2.5 Year Old Program
Safe and Secure
If you want a program for your older toddler and need a safe and secure place that may also be the "first place away from home and you," this program is just right for you both!
Potty Training
Children do not need to be toilet trained to attend, however it is a part of our everyday curriculum and an important component to our program.
Separation and Attachment
Separation and attachment are experiences that happen all through our lives as human beings. Research and practice confirm that early healthy, strong attachments for young children help them form healthy, strong bonds again and again in life. Our program supports children and families in forming new attachments to other trusted persons - - to adults and maybe even little friends - - in an environment with play and discovery materials that invite curiosity, capture attention, stimulate learning, and encourage language.
Learning Through Play
We believe that play is an effective method of learning. Play is a child’s way of exploring, experimenting, and learning cooperative behavior. Our trained staff utilize play situations to introduce language, science, social studies, music and creative arts. Each child is recognized as a productive individual as they develop self-confidence and feelings of self-worth.
Our Focused areas of development are . . .
- Gross Motor - skills, strength, coordination, movement, exercise
- Spiritual - learning to talk to God and you are a friend to Jesus
- Aesthetic - Music, Arts, Drama, Movement
- Social/Emotional - safe, happy, self-esteem, forgiveness, helping others, forging friendships, forming attachments with trusted adults
- Cognitive - develop and pursue interests and curiosities, ask and respond to questions, solve problems, undertake challenges
- Language- use words to communicate wants and needs, express feelings and thoughts, listening, reading, and writing skills
- Fine Motor – prewriting skills such as scribbling, painting, stacking objects, sensory manipulation
Days and Times of Classes
➢ Our 3 day program is Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday mornings from 9am-noon
➢ Our 5 day program is Monday-Friday mornings from 9am-noon
Each class will have a maximum of 10 students with 2-3 teachers
