2-Year-Old Program
Our 2’s class is designed to provide our youngest preschool students with a secure and caring environment that will make their first steps away from home, both safe and comfortable.
This program of gently structured educational play includes:
- Circle time
- Music
- Story time
- Snacks
- Cooking
- Creative arts and crafts
- Indoor/outdoor play
- ...all done in a supportive and loving way!
Social and Emotional Objectives for the 2’s:
- To deal effectively with separation issues while developing a sense of security.
- To begin to develop sharing and interacting skills with peers by moving from parallel play to group activities.
- To foster awareness of other people’s feelings.
- To begin to develop self-respect and a positive self-image through positive role-modeling.
- To understand the concept of “setting limits” as part of learning self-control.
- To learn to make simple transitions from one activity to another while following the classroom routine.
- To practice using proper and simple manners, i.e. “please, thank you, you’re welcome,” and taking turns on a regular basis, with an emphasis on learning to cooperate.
- To introduce the concept of personal hygiene.
- To make the child’s first preschool experience fun and meaningful while engaging in a positive manner with other children and adults outside of the home environment.
Cognitive and Language Development Objectives for the 2’s:
- To develop decision-making skills through a variety of learning experiences.
- To respond to simple directions, including classroom rules.
- To understand a daily routine as a part of overall life skills.
- To recognize and identify common objects.
- To rote count to ten.
- To recognize and identify primary and secondary colors.
- To recognize and identify basic shapes.
- Initial discovery of alphabet A, B, C’s.
Fine and Gross Motor Skills Objectives for the 2’s:
To achieve eye-hand coordination through coloring...
- Building with Legos and blocks
- Playing with Play-Doh
- Painting
- Tearing
- Stirring.
Sun, June 15 2025 19 Sivan 5785
