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Infant Curriculum
Granular skills aligned to the objectives of development and learning capture rapid progress.
An entry screener identifies children’s developmental stages and directly feeds Individualized Child Plans.
Ongoing guided assessment dynamically updates Individualized Child Plans and sets GOLD preliminary levels.
Pre-populated weekly plans and care routines save teachers time.
Distinct age-targeted curriculum focuses exclusively on infant development.
A deeply integrated digital and print experience allows for seamless responsive planning.
First-of-Its-Kind Infant Curriculum
With seamlessly connected curriculum and ongoing guided assessment, The Creative Curriculum allows educators to easily individualize learning for each child during this period of rapid development.
Daily Resources
- 3 Teaching Guides (4 months per guide)
- Curriculum Guide
- Skill Development Card Organizer
- Skills for Infants booklet
- Skill Development Cards- Infants: 309 cards; age range 0–18 months
- 12 baby-proof, easy-to-clean books by Barefoot Books
- 50 age-appropriate Photo Cards
- Foundation Volumes (digital only)
Digital Resources
- Pre-populated plans in Teaching Guides, The Creative Curriculum Cloud, and the Teaching Strategies Teacher App
- 12 months of curriculum content
- Weekly plans with 6 distinct times of day
- Weekly Family Playlists
- Age-based care routine strategies designed to support relationship-building during these important moments
- Dynamic Individual Child Plans optimized for mobile delivery but also offered via The Creative Curriculum Cloud
- Guided assessment and progress monitoring
Provides customizable planning and smart teaching tools, digital access to curriculum resources, resources for engaging families, embedded microlearning, and more
Includes routines, curricular experiences, and guided assessment—everything you need in the moment at your fingertips
Includes online professional learning community of 75K educators; hundreds of embedded microlearning videos; and flexible courses provided in a variety of formats, including all CDA and CCDF training
Individualizing instruction—as easy as 1, 2, 3
Support the unique needs of
infants in more depth than ever before
Track and celebrate infants’ rapid growth
Validated Ireton skills adapted and aligned to the objectives for development and learning ensure more discrete observations and individualized support during this critical period of development.
Easily nurture every infant based on where they are
The seamlessly connected curriculum and guided assessment experience provides teachers with data-informed recommended experiences to help them truly individualize learning for every child based on where they are in their development.
Save teachers time with pre-populated plans
Teaching Guides include 12 monthly themes, pre-populated weekly plans, and care routine strategies, allowing teachers to focus on what matters most—building deep connections with children.
Support teachers every step of the way
Set teachers up for success with step-by-step guidance, embedded professional development, and a community of support—all in one place.
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Infant FAQs
This curriculum is designed to help educators and caregivers promote granular skill development during the critical period of development from birth to 11 months. Progress the learning in additional age groups with The Creative Curriculum for Toddlers, The Creative Curriculum for Twos, The Creative Curriculum for Preschool, and The Creative Curriculum for Pre-K.
Developed in response to feedback from our customers, The Creative Curriculum for Infants is a groundbreaking print and digital solution that provides tools, resources, and support to empower every teacher, whether new or experienced, to easily individualize the developmental support offered to each child.
The Creative Curriculum for Infants provides teachers with personalized learning plans that are fueled by both our Entry Screener and Ongoing Guided Assessments, so that teachers can nurture the granular skills that are attuned to each infant’s unique stage of development. Teaching Guides and pre-populated weekly plans include embedded videos and step-by-step guidance to support new and experienced teachers every step of the way.
The Foundational Skills for Infants outlines the progression of fundamental skills that lay the foundation for future growth in four domains of development and learning: Social–Emotional, Physical, Cognitive, and Language. Two more domains, Literacy and Mathematics, are introduced starting at age 1 with our The Creative Curriculum for Toddlers product.
New Skill Development Cards are guided activities that target foundational skills to support infants’ social–emotional, physical, cognitive, and language development. Our curriculum includes more than 300 cards that are available in print and also automatically recommended for each child digitally.
There are 3 full-color Teaching Guides included with this curriculum. Each Teaching Guide includes four monthly topics and provides weekly guidance to support responsive routines, meaningful experiences, and strong family partnerships. QR codes blend the digital and print experience, allowing teachers to access microlearning videos that offer quick implementation support, professional development, instrumental music, and more.
Your program will have access to a dedicated Partner Success Team that will guide you through onboarding and implementation and provide ongoing support to make adopting our curriculum seamless. We’ll get you up and running with onboarding webinars, teacher engagement sessions, on-demand courses, and an optional 8-week onboarding program. You’ll also have access to continuous technical support and live office hours to help you define and execute on your goals, strategy, and plan. Our Teacher Acceleration Program offers flexible coursework to help teachers get prepared and confident quickly.
Educators will also receive a Professional Development Teacher Membership, which connects them to an online professional learning community of more than 75,000 educators. They’ll also have access to hundreds of embedded microlearning videos and flexible courses provided in a variety of formats, including all CDA and CCDF training. The Teacher Acceleration Program offers coursework to help teachers get prepared and confident quickly.
Yes. The Creative Curriculum for Infants meets the early learning standards of each state, as well as the Head Start Early Learnings Outcomes Framework. To learn more about the alignment with your own state’s early learning standards, click “View State Alignments” here.
