At Smart Start Academy, we encourage a toddler’s natural curiosity.
Teachers bring a well rounded approach to the curriculum so that
students can receive an education that helps them develop their
minds.
There are a lot of different approaches to a child’s education, but our
theory is that we are here to help each toddler learn in their most
natural environment. This means that we incorporate the learning into
fun, engaging ways that often looks and feels like play.
Monthly Themes
Every month, our toddler school focuses on a theme. Each one is
picked to help focus on a different need of children in this age range-
enhancing self-expression, peer interaction, or sensory awareness. These
themes help children learn about themselves and the world around them.
One of the most difficult frustrations for toddlers, and often the
root cause for tantrums, is that they have a hard time figuring out what
they are feeling, what they need, and how to express all of it. Many
toddlers don’t even have the language skills required to express their
feelings. Our monthly themes work to teach these to our students by
incorporating them into lessons and play for the entire month. This way,
there is ample time to teach the students each aspect.
Monthly themes are very important to our toddler curriculum. Focusing
on these different areas helps to lower frustration levels for the
child, increase independence, and make communication between parents and
their child a better experience. It can also help increase the level of
understanding for the student in other areas of learning by meeting
their base needs.
Our Curriculum
Toddlers learn best through discovery and experiencing things
themselves. Most toddlers have a hard time sitting still for long
amounts of time or paying attention in large groups. They like to play
and learn in ways that are different from any other age. The material is
very basic and often involves learning about the world around them.
Teachers design their lesson plans to meet these requirements.
Students of all ages are more likely to remember and process information
when they are meaningful to them on an individual level. For this
reason, our teachers work to ensure that each child is engaged in the
learning process when they are best ready for it. This is done through
child-initiated and teacher-directed lessons. This way, the student is
actually involved and in charge of their own learning experience, making
it meaningful to them.
Our Goals
The most important goal we have in our school for toddlers is to help
each student experience meaningful and lifelong learning experiences.
Rather than making our students conform to one way of learning or only
learning in the classroom, we work hard to promote active thinking and
exploring how things work. Our highly trained teachers facilitate
purposeful play and intentional teaching practices.
We work to ensure that each student who leaves our daycare for
toddlers has a great foundation for learning that will last their entire
life. When a child starts off on the right foot, it can help them enter
into the later educational programs with more excitement and
understanding. These two factors have a lot of influence on how
successful a student is in the learning process now and in the future.
We know that parents expect more from a daycare than just simply
taking care of their child’s basic needs. We want to instill a love of
learning, improving life skills, and a desire to be self aware in each
of our students. Our toddler program works to make life easier for the
student and their parents. We work hard to ensure we are giving the best
quality of experiences to your toddler so that you know they are
getting everything that they need during their formative years.
