Twos
Our Twos Classrooms
Our Twos classroom is set up to promote independence and freedom of choice for the children. We encourage play-based learning through many different learning centers, including:
- Dramatic Play
- Block Area
- Art/Creative Expression
- Sensory Table
- Cozy Corner
- Table Toys
- Large, carpeted areas for group time, music, and movement experiences
Children are encouraged to make props with their friends and teachers to add to their learning centers that align with their curriculum studies. Children can practice self-help and personal care skills with child size furniture, sinks, and toilets.
Curriculum
Our Twos curriculum is geared towards older toddlers’ natural curiosity to make things happen. Throughout our fun, play-based curriculum studies, our teachers work to help children develop an understanding of the world around them through hands-on experiences including cognitive skills such as problem solving and the understanding of cause and effect.
The curriculum also promotes both large muscle (full body) and small muscle (hands) development, social skills, and creative expression through the processes of art, building, and music. Children are encouraged to use language to express their needs and emotions, however, they are also exposed to American Sign Language to allow for non-verbal communication. We have chosen twenty core signs to begin their experience with. The sign language component of our curriculum teaches our older toddlers new vocabulary words and signs pertaining to each curriculum theme.
