Toddlers

The transition from infant to toddler is really a transition from dependency to independence. As infants become more comfortable in their own skin and with caregivers, their natural curiosity takes over. They have an intense desire to explore the world – on their own! This is the beginning of the terrible twos, which really aren’t so terrible. It simply requires caregivers to start acting more like traffic cops. Toddlers now begin to realize that they can make choices. It is the role of teachers to guide the children in making proper and acceptable choices without curtailing their natural curiosity.

Just as the infants transition to toddlers, so too does the role of caregiver transition. The primary function of our toddler teachers is to guide, direct, oversee toddler curiosity and only intervene for the purpose of redirection and protection. As older toddler progress through their developmental phase of independence they start yet another transition to interdependence.