Toddlers Program Curriculum
A Safe Place for Pennsylvania Learners
Our age-specific toddler programs focus on developing your toddler’s self-esteem and self-help skills. At this stage, they’re learning to walk and talk through exploration and discovery. At U-GRO, our curriculum is designed to keep up with your child’s accelerated pace by working with them to develop language and cognitive skills, coordination and spatial awareness, and self-control.
Your child will flourish in our carefully designed classrooms that provide:
- A safe, spacious environment to foster independence
- Activities for large and small motor skill development
- Consistency and routine to establish comfort
- Play time to develop social skills
- Music and art, stories and dramatic play, movement, and manipulative toys
Teachers use our U-GRO Toddlers Curriculum to guide your child’s development in four domains:
Language and Literacy | Fine Motor Skills | Mathematical Thinking | Scientific Thinking
Toddler 1 (1 year)
Learning goals for this age group include:
Language and Literacy:
- Follows one-step simple direction
- Scribbles with writing and drawing tools
- Uses 1-2 words or signs to communicate
Fine Motor:
- Stacks toys and blocks
- Manipulates pieces of age-appropriate puzzles
- Uses spoon and fork for eating
Math:
- Attempts to count
- Sorts objects by size or shape
- Notices differences in quantity
Scientific Thinking:
- Explores characteristics of living things
- Names common animals and their babies
- Explores motion of objects of varying sizes, weights, and shapes
Toddler 2 (2 years)
Discover and explore learning goals such as:
Language and Literacy:
- Recognizes some letters in own name
- Describes details in pictures/illustrations
- Follows two-step directions with reminders
- Uses simple sentences with appropriate grammatical structure
Fine Motor:
- Practices manual self-help skills (such as Velcro, snaps, etc.)
- Refines grasp to manipulate tools and objects
- Uses writing and drawing tools with refined skills
Math:
- Identifies some numerals
- Indicates number of objects
- Shows understanding of more or less
Scientific Thinking:
- Identifies parts of living things
- Communicates about motion of objects (such as stop, go, fast, and slow)
- Notices seasonal changes
