Curriculum
INFANT HOUSE CURRICULUM
Routine is the basis of the Infant House curriculum. Having a rhythm that children follow every day gives them a sense of security and allows them the freedom to focus on other activities. Subject areas are integrated into the routine of the day. Expand the boxes below to read more about each subject.
Teachers expose children to language as much as possible, by reading aloud during feeding, sportscasting, or narrating through everything, singing, and showing them picture cards.
Teachers support students in gaining independence and doing things for themselves, for example, feeding, using a fork, toilet use, opening and closing objects, sitting and sleeping independently.
The sensorial area will help children hit some major milestones and stimulate their senses, including sight, touch, hearing, smell, and taste. Some of the materials available in the classroom are object permanence boxes, and dowels and rings.
In our Montessori Infant classroom, there are no restraining apparatuses (high chairs, exersaucers, or other immobilizing devices). Children are encouraged to have freedom of movement throughout the room and use their bodies to move furniture or push carts and do tummy time.
TODDLER CURRICULUM
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This area focuses on the toddler's ability to care for themselves and to become aware of and care for the environment around them. Students will learn concentration and order to gain independence through repetitive and precise exercises. Examples include feeding themselves, dressing and undressing, toilet learning, hand washing, drinking from a cup, scooping, pouring, grace and courtesy, etc.
Our Toddler classroom encourages the movement Toddlers so desperately crave while helping children learn control of the body and develop spatial awareness, balance, and strength. Movement activities include yoga, dance, climbing apparatuses, and indoor and outdoor play.
Exposure to the elements of language is critical for this age group. Activities are designed to encourage expression, build vocabulary, strengthen word mapping skills, and promote linguistic understanding. Regular conversation is encouraged in addition to formal reading, singing, rhyming, etc.
Toddlers love nothing more than to explore, examine, and test. The sensorial materials encourage children to touch, watch, listen, taste, and smell while helping them discriminate, classify, assign vocabulary, and problem-solve.
Teachers will introduce basic mathematical and scientific concepts to prepare children to move up to the Children's House classroom. Toddlers will explore the concept of quantitative description as well as the basis of experimentation and prediction.
Toddlers explore the different celebrations and traditions of the cultures represented in their classroom. They begin to understand and become aware of the world outside of themselves. Art and music are significant components of the Toddler curriculum, with free expression and planned projects to foster creativity available daily.