Toddler Care
The toddler years are the time of the great curiousity and exploration. We encourage our young little explores to grow in their understanding of the world around them and to
A Typical Day with Mi Escuelita Toddler
6:00 - 8:00 Each student arrives and puts away their special items in their own cubby. They make the transition into the morning quiet activities. This may include breakfast, snuggling, reading, playing with puzzles or coloring.
8:00 Everyone gets changed and dressed if they come in their jammies (totally o.k. for those busy mornings)
8:30 Teacher put out the Tot-Trays. These are planned individual activities that the children can choose to do. They may include beading, watercoloring, leaf exploration or what every our current interest are. Teacher encourage students to try new activities and to practice favorite ones.
9:45 We clean up our Tot-Trays and we get ready for snack. We have healthy nutritious snacks that build our brains.
10:00 - 11:00 Outside time! This is some of our favorite times. We have a huge backyard where students can run, jump and play.
11:00 Circle Time - We read stories, sing songs, blow bubbles learn about numbers and letters
11:30 - 12:30 We have choice time of any of the activites in our classroom. We can play in the kitchen, climb on the indoor play area, build with blocks or snuggle with Mr. Bear and read a nice book.
12:30 Clean-up and lunch time.
1:00 - 3:00 Rest time or quiet time. Each student gets their personal lovey and cot. We play soft music and teacher are available to assist each child in their own personal sleep routine.
3:00 Snack Time
3:30 - 5:30 Every day is different. In nice weather we play in our outdoor classroom. In those rainy Oregon days we might read stories, do art projects, make a huge train track, dance around the classroom or sit and laugh at funny songs. These are more of those wonderful spontanous moments of childhood that are so important.
Language Learning
Toddlers in our program have constant access to language learning in both their native language and in Spanish. Infants will have two constant caregivers one that will always model English and one who will always model Spanish. The caregiver reads, talks, sings and interacts with the toddler in the caregivers native language. This will give toddlers the chance to develop the brain pathways at an early age, facilitating language learning. Watch this short video on the impact of early exposure to second language learning for infants. We believe that this early language learning is vital to the development of young minds and to global citizens.