Toddlers are inquisitive and exploratory by nature, striving for independence and autonomy.
At Lighthouse Daycare Center, we celebrate their uniqueness, guiding them towards greater self-confidence and encouraging their curiosity.
Early education of toddlers is designed to help them reach their greatest potential in all areas including:
A. Language Works
Language at this age is starting to blossom, with the babbles and coos of infancy now transforming into the multiple-word phrases of toddlerhood.
We focus on providing a language-rich environment that encourages your toddler’s progress towards achievement of developmental milestones. Teachers continually model language, expand children’s phrases, and engage them in rich conversations.
Language Works guides the road to literacy, fostering a love of books through stories read aloud, expanding speaking and understanding through daily conversation, and assisting growth in all skills — such as story comprehension, vocabulary development, and fine motor skills — that will be needed for the first steps toward pre-reading and pre-writing.
B. Math Counts
Math is a thrilling way for toddlers to make sense of their world. Math Counts offers teachers a framework for planning a learning environment in which children can compare, sort, group, and manipulate safe, toddler-sized materials, and learn from “number talk” such as “more/less,” “big/little,” and “full/ empty.” A toddler room is full of activities from small figures for sorting, to shape boxes for matching, to cups to stack by size, to sensory tables to learn comparison of quantity and volume. Together, they add up to the foundation of mathematics.
C. Science Rocks
Young children are scientists by nature. They are born with a strong sense of curiosity about how things work and an innate desire to make sense of the world. Toddlers display scientific behavior throughout their days, from stomping in puddles, to investigating a sandbox, to intently watching a butterfly in flight. Our curriculum nurtures and builds on these natural instincts, offering toddlers meaningful learning experiences that continually foster and develop their scientific thinking and skills.
D. ArtSmart
Early learning and developmental experiences infused with art nurture not only creative and artistic growth, but also enhance development in other areas including literacy, math, and science. Meaningful engagement in the arts allows children to make decisions, take action, think flexibly, learn about cause and effect, generate creative solutions, and begin to understand their physical capabilities. ArtSmart ensures that children are introduced to the visual arts, music, dance/creative movement, and drama. ArtSmart is not about making crafts or models; instead, it is about encouraging creativity and innovation. By engaging children in creative experiences, teachers enhance children’s development, nurture art appreciation, and support the creation of childhood masterpieces.
E. Our World
A toddler’s natural sense of wonder and curiosity provides a perfect platform for developing values and understanding diversity, personal identity, and his or her place in the larger community. Children at this age begin to develop a disposition that influences how they view the world and how they relate to others, making it the ideal stage of development for fostering positive attitudes that will last a lifetime. Our World introduces these complex concepts, guiding teachers to model respect and encouraging children to reflect on themselves, their peers, and the world they live in. Daily activities like watering flowers or turning off the lights when not in use help children begin to step outside their own boundaries and to embrace important concepts such as stewardship of the environment and personal responsibility.
F. Well Aware
Young children behave the way they feel. Toddlers are notorious for this, expressing everything they feel through their actions. The direct relationship between a child’s physical health and social, emotional, and cognitive achievements makes it crucial to ensure he or she feels strong, healthy, and well-nourished every day. Growing up healthy also requires safe and age-appropriate opportunities for physical activity in an environment that builds good habits and positive attitudes. Well Aware provides such an environment, enabling children to gain an understanding of how their bodies work, what they need, and how to protect them. Using the Well Aware resources, teachers provide rich learning experiences that help toddlers develop strong bodies, become self-aware, and lay the groundwork for a lifetime of healthy habits.
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07:30 AM – 5:30 PM
Monday – Friday
Saturday – 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Contact us
Phone: +1 917-444-1084
Email: lighthousedaycare.llc@gmail.com