Toddler Program

Toddlers are children 12 months who are walking to 36 months at Friends.  The toddlers are split into four age groups since so much change and growth takes place in the next 24 months of life.  Each program is a play-based curriculum designed to meet each child’s individual needs.  The daily structure is interspersed with developmentally appropriate activities, both group and individual, that foster growth, learning, creativity and imagination.  Classes follow a basic timeline structure with one nap following lunch.  The children are introduced to numbers, shapes, and other basic skills that help to make sense of the world around them.

Toddler 1 Daily Schedule

7:00 Greeting Time-Free Play

7:00 Breakfast

8:30 Clean Up/Diaper Change Time

9:00 Morning Snack

9:30 Small/Large Group Time

10:00 Outside Time/Free Play

10:30 Story Time, Free Play (Diaper Change)

11:00 Lunch

11:30 Nap Time

(Quite Time, Table Activities, Books)

2:00 Diaper Change, Wash Up

2:30 Afternoon Snack

3:00 Table Activity/Free Play

3:30 Outside Time/Free Play

4:30 Diaper Change

5:00-5:30 Pick Up Time, Say Goodbye

Free Play and Table Activities: Science, Social Studies, Dramatic Play, Math, Art, Computers, Literacy, Manipulatives, Writing, and Sensory

Toddler 2 Daily Schedule

8:00-8:30 Fine Motor Skills

8:30-9:00 Change Diapers/Wash Hands

9:00 Snack

9:20-9:50 Art, Project Time

9:50-10:30 Outside/Large Motor Skills

10:30-10:55 Change Diapers/Wash Hands

10:55-11:00 Circle Time

11:00-11:30 Lunch/Clean Up/Get Ready for Nap

11:30-2:30 Nap Time

2:30-3:00 Change Diapers/Wash Hands

3:00 Snack

3:15-3:45 Projects, Books, Centers

3:45-4:30 Outside Time

4:30-5:00 Change Diapers

4:30-5:30 Free Play and Departure

Center Include: Science, Social Studies, Dramatic Play, Math, Art, Computers, Literacy, Manipulatives, Writing, and Sensory

Two Year Old Daily Schedule

7:00-8:00 Arrival and Breakfast

8:00-9:00 Free Play and Diapers

9:00-9:20 Morning Snack

9:20-10:00 Centers and Art Activity

10:00-10:30 Outside Time/Free Play

10:30-11:00 Story Time and Diaper Change

11:00-11:30 Lunch

11:30-2:30 Nap Time/Rest Time

2:30-3:00 Diaper Change

3:00-3:20 Afternoon Snack

3:20-4:30 Outside Time/Free Play

4:30-5:00 Diaper Change

5:00-5:30 Prepare to Go Home

Center Include: Science, Social Studies, Dramatic Play, Math, Art, Computers, Literacy, Manipulatives, Writing, and Sensory

2 1/2’s Daily Schedule

7:00-7:30 Breakfast

7:30-9:00 Free Play

9:00-9:15 Snack

9:15-10:00 Outside/Centers

10:00-10:30 Potty/Diaper Change

10:30-11:00 Centers

11:00-11:30 Lunch

11:30-2:30 Nap

2:30-3:00 Potty/Diaper Change

3:00-3:15 Snack

3:15-3:30 Story Time

3:30-4:30 Outside/Centers

4:30-5:00 Free Play

5:00-5:30 Centers/Going Home

Center Include: Science, Social Studies, Dramatic Play, Math, Art, Computers, Literacy, Manipulatives, Writing, and Sensory