How the HSBP Program Works
“Infants who actively participate in their daily care routines… are also active and full of initiative beyond the care situation.
They are capable of picking out from their surroundings, objects which interest them, independently getting to know these objects and occupying themselves with them.
Infants who are brought up this way do not demand the same amount of help from adults.”
Dr Emmi Pikler
The Home School for Babies and Parents program provides coaching, support and all the resources required for setting up a system of caring for your infant, providing unparalleled care.
The two key pieces that make this possible:
1. Creating the Free Play Space
2. Providing the Focused Care Routines
The focused care routines are highly engaging and intentional activities done together, building relationship, connection and cooperation.
During a care activity, changing a diaper for example, the parent is talking the baby gently though each step, while watching for cues from the baby to comment on as well. For example, “I see you pushing your arm into your sleeve.”
The infant is an active participant in their care, cooperating in the dressing and undressing, anticipating the steps, learning the routine, gaining confidence and a sense of autonomy.
Once the baby’s needs have been satisfied through the focused care routines, the baby is ready to engage in free, independent play; exploring and discovering their relationship to world around them in their own strategically designed free play space.
The free play space is a completely safe, ‘yes zone’ where an infant can venture out from the secure base of their parent and explore the world and their relationship to it. Every item in the gated play area is to support the baby’s exploration, discovery and natural motor development
Program Benefits
Confidence about the level of care your are able to provide, while your baby grows more independent and self-regulating, day by day.
The unique care activities create the basis for ideal development and a secure healthy attachment.
These experiences of deep connection and free, independent play and exploration are cumulative and for life.
You will be making a game-changing investment in your child’s future while saving up to 50K each year on childcare.