Toddler Education

It's Never Too Early to Learn Something New

Our Toddlers are busy, inquisitive, bees and making sure we're providing the right materials to support this is very important. Below is a breakdown of our Toddler classroom curriculum.

Practical Life:

This area focuses on the toddler’s ability to care for themself as well as help them become aware of, and begin to care for, the environment around them. Through repetitive and precise exercises, the toddler will learn concentration and order to gain independence. Examples include; feeding oneself, dressing and undressing, toilet learning, hand washing, drinking from a cup, scooping, pouring, grace and courtesy, etc.

Movement:

Our Toddler Room encourages the movement toddlers so desperately crave while helping children learn control of the body and develop spatial awareness, balance, and strength.

We like to keep climbing apparatuses both indoors and outdoors to foster this.

Language:

Exposure to the elements of language is critical for this age group. Activities are designed to encourage expression, build vocabulary, strengthen word mapping skills, and promote linguistic understanding. Regular conversation is encouraged in addition to reading, singing, rhyming, etc.

Sensorial:

Toddlers love nothing more than to explore, examine, and test. The sensorial materials encourage children to touch, watch, listen, taste, and smell while helping them discriminate and classify, assign vocabulary, and problem-solve.

Culture and Art:

Toddlers explore the different celebrations and traditions of the cultures represented in their classroom. They begin to understand and become aware of the world outside of themselves. Additionally, art and music are major components of the toddler curriculum with free expression and planned projects aimed at fostering creativity available all day, every day.

The parent is the child’s first and lasting teacher and the consistency between home and school is crucial during this developmental stage. Security and nurturing in this early stage when it is most appropriate will make the leap to independence at the next stage easier for both the children and the adults. Furthermore, acceptance of the classroom goals and values coupled with their promotion at home facilitate and even speed a child’s adjustment and success in the classroom.

"The child is both a hope and a promise for mankind.”

- Maria Montessori