Caterpillars

Curriculum
Meet the Teachers 

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Curriculum

In the Caterpillars classroom, you will find our busy toddlers.  The age range in Caterpillars is generally 1 to 2 years of age.  Caterpillars offers a warm, loving setting for toddlers which includes:

• A secure, trusting primary-caregiving relationship
• A teacher to child ratio of 1:3
• A safe, comforting, and healthy environment
• Individual, loving attention
• Daily scheduling customized to meet your toddler's needs
• A play setting where beginning friendships are established
• An interactive setting in which language skills are expanded rapidly
• Opportunities to make simple choices and develop self-help skills
• Physical activities to encourage movement and encourage exploration  (back to top)
   

Meet the Teachers

	Looking back on the year of the center's family activities has brought to mind the closeness and sense of belonging we all have gained from these school-wide celebrations.  Some may think the children are too young to remember these festivities; I believe they are developing a sense of belonging.
Angela
	"Remember, young children learn through play.  So never apologize when the children report, 'all we did today was play.' "  - Shirley Raines
Araceli
	"Children should be able to do their own experimenting and their own research.  Teachers, of course, can guide them by providing appropriate materials, but the essential thing is that in order for a child to understand something, he must construct it himself, he must re-invent it.  Every time we teach a child something, we keep him from inventing it himself.  On the other hand, that which we allow him to discover by himself will remain with him visibly for the rest of his life." - Jean Piaget
Betty
	"Truly wonderful, the mind of a child is." - YODA, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
Samantha

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