At Graydon Hall Nursery Schools, our Toddler Programs provide a stimulating and exciting learning experience that foster a toddler’s natural curiosity about the world around them. Through music, art, sensory, language and motor activities the children develop skills that set the foundation for later learning.
Key Feature
- Teacher to Child Ratio: 1 teacher for every 5 toddlers during programming time, enabling children to explore under the guidance and support of their teachers.
- Stimulating Learning Environment: Toddlers engage in activities that foster their natural curiosity through music, art, sensory, language, and motor activities, laying the foundation for future learning.
- Daily Logs: Parents receive individualized daily logs detailing diapering routines, naps, eating habits, and any special events or milestones experienced by the child.
- Parent-Teacher Collaboration: Quarterly reviews of an age-specific Developmental Checklist allow parents to track their child’s progress and work with teachers to set future developmental goals.
Daily Routines and Care
The program encourages toddlers to develop independence through activities such as drinking from a cup, eating with a spoon, and toilet training, coordinated between teachers and parents.
Toddlers participate in cooperative experiences like sharing, turn-taking, and building relationships, which are reinforced through indoor and outdoor play.
Outdoor play spaces provide opportunities for physical and social development, allowing toddlers to explore nature while developing motor skills in a safe and contained environment.
Developmental Focus Areas
- Toddlers explore concepts like numbers, colors, shapes, and problem-solving through a variety of activities that stimulate physical and cognitive growth.
- Cause-and-effect reasoning and early letter recognition are introduced to build cognitive skills.
- Toddlers develop expressive language through asking questions, engaging in pretend play, and enjoying books and storytelling.
- Exposure to multiple languages helps enhance communication skills.
- Toddlers develop gross motor skills through active play, including running, jumping, balancing, and climbing, with guided support from teachers.
- Enhancement programs such as Little Movers and Little Body Benders encourage physical coordination and activity.
- Social skills are nurtured through turn-taking, conflict resolution, and collaborative play, helping toddlers build relationships and develop self-esteem.
- Activities focus on fostering a positive attitude toward learning and emotional expression.
- Toddlers discover the world around them through sensory exploration, simple experiments, and seasonal observations.
- Enhancement programs like Little Diggers and Little Engineers stimulate curiosity about nature and basic scientific concepts.
- Art activities help toddlers express themselves through painting, modeling, and creating with various tools and materials.
- Sensory play is encouraged through experiences like Play-Doh, finger painting, and relaxation activities such as serenity jars.
- Fine motor skills are developed through the proper use of tools like scissors, brushes, and other writing instruments.
Our Commitment
- GHNS recognizes that each age group is unique. Our goal is to enhance the keen sense of wonder, capture the enthusiasm to learn, and develop self-confidence as children achieve each milestone.
- By providing a structured yet flexible approach to early childhood education, we aim to support each child’s development in a holistic and nurturing environment.
