program
Our Garden Playschool Senior Toddler program offers an emergent, responsive, and developmentally appropriate curriculum in our Turtle Classroom. Our focus is on warm, responsive caregiving while also encouraging, promoting and supporting 1) hands-on active exploration with the five senses; 2) focus and engagement; 3) independence; initiative, self-direction and autonomy; 4) self-regulation and mutually positive social interactions and friendships; and 5) learning how to communicate their interests, feelings and needs to others in socially acceptable ways. The Senior Toddler classroom has an open floor plan with specialized areas along the perimeter and the middle space left more open for active play and movement to support a sensory-motor approach to learning. The teachers will be given the autonomy necessary to incorporate children’s interests, contributions, ideas and needs as well as parent input and preferences into the planning process and daily experiences of children.
attendance options
Senior Toddlers (24-35 months of age on September 1st of each school year):
Full day, half day morning or school day programs
sample Daily schedule
7:30 am: Outdoor Garden Play; Full Day and School Day Program Drop-Off Begins
8:00 am: Outdoor Garden Play: Morning Program Drop-Off Begins
8:45 am – 9:00 am: Large Group Greeting
9:00 am – 9:30 am: Snack Time
9:30 am – 10:30 am: Indoor Play, Exploration and Investigation
10:30 am – 10:45 am: Story Time
10:45 am – 11:15 am: Small Group Time
11:15 am – 11:45 pm: Washroom and Lunch
11:45 am - 12:00 pm: Outdoor Garden Play for Half Day Children
11:45 am - 1:45 pm: Nap Time for Full Day and School Day Children
12:00 pm: Morning Program Ends
1:45 pm: Outdoor Garden Play
2:30 pm – 3:30 pm: Indoor Play, Exploration and Investigation
3:00pm - School Day Program Ends
3:30 pm – 3:40 pm: Snack Time
3:40 pm – 4:00 pm: Small Group Time
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm: Outdoor Garden Play
5:30 pm: Full Day Program Ends