Security. Exploration. First Steps Toward Independence.

Our Toddler Program supports children ages 12 to 24 months during one of the most formative stages of development. At this age, children are rapidly gaining mobility, language, and social awareness. We provide a warm, secure environment that encourages curiosity and emerging independence.

What Will Your Child Do?

Toddlers are learning to walk, talk, and interact with others. They begin to explore the world through their senses and actions—climbing, dumping, stacking, and imitating. Simple words evolve into phrases, and early problem-solving skills begin to emerge. Teachers guide children gently as they practice routines, explore materials, and form early social bonds.
Challenging behaviors like biting or tantrums are met with understanding and redirection. We view these moments as opportunities to teach communication, empathy, and self-regulation.

Judaic Learning Experiences

 

• Tefilah: Toddlers join daily circle time for simple songs and blessings, learning to associate joy and rhythm with prayer.

 

• Jewish Holidays: Children explore holidays through music, sensory play, and hands-on crafts.

 

• Brachos: Simple blessings before meals are introduced with repetition and melody.

 

• Shabbat: Weekly celebrations include grape juice, challah, singing, and classroom rituals to build Jewish identity.

Developmental Focus

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Physical Development

 

• Gross motor: Crawling, walking, climbing, riding toys, dancing.

 

• Fine motor: Grasping crayons, stacking blocks, early art and sensory play.

 

• Self-help skills: Washing hands, early potty learning, cleaning up.

Social & Emotional Learning

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• Building trust with caregivers.

 

• Expressing needs with words, signs, or gestures.

 

• Early parallel play and group routines.

Language & Cognitive Skills

 

• Expanding vocabulary through books, songs, and conversation.

 

• Identifying familiar people, objects, and routines.

 

• Beginning to follow simple directions and recognize basic concepts.

Creativity & Expression

 

• Open-ended art using paint, crayons, and sensory materials.

 

• Music and movement as daily expressions of joy and learning.