Staff/Child ratio:  6:1
	The toddler program focuses on children ages 12 months to 24 months of age, and focuses on creating a nurturing and stimulating environment for each child.  Your toddler will feel secure and loved while growing in self confidence and accomplishing the development goals of this age group.  Our indoor and outdoor environment is designed with the 11 areas of interest, specifically to allow the children to explore and play together as they begin their understanding of socially-appropriate behavior.  There is also individual time to focus on fine motor skills, and specific areas of interests of each child.  Your toddler will thrive while enjoying creative play and interaction in an environment that builds visual, verbal, and physical development as well as artistic and expressive fun.
	We build upon the toddler’s natural curiosity and imagination.  We focus on colors, sounds, smells, shapes, and textures in the support of their exploration of the world around them.  We stimulate language development by reading to the children, and teaching songs that they will love to sing as they develop their language skills.
	Each toddler room has the most current state-of-the-art design.  Each room is designed to ensure your child is never out of sight or out of touch with his/her caregiver.  The diaper changing areas are designed so that our caregivers are never facing away from the children.
	Developmental milestones:   Learns to feed self using cup and utensils Walks without help Perfects manipulative skills Begins running and climbing Vocabulary increases to approximately 300 words Exhibits numerous emotions – happiness, affection, anger, jealously Shows interest in dressing self Begins to understand and follow simple directions Points or uses single words, and sometimes uses two to three words Loves being read to by others Begins trying to sing Learns to say “no” and uses “me” and “mine” frequently