Toddler Scheduling Options
Full Day Program Hours: approximately 8:20am – 2:50pm
Half Day Program Hours: approximately 8:20 – 11:45am
Before-School Care: 7:30am
After-School Care: 4:15pm or 5:00pm
Weekly Schedule: 5 days a week, full or half day
School Year: August* – June
*At the beginning of the school year, new Toddlers are phased in over the first two weeks of school. Your child will be assigned a start date sometime in those first two weeks of school.
Additional Summer Programs are available for enrolled families.
Toddler Community
For children 18 months to 3 years
Our Montessori Toddler program offers a curriculum that emerges from each child’s unique skills and interests. Based on daily observations, Guides introduce new materials and activities that pique curiosity and stimulate learning. Learning at this age includes developing skills such as language, concentration, problem-solving, visual discrimination, and physical coordination.
About our Toddler Program
Outdoor Learning
Each classroom has direct access to an outdoor learning environment, along with access to campus vegetable gardens, a soccer field, and wood and meadowland.
Screen-Free Environment
Our Toddler and Children’s House classrooms are all screen-free environments. Children benefit from being screen-free as it encourages creativity, social interaction, and healthier physical and mental development.
Language Development
Our Toddler Program focuses on early language development, with both traditional and Spanish Dual Language classrooms.
Independence
Very young children have an innate desire to take care of their own needs. We see the child as an individual, allowing them to set their own pace in pursuit of independence.
Skills for Life
Practical life exercises such as pouring, sweeping, dusting, buttoning, zipping, and table setting are introduced early, providing opportunities for children to care for themselves and their environment. The children also help to
Movement
There are specifically designed materials in the classroom that support muscle movement and fine motor exercises for hand-eye coordination.
Your Child’s Development
During the first 3 years of life, your child develops more rapidly than at any other time. During this phase, your child absorbs large amounts of information from the environment through observation and experiences. These are the years that lay the foundation for future learning.
We are committed to providing our toddlers with engaging, meaningful activities which:
- provide experiences that stimulate the senses
- enrich the child’s vocabulary and understanding of language
- provide time for the child to repeat and master activities
- teach our children how to use tools in the environment such as eating utensils, brooms, sponges, etc.
- give children the opportunity to gain a sense of self-esteem, self-worth, and self-confidence
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Experience the world through your child's eyes.
The Next Level: The Children’s House Classroom
As the children near age three, they will start to give us signs that they are ready to move up to Children’s House. Language skills will start to develop rapidly; enthusiasm for independence in self-care and other work will grow.
Your child is now ready to transition to the Children’s House, for children from the ages of 3 to 6 years.