Infants and Toddlers- Preschool and Kindergarten
"Where learning comes alive"

                                 

 One Year Old Program


Welcome to the One Year Old Toddler Program at FMPS. This program will support your child's growth by providing an interactive setting where language skills expand rapidly. We are proud of our One Year Old room, and the fine care that each child entrusted to our program receives.

                               
 
One year old - Teachers

Ms. Stephanie and Ms.Bijoux are dedicated to providing quality and consistent care for our toddlers. They provide a loving and nurturing environment, and have been hand-selected for their genuine love for toddlers and their experience in caring for them. To ensure a smooth transition from home to our program and back home again, our teachers and assistant teachers will communicate with you on an individual basis.




The Polar Bears and Penguins-Toddler Room

The Toddler room at FMPS is a fun and cheerful place for toddlers to spend their day. A warm and safe environment and positive interactions foster a toddler's sense of trust and self-esteem. Classroom space and materials are organized to support the toddler's need to physically explore, to discover, and to be independent. Toddlers are encouraged to participate in daily routines to develop self-help skills and to feel good about themselves. Activities provide repeated opportunities with sensory experiences that help strengthen and develop large and small muscles, hand-eye coordination and promote thinking and communication skills. Teachers reinforce positive behaviors, set limits, and are consistently available to support the toddler's conflicting need for independence and comfort.


Sanitation

At FMPS we are very aware of the importance of a safe and sanitary environment for our children. Each toy is sanitized daily, and once a toy goes into a child's mouth, it is sanitized before another child uses it. Our changing table is sanitized after each use, and we practice good hand washing techniques. Potty training is an important part of a toddler's growing process. We will meet this need for your child at the appropriate time. You will find our toddler room is always clean and well organized.


Parent Involvement

Parent Involvement Parents are always welcome at FMPS. You will find our Teachers to be supportive of parents, and encourage their involvement. We strive for consistency between Child Care and Home Care practices, and follow through on all parent requests.

Please feel comfortable at any time to share information with our teachers about your child's development, or any concerns you may have. We welcome suggestions on how we can better care for child. Each day we prepare an informative report for your review, listing all information regarding feeding, napping, diapering, and what your child especially enjoyed that day. These have proven very helpful to our families.


Outdoor Play

At FMPS we have a special play yard just for our infants and toddlers. This is equipped with  age appropriate climbers, swings, and ride-on toys that will enhance your child's large motor development and provide for many fun hours of outdoor explorations.


 
The Toddler Program

The Toddler program is expanded to include curriculum areas of art, science, cooking, dramatic play, manipulative activities, language, large motor and music and movement.

The planned activities are designed to foster feelings of autonomy and a positive self-concept. Our toddlers enjoy practicing their self-help skills as they gain feelings of independence and control over their environment. Language is developing rapidly at this stage, and opportunities abound for enrichment in this area.

Toddlers move up to our 2's preschool program with a sense of excitement about learning, and the foundations for a successful preschool experience!

Thank you for considering FMPS for your toddler. Please stop by for a tour any time! Our dedicated staff, home like class setting.

 

   

In FMPS One Year Old Program, you will find:

  • a clean and sanitary environment
  • a group size of 5 children with 1- 2 adults
  • tables, chairs, and rug area arranged for social interplay
  • three distinct areas to the environment:
  • Noisy Play, Quiet area, Messy play
    • Learning centers - including water/ sand activities, art,  and large muscle activities/blocks
    • Manipulative - equipment that develops the fine motor skills needed for pre writing skills
    • Academic - simple counting exercises; readiness skills emphasizing development of receptive and expressive language
  • materials, including select toys, that aid in cognitive learning
  • a system that shows children order of play/teacher on floor
  • given the freedom to move and make choices
  • children taking items from labeled shelves and returning it to its proper place
  • nurturing adults attuned to the child's physical and emotional needs
  • adults showing the child how to use unfamiliar materials
  • adults moving away from the child after a presentation to create independence in the child
  • confident and happy children that are treated with respect
 

