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Our classrooms for 2-year-olds: Explorer 1 and Explorer 2
Where fine and gross motor skills are developed. Self-help skills are encouraged.
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Our 2-Year-Old Program focuses on the fundamental skills that foster self-awareness, independence, and positive social skills to increase your child’s ability to participate in a group setting. Our toddler care provides a warm, safe, and supportive environment with a balance of structured activities and free play (indoors and outdoors). Children will be introduced to art using hands-on, open-ended crafts designed to allow exploration and creativity. This provides great learning experiences for each child as we prepare them for early learning and school readiness.
We incorporate these activities into our daily routine while preparing your child for our Pre-K Program. We encourage each child to enjoy these activities at their own pace. Activities developed through the MCPS Curriculum (2.0), with an emphasis on letters, numbers, shapes, colors, and language skills, will help prepare your 2-year-old for our Pre-K program. Through this program, children will be on their way to mastering the skills necessary for either the public or private school system.
Social & Emotional Development
– Develop self-esteem through self-awareness and a positive self-image
– Develop social skills through daily interaction with peers & teachers for greater interaction in the public or private schools
– Develop independence through learning how to care for oneself
– Develop listening, turn-taking, and sharing skills
Academic Readiness
– Recognition of letters and beginning sounds
– Recognition of first name in print
– Recognition of basic shapes: circle, rectangle, oval, triangle, square, and star
– Recognition of numbers 0–25
– Counting skills 0–25
– Recognition of basic colors: red, blue, green, brown, yellow, black, purple, and orange
Communication Development
– Receptive language: what the child understands and their ability to follow directions
– Expressive language: the child’s ability to vocalize needs, wants, thoughts, and ideas
Fine Motor Skills
– Introduction to Training Scissors & Cutting
– Creative expression using crayons and markers, finger painting, brushes, and dot-to-dot painting
Gross Motor Skills
– Encourage large-muscle coordination through running, jumping, kicking, and throwing balls
– Encourage good body control through balancing, exercising, dancing, etc.
Arts & Crafts
Arts and crafts are based on the theme of the month and incorporate dramatic play and cultural experiences.
Open Ended Art Activities
– Songs
– Finger Plays
– Stories and Language Development (Alphabet Recognition)
– Dramatic Play
– Water Play
– Sensory Exploration
– How Things Work
– Fitting things together, Stacking, Things that Spin, Peek-a-Boo, Emptying & Filling/Different Ways of Moving
– Large & Small Motor Development
– Primary Colors & Shapes Recognition
– Listening Activities – Following Directions
– Comparative (Matching Shapes & Sizes
– Sharing & Taking Turns
– Cause & Effect
7:00–8:30 Arrival/Greet Parents & Children Warmly/Quiet Free Play
8:30–9:00 Songs/Stories/Bathroom Care
9:00–9:30 Breakfast Snack Is Served (Parents, Please Be On Time)
9:30–10:15 Primary Care/Circle Time – Rhymes & Songs, Music, Movement & Exercise/Books/Puppets/Weather/Calendar/Show & Tell
10:15–10:45 Outdoor Playtime (if weather permits) or Indoor Gym Time – Gross Motor Development
10:45–11:15 Bathroom & Water Break
11:15–11:30 Teacher-Directed Activity/Eye-Hand Coordination/Flash Cards/Alphabet, Numbers, Colors, Shapes, and an Arts & Crafts Project that coincides with the Theme of the Week
11:30–12:00 Lunch
12:00–12:30 Primary Care
12:30–1:00 Story Time (Books or Audio Recording) – Teacher Prepares Children for Nap
1:00–3:00 Nap – Quiet Music
3:00–3:30 Primary Care
3:30–4:00 PM Snack
4:00–4:30 Outdoor Playtime (if weather permits)/Gym (Gross Motor Development)
4:30–5:00 Story Time & Puppet Show/Art Project
5:00–5:30 Primary Care
5:30–6:00 Gym/Games – Teacher-Directed Activities
6:00–6:30 Complete Report/Get Ready for Dismissal (Walk Down to Gifted & Talented Room)
Sunrise Early Learning Center is open from 7:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., Monday-Friday, and is closed only on federal holidays. The center operates throughout the year.
Children arrive as early as 7:00 a.m. every morning and are greeted enthusiastically upon arrival. A typical day at Sunrise includes::
Arrival
Breakfast
Assembly (Entire School & Staff) every Friday at 9:00 a.m.
Individual Classroom Circle Time (With Class Teacher)
Planned Structured Learning Activities For The Day
Students Visit Our Educational Development Room: Library | Montessori Program | Computers
Music Taught By Our Music Teacher
Lunch
Recess
Nap Time
Puppets/Stories & Songs
Art
Outdoor Play (weather permitting)
Manipulative Games
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