Toddlers and Two's thrive when they are in a loving and supportive environment that allows them to explore and discover under the careful supervision and direction of teachers who encourage and cherish the child's accomplishments.
Our teachers take time to communicate with parents through notes, telephone calls, and scheduled meetings. The curriculum for our Toddlers and Two's is based on the unique daily experience and includes child-initiated and teacher-directed play and exploration. Monthly themes are used to carefully introduce language, sensory awareness, colors, manipulatives, self-expression and story time. Classrooms are set up into learning centers allowing the children to explore areas that are of interest to them.
The Creative Curriculum for Infants, Toddlers & Twos is a comprehensive curriculum that helps teachers achieve the very best program for children under three. If the interactions children have are nurturing, consistent and loving, and the experiences they have are appropriately challenging, then infants, toddlers and twos grow and flourish.
Creative Curriculum Origins
Creative curriculum rests on a firm foundation of research and responds to new requirements for addressing academic content. The approach from its beginnings has been developed based on the theories and research that inform decision making in the early childhood field. The works of Piaget, Maslow, Erikson, Smilansky, Vygotsky and Gardner are all implemented in Creative Curriculum. This curriculum helps children acquire social competence and the skills they need to succeed as learners.
For young children, meaningful and long-lasting learning requires active thinking and experimenting to find out how things work. This is best accomplished through purposeful play facilitated by highly intentional teaching practices.