Big Starz Childcare Center & Preschool Toddlers
Our Toddler Program is very engaging. We provide a Spanish program for our toddlers, which has been proven to help with toddlers confidence in speaking in public and to others. Your child will be able to effectively communicate their needs with caregivers and peers, which will lead to a much more nurturing learning environment Story Time is immensely entertaining which builds and promotes listening skills along with a variety of silly, fun songs which will help your toddler’s imagination continue to expand while they learn se important skills needed for the next developmental level. We build creativity as our classrooms are designed with building the toddlers imagination in mind.
We offer age-appropriate engagement learning centers for your toddler as they explore their abilities in music, art, early literacy, Imaginary play and more Fine and Gross Motor Skills is key to your toddlers healthy lifestyle. We know that an active body is a healthy body while playing indoors or outdoors we understand the importance of movement and exercise. Whether a child is learning to walk, running at full speed, reaching for a toy, riding a trike or simply tossing a ball to their friend, they will appreciate their accomplishments as they learn the different components of what their small bodies are able to accomplish great and small alike. Social Interaction skills makes the class go around. When children become toddlers they become more aware of their surroundings. We understand the importance of friendship and cultivating friendships and harmonious relationships with peers, and family and teachers. Your toddlers teacher and, your toddler will learn how to have positive, trusting relationship, regardless of race or background religious belief, or culture.
- Brain & Cognitive Development
- Social & Emotional Development
- Physical & Behavioral Development
Our Toddler program is geared to ensuring that your child's academic foundation is strong, and that your child can demonstrate all that they have maintained during their tenure in the toddler class. By the end of their toddler year at Big Starz they should:
- Understand quantity and numbers, as well as the concepts of distance, weight, dimensions, and time
- Understand patterns, shapes, and age appropriate mathematical problem solving
- Demonstrate an understanding of community, culture, ethnicity, and geography
- Demonstrate an awareness of community economics and how events are related
- Participate in dance, visual arts, voice and drama while exploring the use of instruments and objects to express creativity
With all of the training and teaching your toddler will receive on a daily basis they will leave the Toddler Program with the following:
- Practice safe, healthy habits
- Participate in activities related to nutrition
- Demonstrate an awareness of the body in space and its relationship to objects in space
- Use senses to explore the environment and process information
- Develop gross motor skills
- Develop fine motor skills
- Demonstrates initiative and self-direction
- Demonstrates interest and curiosity
- Sustains attention to a specific activity and demonstrates persistence
- Engages in a progression of individualized and imaginative play
- Demonstrates a cooperative and flexible approach to play
Our highly trained teachers will ensure that your toddler will get the necessary foundation of the following: