The Toddler Classroom (18 months to 3 years)
The Montessori toddler classroom is designed to encourage independence, the child's inner sense of order, socialization and language development.
Independence Through the practical life area in the classroom, the children are presented materials and activities that will develop skills to enable them to do everyday tasks by themselves.
Sense of Order Toddlers have a very strong sense of order. Each material has its own place and is always returned there. The class is always run on the same schedule every day.
Socialization Most toddlers have not been with children their own age. In our classroom we encourage communication by giving the children the correct words to communicate their feelings and needs.
Language Development The toddler is very sensitive to language. There is an area in the classroom devoted to learning new words and letter sounds. At circle time songs are sung to enrich the child's vocabulary.

The children learn how to pour, feed themselves, how to serve themselves snack, how to dress and how to clean up after their activities.		Prior year students act as models and the newer children learn much of their socialization skills from them.