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| Welcome to the older toddler room! We hope you and your child have a quick and easy adjustment as they continue to progress within the Sunbeam Station programs. As in all of our rooms your child’s health is of primary concern to us. We are generous with hugs and affection. We have outdoor play, weather permitting, and if the weather is not hospitable, we have activities indoors that foster motor skills or group play skills. Along with the group play, our focus during circle time is learning shapes, colors, names and numbers and other general skills. We also learn the Pledge of Allegiance, The Lords Prayer and sing songs. We have specially picked activities to encourage positive development, such as everyone eating at the table together to encourage good table manners we also begin utilizing eating with utensils. A “Special Sunbeam” day once per month will identify your child as special where he or she will be honored throughout the day. |
Toddlers have many developmental milestones as well. Things such as increased interest in others, higher self-awareness, increased motor skills, language development, awareness of surroundings, and expression of feelings. Toddlers show heightened interest in others in many ways. They show that they are aware that others are watching them. They see others as a barrier to immediate gratification. They begin to recognize that others have rights and privileges. Enjoyment from interacting with others becomes prevalent, and they begin to see the benefits of cooperation. They identify with others of the same age or gender, and become more aware of the feelings of others. They also become more self-aware. They will say no to an adult as a display of self, and they recognize that they have creative potential. They become capable of self-evaluation such as good or bad. They can name themselves and others, and can identify 6 or more body parts. Their motor skills become improved as well. They can scribble with crayons or markers, and thread beads. They have the ability to walk up and down stairs, and can jump or stand on one foot. Their language skills grow as well. They combine words, and use compound sentences with adjectives and adverbs. They also can have a vocabulary of around 200 words. They will listen to stories for a short while and have the ability to pretend, and recount the events of the day. Toddlers also exhibit awareness of surroundings. They can identify familiar objects by feeling, and can put on simple articles of clothing, such as a hat. Recognizes yesterday and tomorrow, and can classify objects by opposites. They can also assert independence by saying “Me do it”. Toddlers’ feelings are deeper than infants as well. They can exhibit aggressive behavior, and have contrasting moods such as stubbornness to compliance. They can show increased fearfulness of the dark and monsters. They express emotions to others, and aware of others emotions as well. They verbalize their feelings more often, and show empathetic concern for others. |
| Developmental Milestones - Toddlers |
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