BMS • Bilingual Montessori School, LLC
Toddler Program
The Toddler program, for children 12 – 36 months in two separate classrooms, takes advantage of the toddler’s natural drive to act independently. Learning to care for themselves – washing hands, putting on jackets – and do it themselves is an important part of the toddlers’ work. In this language-rich environment, teachers support and guide toddlers as they explore order and disorder, and refine their emerging motor skills. Outdoor play is part of the daily routine.
Toddler exercises and activities recognize that children learn by doing. Classroom materials are always accessible, attractive, safe, and geared for a child’s success. Activities are changed regularly in response to children need for variety and challenge as they grow and learn. The safe, loving, gentle atmosphere puts children and parents at ease and makes for a trusting, spontaneous transition to school.
Included in the tuition:
Toddler exercises and activities recognize that children learn by doing. Classroom materials are always accessible, attractive, safe, and geared for a child’s success. Activities are changed regularly in response to children need for variety and challenge as they grow and learn. The safe, loving, gentle atmosphere puts children and parents at ease and makes for a trusting, spontaneous transition to school.
Included in the tuition:
- an air conditioned room
- gymnastic classes
- walks or strolls to the park and library
- a playground just their size
- Toddler 1 (12- 24 months) ratio of 6 students to one teacher
- Toddler 2 (24 -36 months) ratio of 10 students to one teacher
What Your Child Will Learn
Your two-year-old will learn age-appropriate social, emotional, physical, and intellectual skills.
Social
- Practicing conversation skills through group story-telling and reading aloud
- Starting to play alongside others rather than alone
- Imitating the actions of classmates and teachers
- Learning to share and cooperate
Emotional
- Identifying own feelings and those of others
- Expressing creativity through art and music
- Developing imagination and exploring dramatic play
Physical
- Riding tricycles, tossing balls, dancing, and jumping
- Increasing balance skills using bean bags and balance beams
- Developing fine-motor skills by pouring, cutting, drawing, and stringing
- Practicing self-help skills such as hand washing and dressing
Intellectual
- Learning new vocabulary and repeating words and short sentences
- Indentifying numbers and counting
- Using the senses to investigate the world
- Problem solving and making predictions
The Montessori curriculum looks at the toddler as a child between 12 months and 36 months. It is a period characterized by the need to explore everything, move, and develop large motor coordination and strength. We believe at this age there is huge expansion into language. They develop a capacity to create symbols, images, and concepts and become aware of him/herself as a separate and independent person.
The Teacher’s Role
The teacher of a Montessori toddler needs to be very familiar with the stages of development for this age group. They have an extensive list of activities and developmentally appropriate educational materials. Each material must isolate one concept or skill at a time.She then must carefully prepare the environment, observe the child and then guide her based on her observations. We cannot know the needs of the child unless we are constantly observing. We cannot prepare the environment unless we know the needs of the child. This is the fundamental role of the teacher - prepare the environment and observe the child - non-directive guidance.
The Teacher’s Role
The teacher of a Montessori toddler needs to be very familiar with the stages of development for this age group. They have an extensive list of activities and developmentally appropriate educational materials. Each material must isolate one concept or skill at a time.She then must carefully prepare the environment, observe the child and then guide her based on her observations. We cannot know the needs of the child unless we are constantly observing. We cannot prepare the environment unless we know the needs of the child. This is the fundamental role of the teacher - prepare the environment and observe the child - non-directive guidance.
The Environment
The toddler needs a self-contained environment prepared just for him/her. They will learn to take care of all their own needs in their classroom. They need the facility to toilet train, prepare their own meals and snacks, hang up their own cloths and dress and undress themselves. They need a space for movement and larger motor activities and a quieter space for manipulative, language and more concentration work.
The Toddler Curriculum
At BMS we have five main areas of curriculum and activity at the toddler level: Practical Life and daily living skills, sense awareness, language development, movement, art and music. In practical life they will experience real life situations and activates promoting dressing and undressing, grooming and toilet learning, carrying things, cleaning and grace and courtesy. Sense awareness is learning about dimensions, shapes, colors, tactile, auditory, taste, smell, and the primary language development is the acquisition of the language connected to their observations and sense training. There are also stories and singing and talks as well as special materials for more abstract vocabulary. One of the major differences in a Montessori toddler class is that the children are free to move around at will, carrying heavy objects, walking the line, climbing and taking long walks outside. Art and music are approach
ed from a skills based perspective and the children can freely choose cutting, gluing, painting, magic makers, or clay. We listen to music of all varieties to help children develop an ear for music as well as more formal instruction on rhymes, moving to music and practicing duplicating rhythms.
The toddler needs a self-contained environment prepared just for him/her. They will learn to take care of all their own needs in their classroom. They need the facility to toilet train, prepare their own meals and snacks, hang up their own cloths and dress and undress themselves. They need a space for movement and larger motor activities and a quieter space for manipulative, language and more concentration work.
The Toddler Curriculum
At BMS we have five main areas of curriculum and activity at the toddler level: Practical Life and daily living skills, sense awareness, language development, movement, art and music. In practical life they will experience real life situations and activates promoting dressing and undressing, grooming and toilet learning, carrying things, cleaning and grace and courtesy. Sense awareness is learning about dimensions, shapes, colors, tactile, auditory, taste, smell, and the primary language development is the acquisition of the language connected to their observations and sense training. There are also stories and singing and talks as well as special materials for more abstract vocabulary. One of the major differences in a Montessori toddler class is that the children are free to move around at will, carrying heavy objects, walking the line, climbing and taking long walks outside. Art and music are approach
ed from a skills based perspective and the children can freely choose cutting, gluing, painting, magic makers, or clay. We listen to music of all varieties to help children develop an ear for music as well as more formal instruction on rhymes, moving to music and practicing duplicating rhythms.
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