At Kinder Works, our Infant/Toddler curriculum is based on current research in early brain development, early childhood education and developmental psychology. Through careful observation we can assure that individual developmental needs are being met.

The children are involved with a specific set of teachers and can enjoy a variety of activities in their company. We make sure that we maintain program flexibility because these early years mean rapidly changing needs as each child grows through many stages of development.

Our curriculum addresses all areas of development. We do this by carefully planning and coordinating five areas:

• EQ (emotional intelligence)
• Language Arts
• Early Logic and Exploration
• Gym and Music
• Creative Expression

To learn more about these areas, please come in and visit us, or request an information packet.

Our Daily Schedule affords specific time every morning and every afternoon for a teacher-directed lesson in each of these five curriculum areas. The classrooms are carefully prepared so that all children can also explore safely and experience self-directed activities. (AM & PM activities are different for full day children)

SAMPLE TODDLER DAILY SCHEDULE

CREATIVE EXPRESSION
9:00-10:00 am and 2:00-3:00 pm

• Visual Art Project
• Dramatic Play/Pretending
• Building Materials
• Music

EARLY LOGIC & EXPLORATION
9:00-10:00 am and 2:00-3:00 pm

• Science Experiences and Nature Explorations
• Number Concepts
• Sorting, Classifying, Measuring, Observing and Predicting

GYM & MUSIC & SNACK
10:00-11:00 am and 3:00-4:00 pm

• Gross Motor Activity
  • Gym & Playground
• Musical Experience
  • Rhythm, dance, instruments, songs
    

EQ ACTIVITY
11:00-12:00 noon and 4:00-5:00 pm

• Social/Emotional Relations
  • Role playing, cooperative games
• Self Concept and Identifying Feelings
  • Games and reinforcement for expressing feelings
  • Games and reinforcement involving self help skills, choice and sense of self

LANGUAGE ARTS
11:00-12:00 noon and 4:00-5:00 pm

• Story time
• Finger Plays, Listening and Responding activities and games
• Identifying Symbols, Pictures and References, Environmental Writing, Figure/Ground, Spatial Relations

AM lesson plans and activities are different from PM lesson plans and activities. Extended hours, from opening and closing of the center, are also available.