Two- & Three-Year-Olds

Age Range: 2.0-3.0 years old (as of September 1st)

Schedule:

Morning Program: 9:00am-12:00pm (Suggested drop-off 8:45-9:00am)

Before-care available from 8am; Afternoon Program available until 5:30pm 

Traditional Track : Tuesdays and Thursdays

• Starting school is a big transition for young children, and our gradual two-day introduction is designed to slowly ease children into a group setting.

5-Day Track : Monday - Friday

• For families who prefer to begin on a full time schedule, the 5-Day track thoughtfully supports our youngest learners in a Monday-Friday program. 

Our focus in the first year of school is to help children feel safe and confident away from home and to see school as a place to explore themselves, their relationships, and their world. 

Children spend their first two years at The Little School with the same teachers in the same classrooms. This allows them time and space to ease into the school experience at their own pace in a comfortable, familiar, and  evolving environment. Some specific goals we support are:

• Mastering separation

• Being in a group setting with teachers

• Exploring the sensory, physical and symbolic properties of materials

• Making friends 

• Finding a meaningful, individual role in a classroom community

The teachers use their skills to entice children to come together as a group. We want children to find their own connections to the school experience, and to find it exciting and meaningful. The schedule for these early classes, like the curriculum, is simple and optional:

• An open-choice period

• A simple clean-up time 

• Group music time 

• Snack

• Outdoor Play

As the classes mature and grow together, the focus of the experience shifts towards groups working together. Teachers gently guide the children towards putting small explorations together into sustained activities as they become comfortable in the classroom.