At Wee Care JP, we help young toddlers flourish by respecting their dual needs for lots of stimulation and lots of consistent love. Children this age benefit from more structure and routine compared to other age groups so they can pursue their chief job: explore, explore, explore!  Planned activities, neighborhood field trips and lots of free play and outside time in a nurturing environment allows Wobblers to:

• Develop a sense of trust and well-being while exploring their world

• Develop fine and gross motor skills

• Develop early language skills

• Learn how to interact with other children

Older toddlers and young preschoolers, with their new language skills in tow, take off at this age. They are ready to be introduced to more academic activities, like letter and number awareness, looking at books independently, shapes, colors, etc. They learn how to negotiate cooperative play as their games grow more complex. They need assistance to master self-sufficient behaviors, like potty training, or fetching their coats and lunches. While enjoying lots of outside time and free play, and more challenging field trips, Scooters: 

• Develop confidence trying more complicated things

• Develop academic skills, pre-reading and number awareness

• Develop independence in daily routines and personal care

• Negotiate cooperative play with other children

For this age group, the circle of exploration grows and grows as children gather the skills they need to be well-prepared for kindergarten. The kids are ready for more extensive field trips, more advanced pre-reading and number skills, more independence. They have more evolved reasoning, language and ideas. The teachers offer more complex story lines and creative opportunities, more multi-faceted curricula emphasizing respect for others, and more control over choices of activities and responsibility for behavior. The children also develop more in-depth friendships. Many children here stay friends for years to come as they see each other around the neighborhood. We help our Zoomers:

• Develop and maintain a sense of curiosity and well-being while exploring the surrounding world, including our neighborhood and the people in it

• Develop cognitive and verbal skills and increasing independence

• Develop social skills based on respect for others and responsibility for behavior

• Engage in greater self-expression through music, dance, dramatic play and art

• Be ready and excited about moving on to kindergarten