Toddler Program

Welcome to our Anna’s Toddler Program!

Your child’s teacher/child care provider will be offering a wide range of stimulating activities this year through our professionally designed

Buttercups^® curriculum program. The Buttercups program is for ages 0-3. Curriculum activities are designed to address established early learning goals and standards throughout the United States.

Benefits for Your Child

Our curriculum:

• Builds enthusiasm for lifelong learning
• Encourages socialization and cooperation
• Promotes hands-on learning
• Nurtures teamwork and respect
• Promotes concentration and patience
• Builds confidence, self-esteem, and autonomy
• Embraces diversity

Benefits for Parents/Caregivers

• Knowledge that your child is participating in a curriculum program aligned with the highest quality standards in early childhood education.
• Built-in family engagement to keep you involved in your child’s learning. Each month kit includes a Family Newsletter loaded with helpful information. You’ll find the themes and concepts, vocabulary words, sign language, and songs. You’ll also find ideas for simple activities to enjoy with your child, a recipe, and a list of books to read at home. Additional materials available include calendars, blog articles, and music playlists.
• Exceptionally prepared teachers are able to spend more time each day interacting with children and less time prepping and planning.

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Our program has an orientation meeting with new families prior to their child enrolling.

Newly enrolling children are encouraged to visit for a half-day prior to beginning care and gradually transition into full-day care if family desires.

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What Will My Child Learn?

Each Buttercups curriculum kit covers a two-month time frame—Sept/Oct, Nov/Dec, Jan/Feb, Mar/Apr, May/June, and July/Aug. Each kit includes four themes, with each theme lasting about two weeks. Your child’s teacher/child care provider can choose from a variety of activities and materials to promote and enhance growth in the following developmental areas:

• Language/Literacy: Children develop skills in both listening and communicating and build a foundation for later reading and writing. Activities include songs, rhymes, fingerplays, reading picture books, and more.
• Physical Development/Health: Activities promote wellness and allow children to grow in using both small and large muscles. Playdough, water play, vigorous outdoor play, healthy snack ideas, and more are offered.
• Science/Math/Creative Arts: Children are encouraged to enjoy and explore a variety of art materials, investigate their world, and begin to engage in symbolic thinking. Activities include pretend play, sensory exploration, experimentation, self-expression, and more.
• Social/Emotional: Experiences are planned to help children develop relationships with adults and other children, learn more about themselves, recognize and express feelings, and begin to demonstrate self-regulation.
• Social Studies: Predictable routines and age-appropriate rules bring order to children’s lives. Children will learn about their families, their child care setting, and the local culture and community.

• Approaches to Learning: Opportunities to build skills in this area are woven throughout all of the curriculum activities. Such activities focus on building memory and promoting curiosity, persistence, and problem-solving—skills that are critical for lifelong learning!