How Two Stay Engaged

While our Toddler and Pre-Primary classrooms have a very similar curriculum a big change in this classroom is that we start working on potty training. Below is a breakdown of our Pre-Primary curriculum.

Potty Training:

Your student will begin potty training in our Pre-Primary classroom to get them ready to join the Primary classrooms. There are many different approaches to potty training and the staff will follow the path best suited for the child. This will be a partnership between staff and parents. Once the student has demonstrated they are ready to begin their potty training journey, staff will take the next steps in initiating this conversation. 

Practical Life: 

This area focuses on the toddler’s ability to care for themself as well as help them become aware of, and begin to care for, the environment around them. Through repetitive and precise exercises, the toddler will learn concentration and order to gain independence. Examples include; feeding oneself, dressing and undressing, toilet learning, hand washing, drinking from a cup, scooping, pouring, grace and courtesy, etc.

Movement:

Our Pre-Primary room encourages the movement toddlers so desperately crave while helping children learn control of the body and develop spatial awareness, balance, and strength.

We like to keep climbing apparatuses both indoors and outdoors to foster this.

Language: 

Exposure to the elements of language is critical for this age group. Activities are designed to encourage expression, build vocabulary, strengthen word mapping skills, and promote linguistic understanding. Regular conversation is encouraged in addition to reading, singing, rhyming, etc.

Sensorial: 

Toddlers love nothing more than to explore, examine, and test. The sensorial materials encourage children to touch, watch, listen, taste, and smell while helping them discriminate and classify, assign vocabulary, and problem-solve.

Culture and Art: 

Toddlers explore the different celebrations and traditions of the cultures represented in their classroom. They begin to understand and become aware of the world outside of themselves. Additionally, art and music are major components of the toddler curriculum with free expression and planned projects aimed at fostering creativity available all day, every day.