Toddlers – Midway Bears
Toddlers - Midway Bears
Our Toddler Programs specialize in providing a warm, nurturing environment with experienced, certified, and responsive caregivers and teachers, who pride themselves on their partnerships with our families during these precious years. Our large classrooms with small ratios are uniquely divided into 6-month age increments beginning in our Older Infant Room for optimum developmental growth, as our programs focus on both social-emotional and academic skills that differ vastly in the first two years of a child’s life.
OUR PROGRAMS ALSO OFFER
- Idividualized age-appropriate curriculum beginning at enrollment, with focus on language development, motor skills and social-emotional development.
- Breakfast, homemade nutritionally balanced meals for lunch, snacks, milk and juice provided at no additional cost once children are on table food.
- Elite “Baby Buggy Boulevard” designed for infants and toddlers to explore on walks or play.
- Scheduled daily Gross Motor indoor play in our spacious gymnasium, massive outdoor play areas and a separate Activity Room specifically for infant/ toddler use.
- Potty training introduced in our younger toddler room as children express signs of readiness.
- The introduction of “play-based learning centers” beginning with our older infants.
BABYLAND (12 weeks through 18 months)
All infants in Babyland are assigned to a Primary Caregiver, however caregivers do work as a team to help meet the daily needs of each individual child. Our large classroom has 2 enclosed play areas to allow separation for older and younger babies to safely engage in developmentally appropriate activities such as tummy time, army crawling and walking. Infant swings, bouncers and activity mats are utilized daily and children engage in many sensory activities both in the play areas and at the tables. Individualized Child Care Plans are developed and implemented to create a balanced, nurturing environment for each child.
TODDLERS (24-36 months)
Our Toddler Program is divided into 2 classrooms based on age. Beginning in our younger toddler room, we build on skills introduced in our Infant Program and add in more structured age-appropriate activities. Additional learning centers are added as well as focus on self-help skills and furthering language development. Weekly Activity Plans are developed and implemented based on the needs and interests of the children. Potty training is introduced as children begin to exhibit signs of readiness. Toddlers join our older children in the gym for lunch, which allows for increased interaction with others and even greater opportunities to develop skills like following directions, using utensils and talking to friends. As in all of our programs, toddlers have daily scheduled gross motor time in the gym and outside, weather permitting.
1-8 , 2.5-3 years (Room 8)
