Toddler Program

Our Toddler classroom is designed with learning centers Various “self-help” skills are also introduced with our teachers assisting tstudent's in learning how to do things such as wash their hands, feed themselves and hold various items.

There’s also plenty of structured outdoor play time to accommodate the children’s rapidly developing mobility. This play time is directed appropriately and is carefully managed so that only children of the same age are out together. The school day for our toddlers is active, mobile and managed with love.

Language Development- Instructors are trained in building vocabulary and communication skills, through small group learning opportunities.

1st Choice will send Home Activities periodically throughout the semester, to continue educational development at home, while initiating parent involvement.

TODDLER SAMPLE SCHEDULE

6:00-8:30 Arrival times/Breakfast
Morning Experiences: Dramatic Play, Fine Motor Manipulatives, Sensory, Language (writing area, books), Art, Block Play

8:30-9:30 Learning Center’s (Counting Farm Animals/Early Literacy, Foreign Languages, Sign Language)

9:30- 10:00 Snack Time

10:00-10:30 Group Time—Stories, Songs, Fingerplays, Music and Movement, and sharing thoughts and ideas

10:30-11:30 Outdoor Experiences (weather permitting) or Indoor Experiences

11:30-12:15 Lunch—followed by diapering/toileting routines

12:15-2:45 Naptime

2:45- 3:30 Quiet Activities/ Snack

3:30- 4:15 Dramatic Play

Afternoon Group Time

4:15- 4:45 Outdoor Experiences

4:45- 5:30 Arts & Crafts/S.T.E.A.M. Activities

5:30- Close - Community Activities/ Centers/ Prepare for departure