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We have effectively designed classrooms that are organized and familiar. Each classroom encourages learning in a high-quality environment. Play spaces are organized by interest areas and sections are separated to allot for both quiet and active play. Children have the option of playing alone or in small groups. They are encouraged by teachers to use their senses to explore every center in their classrooms. Teachers work on building a trusting relationship that supports your toddler by respecting each other's differences, cultures, backgrounds, and opinions. They also focus on five major areas of growth:

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Physical Development

• Standing on tiptoe

• Can kick a ball with either foot

• Can walk up and down stairs alone

• Throwing a ball overhand

Social Development

• Learns to play interactively with their peers​

• Begins to explore and express feelings

• Learning to play and share with children of all ages

• Singing and dancing

• Engaging in imaginative play with puppets, toys and clothes

• Learns to play alone

• Uses their own name to refer to self

Emotional Development​

• Get excited when with other children

• Show more and more independence

• Show defiant behavior (doing what he has been told not to)

Cognitive Development (learning, thinking & problem-solving)​

• Begin to sort shapes and colors

• Engages in sensory driven activities

• Building towers of 4 or more blocks

• Follow two-step instructions such as “Pick up your shoes and put them in the closet.”

• Name items in a picture book such as a cat, bird, or dog

Language Development

• Points to things or images when they are named

• Ability to identify the names of familiar people and body parts

• Saying sentences with 2 to 4 words

• Repeat words overheard in conversation