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Our teachers are excited to see our infants now walking,
or as we say waddling. It's so exciting to watch
how an 18-month old child uses objects to act out
familiar activities like eating, drinking, and
telephoning. This special program allows our
waddlers to explore, walk, and use different kinds of
play things. Some of our play at this level is
structured with rules, especially to learn a new skill.
We call this form of play, guided play. We provide
activities that will stimulate the senses and encourage
learning.
Social & Emotional Development
Opportunities for children to spontaneously
explore their world socially and emotionally is
implemented through "play." Puppets are used to
express feelings, develop curiosity, enhance self-esteem
and teach values. Your child will learn how to
share play materials among themselves.
Language Development
A variety of fun centers are set up around the
classroom to inspire the verbal correspondence between
one child and another or between child and teacher.
Your child will learn how to verbalize simple daily
routines such as, dressing a doll, washing play dishes,
or place felt pieces on a flannel board to tell a simple
story.
Cognitive Development
Your child will use simple manipulative, such as
three piece puzzles for body parts, or shapes.
Your child will discover how to filla container with
sorted shape openings, stack and unstack blocks and
develop the skills to match up a pair of like objects
from a group of several different objects.
Motor Skills Development
Your child will begin to demonstrate fine and
gross motor skills by pushing/pulling toys,
opening/closing boxes, drinking from a cup, rolling a
ball, stacking blocks and begin painting simple art
projects.
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