Toddlebugs

Our Toddler program allows for children to learn at their own pace through active interactions with adults, peers and relevant concrete/hands-on materials in a multi-cultural and non-sexist environment. Staff structure experiences and ask questions that encourage children’s growth and creative thinking skills based on child observations and development. Toddlers learn through sensory, motor and tactile experiences. Toddlers need to expand their language skills and develop a sense of autonomy in a secure environment that helps them develop a sense of trust. The program is designed to enhance self-esteem, extend experiences and enrich children’s lives.

Inside Your Toddler’s Day

During their time with us your child will learn to count, discover writing and  music, and start building toward following simple instructions, writing, and the potty.

Purposeful Play is Early Education

Each day is packed with carefully designed activities structured around the six main development areas. Here are a few example activities:

Your Toddler’s  Developmental Areas

Language and Literacy 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

• 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

• 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

• Learn to walk 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

• 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

• Create art using materials like crayons and clay
• 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

Educational Standards for Toddlers