Toddler Daycare

TODDLERS
The Toddler year is very critical period for the development of self, interpersonal skills, emotional regulation, autonomy and of course synthesizing practical life aims. Washing hands and becoming independent potty users are a big focus here for this class. Circle times become more intentional, works and extended projects gain complexity, arts engagement shifts and becomes more concentrated, parallel play all but disappears and the children learn to actually play as a community. This is where make believe magic truly begins❤️❤️❤️❤️ Through this year the toddlers will learn who they are in relation to the expectations within their environment, the greater world and worlds in which their imaginations take them. By the end of the year our aim is to help support self actualized competent learners who have the needed social skills to head to pre school. It's one of the biggest years for growth and development that we see. Thankyou for trusting us with such a beautifully transformative time for your children
What Most Children Do at This Age:
Social/Emotional 

• Copies adults and friends  
  
• Shows affection for friends without prompting 
  
• Takes turns in games 
  
• Shows concern for a crying friend  
  
• Understands the idea of “mine” and “his” or “hers” 
  
• Shows a wide range of emotions 
  
• Separates easily from mom and dad 
  
• May get upset with major changes in routine 
  
• Dresses and undresses self
  

Language/Communication 

• Follows instructions with 2 or 3 steps  
  
• Can name most familiar things  
  
• Understands words like “in,” “on” and “under” 
  
• Says first name, age and sex 
  
• Names a friend 
  
• Says words like “I,” “me,” “we” and “you” and some plurals (cars, dogs, cats) 
  
• Talks well enough for strangers to understand most of the time 
  
• Carries on a conversation using 2 to 3 sentences
  

Cognitive (learning, thinking, problem-solving)  

• Can work toys with buttons, levers and moving parts 
  
• Plays make-believe with dolls, animals, and people 
  
• Does puzzles with 3 or 4 pieces  
  
• Understands what “two” means  
  
• Copies a circle with pencil or crayon  
  
• Turns book pages one at a time  
  
• Builds towers of more than 6 blocks  
  
• Screws and unscrews jar lids or turns door handle
  

Movement/Physical Development  

• Climbs well  
  
• Runs easily 
  
• Pedals a tricycle (3-wheel bike) o 
  
• Walks up and down stairs, one foot on each step