Supporting Growing Self-Awareness in a Nurturing Environment
The toddler environment at Corvallis Montessori School invites our youngest children to take their next steps toward independence as they follow normal rhythms of eating, sleeping, and activity in a homelike atmosphere under the nurturing guidance of trained, caring adults.
The Toddler House environment includes both indoor and outdoor spaces that invite toddlers to explore, grow, and learn.
Small motor skills and eye-hand coordination are developed through the use of beautiful blocks, puzzles, and other manipulatives.
Appropriately sized furniture and individual work rugs are provided. Focus and concentration are respected as toddlers discover and explore their environment.
Children participate in food preparation, table setting, washing dishes and tables, sweeping floors, dressing and undressing, and toilet learning.
Language and reading materials support the toddler’s explosive growth in the area of language development through storytelling, poetry, and song.
The outdoor environment includes toddler-sized climbing structures and space for running and jumping, and supports the young child’s need for movement, and invites toddlers to interact with nature.
As students approach their third birthday and exhibit readiness for the Primary classroom (at about 30 months), they move to our Toddler Transition classroom. In this classroom, they begin to experience the rhythms of the Primary classroom, with more challenging materials in a new and interesting environment, while maintaining the familiarity of their Toddler House experience.
Our Toddler House responds to the unique individualities of each child as they start their journey of learning and discovery. With enrollment limited to 12 toddlers and the perennial popularity of the program, our waitlist is often a full academic year out. Interested in getting on the waitlist? Contact us today.
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