence in childcare.

DO YOU PROVIDE MEALS AND HAVE A MEAL PLAN FOR STUDENTS?

We provide nutritious, hot meals for students at breakfast and lunch. Afternoon snacks are served after nap and during the late afternoon. The meal plan is included in the price of tuition and is served to all students beginning in our Infant 3 class.

HOW DO YOU PROTECT THE HEALTH OF STUDENTS AND STAFF?

At Heritage student health and safety is our number one concern! Not only are our facilities kept clean and sanitary, but we place a strong emphasis on personal hygiene for both staff and students. We also focus on running a “well-child school.” The Heritage Preschools Medical/Sickness Policy is outlined in our Enrollment Packet and further shows how we safeguard students and staff from illness.

WHAT TYPE OF CURRICULUM DO YOU USE?

Abeka is one of the premiere Christian curriculums used by private educators for the last forty years. It provides a comprehensive Biblical approach to teaching academics and character. This advanced curriculum pairs perfectly with Heritage Preschools’ philosophy of education and classical approach to learning, providing students with the foundation for academic success.

HOW DO YOU HANDLE CHILDREN’S CLASSROOM PROMOTIONS?

When a teacher sees that a student meets the milestone goals for the classroom and is in the appropriate age range to move up, the teacher will complete a Request For Promotion Form. This form alerts the administration that the student is eligible for promotion due to age and ability. Administration then informs the parent that the child is ready for advancement to the next class.

WHAT CAN I DO TO ENSURE A SEAMLESS TRANSITION FROM HOME TO CARE AT HERITAGE IF I AM BREASTFEEDING MY INFANT?

We recommend introducing a bottle to your infant at least two weeks prior to starting at Heritage. By no means does this mean that you must strictly use a bottle when at home! We strongly support the decision a mom makes when she commits to breastfeeding. However, because we strive for the best possible care for your baby, we encourage as much consistency as possible between home and school.