Toddler Classrooms
12 — 24 months
The teachers’ goals for their children are for them to develop a healthy self esteem, exhibit social skills, enjoy reading, and to create a fun, safe, and enriching environment.
Some of the favorite themes in the Peach and Yellow rooms include, body parts, colors, nutrition, five senses, movement to music, puppets, nature, and transportation.
The toddlers have a chance to participate in a variety of fun activities, including art, sensory exploration, playing with puppets, dancing, story books, and their favorite song, “We’re Going on a Bear Hunt”.
As an extension of the classroom, the toddler teachers suggest parents talk to children about their feelings and encourage children to use their words to express their emotions, read books at home pertaining to the theme of the week, talk about the lesson plans and activities presented in the classroom, and check the classroom newsletters for important information and helpful articles.
Developmental Milestones
Toddlers |
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Cognitive |
Social/Emotional |
Language & Communication |
Large and Fine Motor |
Understand simple directions, such as, “clap your hands” |
Play by themselves or next to others |
Sing along with others |
Build a tower of two or three blocks |
Notice different sounds made by things they drop or throw |
Imitate adult behaviors in play, such as putting dolls to bed |
May use one word to try to show their needs, such as, “milk” or “more” |
Walk up and down stairs holding on to adult or railing |
Recognize and identify familiar objects in storybooks |
Recognize themselves in pictures or the mirror and smile or make faces |
Point to familiar objects after hearing their names |
Painting or scribbling with whole arm movement |
Look at or point to a few body parts on self or others |
Show a strong sense of self; be independent at times |
Put simple words together, such as “go bye-bye” |
Drop and throw objects away from them |