One Year Olds Daily Schedule:

7:00 - 8:30am Center  Time
8:30 - 8:45am wash hands for breakfast
9:00 - 9:30am
9:30-10:00
Breakfast Time
  diapers/teeth brushing
10:00 - 10:30 Circle Time - Songs, Finger Play, & Movement

10:30-11:00 free play
11:00 - 11:30am Arts and Crafts
11:30 - 12:00pm Outside Play
12:00 - 12:30pm Lunch
12:30 - 2:45pm Nap
2:45 - 3:00pm Bathroom, Diapers, Mats, Shoes
3:00 - 3:30pm snack
3:30 - 4:00 pm Music & Language
4:00 - 5:00pm Group Play
Rain/cold/hot alternative/Gym
5:00 - 5:30pm Outdoor
5:30 - 6:00pm Departure
   
Diapering as needed Friday - Christian Education-veggie tales or Donkey Ollie
 

 

   

 


September Back to school time is here. In our new class we have a month of exciting new things.  We are enjoying the last few days of summer. So lots of  activities are planned this week.  We are learning about animal; its fun and a great way for toddlers to learn new animal sound. One important thing this month is our week on “About Me”.  This gets the family involved with the toddler and the toddlers class experiences.  Each month we will introduce a new shape and color.  This month is Grandparent Day; special gift will be made for grandparents to treasure.

 

October For the preparation of Fall this month we play a lot of pretend games to get the toddler to determine what is real and what is pretend.  Doctor office will be played this month in a fun setting to help ease the children with real doctor visits.

Tucks and cars are being talked about this month too.

Come join us at the baby races where each child will race a car.  This helps in the fine motor skill department.  Open house will be this month, we are looking forward to showing you how far are class has come.

 

November Fall is approaching so we will be bundling up and looking at all the great things fall has to offer, the leaves and most important Thanksgiving.  This is a great time to talk about sharing, friends and family.  This month we will also be discussing animals. As a teacher with a passion for animals, I will be talking about animals that need our help. Who knows maybe we have a future little wildlife expert in the making.

December Because Christmas is a time of giving we are talking about how people around the world celebrate Christmas.  This month we will be eating a lot of different foods.  So we will be talking about how to keep our bodies healthy.  Because Christmas is a time when we see different family members, we will be sharing extended families.  We will also have a class Christmas party.  We encourage our families to come and join us for a celebration.

 

January Burrr…… the cold months are here.  Please make sure that your child has an appropriate coat and hat for outside play.  Hibernation is a big part of winter.  We will be playing pretend animals and hibernating.  We will use team work to gather food that we will need for the winter.  Also we will be talking with parents about how to make our classroom better with some new year resolutions.  This month we will be music makers with a whole week dedicated to instruments and music. Come watch are band practice.

 

February This month is a special time to tell the people you love how much you mean to them.  Please come join us for are Valentines party and card pass out.  The animals we are talking about  this month  are kangaroos and lambs.  So let us practice our hopping. This month is National Dentistry Month we will practices brushing our teeth like crazy.

 

March Spring is here Ohhhhh boy!!! This month we will practice saying our names and numbers.  Outer-space will be talked about too. With fun activities like moon walking and blasting off in the class made rocket ship.

 

April  This month is full of pigs, picnics, and rain. Who knows we may just have a rain dance.

 

May  May is fun month. We will be outside most of the month, with picnics and story time on blankets under the big oak tree.  Mothers Day is here!!! So be prepared for some extra hugs and kisses.  We also have a family picnic for our class to celebrate the arrival of summer.

 

 

Sept- Circle – orange –1

Oct- triangle- Pink –2

Nov- Star- blue-3

Dec- square- yellow-4

Jan –rectangle- purple-5

Feb-oval- red- 6

Mar-diamond- black & white-7

Apr-heart- brown- 8

May- octagon- green-9 & 10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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