Infant care · 6 weeks–12 months
Infant daycare in McKinney, built around your baby’s rhythm.
Our infant daycare in McKinney pairs responsive care with calm, age-aware opportunities to move, listen, look, reach, and connect. Because development changes quickly during the first year, classroom planning can follow each baby’s cues and current stage instead of treating infancy as one uniform experience.
6 weeks–12 months
Open year-round
6:30 AM–6:00 PM
Full- or part-time
What children may practice
Development made visible through everyday learning.
Each focus area connects a classroom experience to a meaningful skill while leaving room for individual interests, abilities, and pace.
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Movement and body awareness
Supervised floor play can support head control, rolling, sitting, reaching, balance reactions, crawling, pulling to stand, and other emerging whole-body movements.
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Sensory and visual discovery
Babies explore familiar faces, voices, textures, sounds, moving objects, and simple cause-and-effect experiences through safe, closely supervised play.
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Early communication
Warm conversation, songs, gestures, babbling exchanges, name recognition, and shared attention help build the foundations of receptive and expressive language.
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Trust and predictable care
Consistent feeding, rest, diapering, and transition routines help babies recognize familiar caregivers, anticipate what comes next, and build secure relationships.
Children develop along individual timelines.
Infant development overlaps considerably, especially across the first twelve months. These focus areas are flexible curriculum targets—not a checklist, assessment, diagnosis, or promise that every baby will reach a skill at the same time.
How learning can look
Sample classroom experiences with a purpose.
These examples show how playful moments can support several areas of development at once. Specific materials and activities are adjusted for age, safety, and the children present.
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Tummy-time tracking
A teacher positions a high-contrast toy or mirror within view and slowly moves it to invite looking, head turning, reaching, and upper-body support.
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Texture basket
A small set of baby-safe objects with varied textures creates a supervised chance to grasp, transfer, touch, and compare sensory experiences.
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Peekaboo and hidden objects
Familiar social games and partially hidden toys introduce anticipation, object permanence, shared attention, and the joy of back-and-forth interaction.
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Container discovery
Placing and removing larger baby-safe objects from an open container supports purposeful release, hand-eye coordination, repetition, and early problem solving.
Questions families ask
Helpful context before your tour.
Program pages are a starting point. The Academy team can discuss the current classroom, schedule, tuition, availability, and enrollment steps directly with your family.
What age can my baby start infant care at The Academy?
Our infant classroom serves babies from 6 weeks to 12 months. The Academy is open year-round, Monday through Friday, 6:30 AM–6:00 PM, with full-day care options from 2 to 5 days per week.
How do teachers plan for different stages within the first year?
Planning can be adjusted for each baby’s cues and emerging abilities, with the first year considered in smaller developmental windows rather than as one identical sequence for every infant.
Are the developmental skills on this page required milestones?
No. They describe common areas that classroom experiences may support. Children develop at different rates, and families should discuss developmental concerns with their child’s healthcare professional.
What should I ask about during a tour?
Ask about feeding and sleep routines, communication between home and school, classroom transitions, current availability, tuition, and how the team follows your baby’s individual care information.
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Visit The Academy
Come see the Infants classroom.
A tour is the best way to see the classroom, meet the teachers, and ask about schedules, tuition, and availability.
Visit us
Conveniently located in Craig Ranch, McKinney, at Life Fellowship Church.
Right off SH 121 where McKinney meets Allen, Frisco, and Plano, we’re an easy drive for families in all four cities, and some of our families come from Melissa.
Address
6400 Henneman Way
McKinney, TX 75070
Craig Ranch, off SH 121 between Alma and Stacy roads
Hours
Monday–Friday
6:30 AM–6:00 PM
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