Toddler Program: 18 months - 3 years
AVAILABLE CLASSES:

Toddler Half-Day             Toddler Full-Day            Toddler All-Day
8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.     8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.     8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

3-Day Toddler Half-Day
8:30 a.m - 11:30 a.m W,T,F

The Montessori curriculum for toddlers consists of a variety of Preliminary exercises, Practical Life lessons, and Sensorial and Language activities. Other areas of the Montessori curriculum such as Mathematics and Cultural Extensions are introduced, however in-depth study occurs among the older age groups, starting at the Primary level:

• Preliminary Exercises
• Preliminary Exercises are the first step toward developing self-reliance. These are “how to: exercises… how to carefully sit down at a table or chair and get up, how to open and close a door, how to roll a rug, how to turn a faucet on and off and so on. These skills, once mastered, become parts of activities found in Practical Life lessons and in other areas of the Montessori curriculum.
  
• Practical Life
• Practical Life for Toddlers is designed to instill independence, self-confidence, self-esteem and most importantly self-control. All of these are characteristics that play a critical role in subsequent intellectual growth. These concepts are developed through a number of activities such as pouring, sweeping, cleaning the table, setting the table and spooning, to name a few.
  
• Sensorial
• Sensorial activities develop sensory skills. They are designed to isolate and categorize qualities of the environment perceived through the senses. A multi-sensory approach is used in the Montessori curriculum to optimize the use of the senses for learning.
• Language
• Language is presented to Toddlers through a myriad of activities and revolves around building vocabulary skills, auditory skills, identification of items and sorting and matching of objects in the environment. Language lessons are a continuous part of a Toddler’s daily schedule.