Certified WestEd Trainer Program

for Infant Toddler Caregivers (PITC)

www.pitc.org

Non Mobile Infants 0- 9 months

Mobile Infants 9-18 months

Toddlers 18-36 months

Planning Curriculum for Infants and Toddlers.

Key Elements and Considerations:

* Knowledge of Infant Toddler Child Development

* Safe and Healthy Physical Environment

* Age Appropriate furnishing, educational materials and room arrangements. 

* Nurturing and Responsive Relationships with Individual Children

* Individual Child Temperament: Flexible - Cautious - Feisty?

* Using Daily Routines as learning experiences:

* Sensitivity to Language and Culture of Child and Family

* Parent Involvement