6 weeks to 2 years
Freedom for Excellence Starts Here
At Stratford Academy, Little Eagles Early Learning is designed for infants and toddlers ages 6 weeks to 2 years and provides a developmentally rich foundation for our youngest learners.
Inside Little Eagles Early Learning
Our teachers follow a creative, theme-based curriculum that encourages exploration, discovery, and hands-on learning. Weekly themes are inspired by the seasons, holidays, community events, and other topics that reflect the time of year. Activities, crafts, stories, songs, sensory experiences, and learning centers are thoughtfully planned to reinforce each week's theme and create meaningful learning opportunities.
Core Principles
Learning Begins with Wonder
The Little Eagles curriculum is built on the understanding that infants and toddlers learn best through secure relationships, sensory exploration, and responsive caregiving. Every experience is designed to nurture the whole child while honoring individual developmental timelines.
Language & Early Communication
Finding Their Voice
Children are immersed in rich language experiences through listening, songs, stories, and daily conversation. Educators support early communication by modeling vocabulary, encouraging babbling and first words, introducing simple sign language, and fostering joyful back-and-forth interactions that build strong foundations for language development.
Social & Emotional Development
Building Trust & Connection
Secure relationships are at the heart of learning. Children develop trust and confidence as caring adults respond to their needs, guide emotional expression, and model empathy. Through gentle routines and peer interactions, children begin building self-regulation, independence, and positive social connections.
Cognitive Development
Curiosity in Action
Children explore their world through hands-on discovery that builds curiosity and early problem-solving skills. Activities encourage cause-and-effect thinking, memory, and focus as children experiment, make choices, and learn through repetition, exploration, and meaningful play experiences.
Physical Development & Health
Growing Strong, Moving Confidently
Daily movement and sensory experiences support healthy physical growth. Children strengthen gross and fine motor skills through crawling, climbing, grasping, and purposeful play while developing coordination, body awareness, and early self-care skills in a safe, nurturing environment.
Creative Expression
Imagining Without Limits
Children express ideas and emotions through music, art, movement, and imaginative play. Open-ended materials and guided experiences encourage creativity, curiosity, and confidence while allowing children to explore self-expression in joyful, developmentally appropriate ways.
Meet The Little Eagles Team
At Stratford Academy, Little Eagles Early Learning is designed for infants and toddlers ages 6 weeks to 2 years and provides a developmentally rich foundation for our youngest learners.