from 18 to 36 months - Home away from home

 

​Montessori Infant & Toddler programs offer much more than just childcare. The classroom design fosters young children's emerging independence and desire for exploration. These environments are crafted to promote growth in all areas of development.

 

During the first three years of life, children develop more rapidly than at any other time. They absorb large amounts of information from the environment through observation and experiences. These years lay the foundation for later learning—the stronger the foundation, the more the child will be able to build upon it.

  

Bee Happy Montessori Infant & Toddler program offers a curriculum that emerges from each child’s unique skills and interests. Based on daily observations, teachers introduce new materials and activities that pique curiosity and stimulate learning. Learning objectives for children at this age include developing skills such as language, concentration, problem-solving, visual discrimination, and physical coordination.

  

The routines of everyday living are the foundation of the Bee Happy Montessori Infant & Toddler program. Activities promote independence, order, coordination, and concentration, as well as support social, emotional, physical, and cognitive development. These learning activities include:

• Self-care: washing, dressing, toileting, and eating, according to each child’s individual capacity.

• Care of the environment: cleaning, food preparation and food service, plant care, and animal care.

• Large-motor activities (indoors and out): walking, climbing, running, jumping, balancing, climbing steps, and more.

• Fine-motor skills: reaching, grasping, picking up objects, transferring objects, using tools, and utensils.

• Language: naming objects, describing actions and intentions, discussing pictures, conversation, music, and singing.

• Social skills: developing manners through interactions with peers, teachers, and adult-led small group games.

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Extra curritular activities include: Library and Normandy Park visits, Library Story Time, Kindergym and Music.