Our Toddler Program

Although we follow the EEC’s definition of “Toddlers” as being children between the age of 1y3m and 2y9m, we have subdivided our room to better meet the needs of our younger toddlers who just learned to walk and our older toddlers who will move on to preschool soon.

The teacher to toddler ratio is 1:4 and 2:9. However, due to the size of the room, we will not have more than 15 children in this group.

This is the age that we start with age-appropriate circle time, teaching skills through play and songs.

Repetition of a daily schedule prevents confusion and surprise, making it easier to focus on the task.

A typical day in our toddler room can look as follows:     

morning snack  –  free-play  –  circle time  –  breakfast  –  gross-motor activity (talking a walk, playing on our on-site playground or in our 2,500 sqft indoor-gym during winter or impending weather!)  –  project time  –  christian lesson including music and art  –  lunch  –  naptime  –  afternoon snack  –  gross-motor activity  –  free play  –  reading time.

What we do

Purposeful Play is Early Education!

Our curriculum is conceived with a monthly theme across the center which is taught differently according to age in each of our classrooms. The monthly plan is broken down to every single day, addressing all of the developmental areas in creative ways based on the concept of “learning through play”: social and self-help skills,  gross- and fine-motor skills, language, and science.

During their time with us, your child will learn to count, name colors and shapes, letters, music, and start building toward following simple instructions, and the potty.

Some examples of developmental milestones we look for carefully are the following:

Social and Emotional Development

Show increased interest in interacting with familiar adults.

Show increased interest in interacting with other children.

Manage emotions independently or with the help of a familiar adult.

Notice when other children are upset and try to help them feel better.

Cognitive Development

Show interest in counting and start to identify one, two, or three objects.

Learn words like up and down and differences in size and volume.

Sort and classify objects like helping a teacher make piles of different colored toys.

Explore cause and effect by discovering new ways to play with toys.

Remember the location of objects like a specific toy.

Follow simple rules some of the time.

Watch and imitate how others use objects or complete tasks.

Control impulses some of the time.

Physical Development

Walk longer distances and start to run.

Play games that develop throwing and kicking skills.

Show an increasing ability to control their hands.

Start to communicate at mealtime using simple words.

Language Development

Use one or two words to label objects and express needs and wants.

Build an understanding of words through interactions including reading books.

Imitate reading behaviors like turning pages and babbling while looking at pictures.

Explore writing with scribbles on paper.

Creative Development

Create art using materials like crayons and play-dough.

Move creatively with other kids to learn body awareness and build social skills.

Enter the world of make believe with simple props like toy phones and puppets.

Interact with music through games and simple songs.

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