Toddlers will focus on the following areas of development.

• language development and communication

• independence and self-confidence

• motor skills

• social and emotional growth

• movement

• creative expressions

• problem solving

Your toddler’s day will include plenty of free, quiet, and structured play time. Toddlers will engage in the following activities (and more) to focus on those areas of development.

• circle time

• reading stories

• show and tell

• singing songs

• saying rhymes

• exercise

• dancing

• playing musical instruments

• games

• arts and crafts

• climbing

• riding and pushing toys

• bead stringing

• playing with different textures and materials

• water and sand/rice table time

Toddlers will also work on toilet training, eating well, and learning about personal hygiene.

The following shows a potential daily schedule for toddler care.

Toddler Daily Schedule

6:00 A.M. – 8:00 A.M. — Arrival & free play time

8:00 A.M. — Breakfast

8:30 A.M. — Circle Time

9:30 A.M. — Table time activities & curriculum

10:00 A.M. — Free play

10:30 A.M. — Outside time (weather permitting)

11:30 A.M. — Lunch

12:30 P.M. – 2:30 P.M. — Nap/quiet time

2:45 P.M. — Outside activities (weather permitting)

3:15 P.M. — Snack

3:30 P.M. — Station time (water/sand table, table activities, puzzles, Legos, lacing, blocks, etc.)

4:30 P.M. — Free Play or Outdoor time until departure