Toddler Preschool

Mrs. Lauren and Miss Raquel are  the teachers for our outstanding Plum Blossom Explorers. The Cherry Blossoms teachers are Miss Chelsie and Miss Jackie. This group ranges in age from twelve months through eighteen months. Some of their favorite activities include music and playing outside!

Throughout the year our teachers are consistently evaluating each child based on age-appropriate benchmarks in order to assess individual growth and development. We believe this enables us to communicate with families and set realistic goals that will set your child up for success throughout their future!

For any questions you may have about our infant -  toddler preschool program, please contact us!

• Stand without help
• Walk without help
• Climb furniture or stairs
• Try to help you put their clothes on
• Drink from a cup and use a spoon (with some messes and spills)
• Stack two blocks and knock them down
• Drop objects into a container and dump them out
• Try to use household objects such as the phone or vacuum cleaner
• “Read” books independently
• Play simple games like “Patty-cake” and give you a high-five
• Scribble with a crayon or marker
• Wave “bye” and clap
• Grasp small objects such as coins and crayons with their fingertips
• Pick up a small object from the ground while standing without falling
• Copy your expressions and gestures
• Use body language such as pointing, nodding and grunting to express their needs
• Shake their head “no” or nod “yes”
• Start to include real words in their babbling
• Point at some objects when you name them
• Follow simple instructions such as “Pick up your toy”
• Play independently for short periods

• Say “mommy” and “daddy” and name a few familiar objects such as “cat” and “ball”
• Start to include real words in their babbling

• Recognizes a change in a familiar room or setting
• Locates a specific object from a group of dissimilar objects
• Locates a specific object against a cluttered background
• Points to objects
• Attends to birds and airplanes
• Points to, looks at or pats pictures in books
• Points to people
• Places rings on a cone
• Matches identical objects
• Looks in place where toy rolled out of sight
• Marks paper with large crayon or maker
• Nests two to three toys
• Assembles large pop beads

• Display separation anxiety
• Start to show empathy, such as crying when another child is crying
• Get attached to a security blanket or stuffed toy
• Have temper tantrums
• Hug you

Ms. Delaney and Ms Zabby are the teachers for our Hawthorns! Miss Brittany is  the teacher for our sweet, Sassy Explorers! This group ranges in age from eighteen months through twenty-four months. Some of their favorite activities include nature based art and playing in the messy sand box!

Throughout the year our teachers are consistently evaluating each child based on age-appropriate benchmarks in order to assess individual growth and development. We believe this enables us to communicate with families and set realistic goals that will set your child up for success throughout their future!

For any questions you may have about our toddler preschool program, please contact us!

• Can carries large toys or several toys while walking (12-15 mo.)
• Begins to run stiffly (16-18 mo.) Walks into ball (18-24 mo.)
• Climbs onto and down from furniture unsupported (16-24 mo.)
• Walks up and down stairs holding on to support (18-24 mo.)

• Begins to sort shapes and colors (20-24 mo.)
• Begins make-believe play (20-24 mo.)
• Able to imitate behavior of others (18-24 mo.)
• Increasingly enthusiastic about other children (20-24 mo.)
• Demonstrates increasing independence (18-24 mo.)
• Begins to show defiant behavior (18-24 mo.)

• Able to point to object or picture when asked (18-24 mo.)
• Able to point to object or picture when (18-24 mo.)24 mo.) several 
• Can communicate single words (15-18 mo.)
• Comunicates two word sentences (18-24 mo.)
• Follows simple one-step instructions (14-18 mo.)

• Able to scribble spontaneously (14-16 mo.)
• Turns over container to pour out contents (12-18 mo.)
• Building tower of four blocks or more (20-24 mo.)