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Welcome to the Infant and Toddlers Rooms
Pleasant Run Learning
Center & Preschool provides a nurturing and loving environment
that creates a passion for learning in both our infant and toddler
room. In the toddler rooms, our teachers begin using circle time,
in which the children are introduced to numbers, letters and
letter sounds, weather, and a variety of sounds and books.
The following is a
list of goals and objectives we strive to set in our infant and
toddler rooms.
Cognitively
Infants:
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To develop the
ability to mirror, repeat, and practice the actions of others
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To develop the
ability to use Baby Sign Language
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To develop the
ability to attend to and listen to simple books
Toddlers:
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To develop the
ability to name objects and activities in their environment
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To be able to
repeat familiar words
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To be able to name
body parts
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To demonstrate the
ability to identify objects, colors, shapes
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To develop the
ability to use Baby Sign Language
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To develop the
ability to sort, group, and categorize objects
Social/Emotional
Infants:
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To demonstrate the
ability to attend to people and things within their
environment
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To demonstrate the
ability to participate in personal care routines
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To be able to
respond to adult interaction
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To develop close
relationships with primary caregivers
Toddlers:
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To build language
skills to help communicate thoughts and feelings
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To identify and
label emotions
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To develop empathy
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To develop
understanding of other's actions and expressions of emotions
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To develop the
ability to respond to and to engage with other children
(sharing)
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To develop the
ability to use self control
Physically:
Infants:
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To utilize tummy time to
strengthen neck, legs, and upper body
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To utilize floor time
to learn to roll over, rock on hands and knees, pull up,
stand, walk
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To develop the ability to
self-feed
Toddlers:
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Large Motor - developing
the ability to climb, hop, bounce, run,jump
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Small Motor- developing the
ability to manipulate objects with fingers and hands
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Teachers will also
encourage the children to feed themselves and wash their own
hands
We want your infant and toddler
to have a fun, safe, secure and educational year!
Thank you!
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