Active Exploration for Toddlers
Toddlers learn best through meaningful play; concrete sensory interactions; and intentional activities, experiences, and active exploration of their environment as well as through interactions with adults in the context of routine care.
Learning Outcomes
Toddlers are in a continuous state of exploring, discovering, and constructing meaningful relationships with their environment and the people around them. Classrooms are designed to promote curiosity, support inquiry and discovery, and the foundational skill of scientific thinking.
Play sequences and activities expand across all areas of learning and build social, physical, and cognitive skills through intentional planning by teachers who interact with them asking open ended questions. Play is the child’s natural state of mind and is a powerful learning tool that helps children gather and construct knowledge, organize information, and apply knowledge.
Children develop self awareness and self management in an emotionally supportive environment. Toddlers develop coordination and fine and gross motor skills through physical activity. Toddlers are engaging in parallel play, alongside their classmates and are beginning to coordinate their play with one another.
Infant Program Locations
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Age:
13 months and up
Address:
1073 Old York Road
Abington, PA 19001
Phone:
215-309-0374
Age:
13 months and up
Address:
1724 Christian Street, Philadelphia, PA 19146
Phone:
215-735-5800
Age:
13 months and up
Address:
1400 N. Broad St., Philadelphia, PA 19121
Phone:
215-235-6440
Age:
13 months and up
Address:
144 Holy Road, Gilbertsville, PA 19525
Phone:
610-367-9622
Age:
13 months and up
Address:
340 Dekalb Pike, Blue Bell, PA 19422
Phone:
267-331-4218
Age:
13 months and up
Address:
1001 Briggs Road, Suite 275, Mt. Laurel, NJ 08054
Phone:
856-266-9922
Age:
25 months and up
Address:
11088 Knights Road, Philadelphia, PA 19154
Phone:
215-632-0100
Age:
13 months and up
Address:
400 E. Pothouse Road, Phoenixville, PA 19460
Phone:
610-933-5861
Age:
13 months and up
Address:
1000 Heritage Drive, Sanatoga, PA 19464
Phone:
484-363-2724
Age:
13 months and up
Address:
7219 Ridge Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19128
Phone:
215-482-3900
Frequently Asked Questions
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Toddler programs begin at 13 months or later depending on location.
Families provide a standard crib sheet and blanket, change of seasonally appropriate clothing, diapers and wipes (5 per day), sippy cup or water bottle, and possibly lunch depending on location.
All items brought from home shall be labeled with the child’s full name.
Children’s diapers are changed every 2 hours.
Toilet training begins once a child demonstrates readiness; has words for pee and poo, shows signs of discomfort when soiled, eliminates regularly, can pull clothing down and up.
Nap time is for 2 hours after lunch on a cot or rest mat.
Daily notes on foods eaten and quantities, sleeping, photos and activities are provided through Tadpoles.
Toddlers spend time outdoors daily so appropriate outerwear is necessary year round.
We follow a 1 adult to 5 children ratio for young toddlers and 1 adult to 6 children ratio for older toddlers.