Your child will participate in a nationally recognized educational program that is designed uniquely for toddlers. Experience Toddler is a research-based curriculum that supports your child’s rapidly growing curiosity. As your child participates in this program, they will:
Every month, your child will explore a new and exciting theme. Each week begins with a new storybook. Your child will build strong literacy skills as well as listening comprehension, book handling and communication skills. Each story will be expanded into math games, music activities and art projects.
Your child’s teacher will use books, puppets, music, blocks, puzzles and manipulatives to inspire a love of learning. While your child plays, they will naturally build foundational skills. These skills are interwoven within 7 developmental domains:
As your child grows, the Experience Toddler Curriculum helps the teacher individualize the experiences and increase the challenges so that your child is constantly learning at their unique pace. Your child’s progress is tracked with their individualized assessment form and personalized portfolio.
Your child’s teacher participates in monthly professional development and receives a new Experience Toddler teaching kit each month to ensure that your child benefits from the latest teaching methods and the highest quality tools for hands-on learning.
Your child’s brain doubles in size during their first year and is at 90% of its adult size by age 5. Research has shown that the quality of a child’s experiences in the first few years significantly shapes how their brains develop into adulthood.
The family newsletters help you stay connected to your child’s learning each week. These newsletters explain all the daily activities your child engaged with throughout the week and explains the skills they gained. The newsletter also includes a fun activity suggestion that you can try at home to continue the learning.
At the core of all learning is a trusting and loving relationship. Experience Toddler Curriculum is designed to help you and the teacher embrace your child’s unique potential and connect with their expanding curiosity about our diverse and beautiful world.
What?
In the story of the week at school, we learned about a raccoon who had to figure out how to cross a river. He used resourcefulness to build a bridge out of sticks and other materials that can be found outside. This week, go outside and build with sticks.
How?
Go on a walk and gather as many sticks as you can. Ask your child what they would like to build: a bridge, boat or house. Work together to build it with the sticks.
Why?
This activity supports logic and encourages an appreciation of earth science.