Toddlers

Help me to do it myself. Тhe child is assisted in his quest for independence. Your child learns a set of concrete life skills and self confidence. The order and routine is highly important because give opportunity the child to adjust to the environment, understand the world and establish a sense of self and later on – an internal order. Children develop a wide range of motor control and eye-hand coordination through the use of attractive, scientifically designed materials. Special attention is paid to the development of the hand and proper pincer grip.

The room looks like a cozy home, shrunk to the size of a very young child. One child may be helping another to dress, a little group may be singing together with an adult while someone else scrubs a table. The respect and trust given to the children in a constructive atmosphere is naturally reflected by little children interested in what they are doing. Over time a group of little ones becomes a community. Our children grow together into a caring community. When they work, learn and grow together, the children learn much more than any of them could learn alone.

This classroom provides a carefully prepared environment where children experience living in a community and participating in activities that support age appropriate development. The cozy environment is prepared so that it encourages activities that foster independence and support language, motor development and “I can” positive self-image. Your child paints, cooks, waters the garden, sings songs with friends and plays with materials that develop fine and gross motor coordination.

New language is learned through the use of stories, books, songs, picture cards, and conversations with other children and adults. Both Dr. Montessori’s observations and today’s brain imaging show that the young child’s brain has enormous potential and promise. Within their first six years, children develop from having no verbal language to fluency in their native language. The toddler environment supports this tremendous growth through the use of language nomenclature cards, books and spoken vocabulary enrichment exercises. Child absorbs the surrounding and spontaneously can learn to speak more than one language.

This is a time that the child is absorbed in the control and refinement of movement and with the development of language. Gross and fine motor skills develop competence, self-esteem and independence. Our environment is designed to meet his needs for love, order and as much independence as he can handle at any given time. It responds to the children’s physical needs and their love of movement.

Making first friends and learning how to function within a community is a life shaping experience for your child. Your child emerges with strong friendships that will continue as she moves through the rest of the programs at Otkrivatel.

“One test of the correctness of the educational procedure is the happiness of the child,” says Maria Montessori. The toddler is given opportunities to explore their independence and connection to the world using their extraordinary capacity for learning. New parents are often surprised to see the peaceful tone of our toddler classroom and the joyful and engaged little children. The calm atmosphere and lack of distraction helps the child to develop impulse control and concentration, planting the seeds for learning in this classroom and beyond.

To be a toddler is to be curious. There are so many things to see, touch, hear, feel and do in the classroom! We know that nothing is processed through the intellect that does not come through the senses. Patterns and repetition tendency play significant role for stimulating the brain cells development. We assist your child for training the senses during the most formative years for being excelled later through education of specific skills. Your child develops the belief that she can choose to make a genuine impact on her world.

Sometime around 3 years of age, your child’s language skills will develop rapidly; he will express a growing confidence in independence and a keen interest in broader concepts; he will want to know what lies outside of the Toddler Classroom. At this point, he is ready to move up to the Primary Classroom, for children from the ages of 3 to 6.