Toddlers – Grateful Gazelles & Helpful Hares (2-3 years)

Toddlers learn best in safe, loving places where they can explore, in their own way.

About

The Toddlers Programme at Early Explorers.

We nurture confidence through a creative and interactive journey.

“Play is essential for children’s development, building their confidence as they learn to explore, relate to others, set their own goals and solve problems” Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS framework 2021)

We have carefully chosen numerous open-ended authentic resources for our children to explore that are in line with our curriculum approach. We provide natural resources and set up environments/activities that reflect real-life experiences.

Children are actively engaged in making their own playdough exploring with flowers, leaves, seashells and stones which spark intrigue play and curiosity. We set up provocations for children to explore inner tuff trays. We strongly believe that children benefit from this type of environment in comparison to a very structured sit-down at your desk approach with worksheets every day.

For any queries and more information on the enrolment process, please feel free to contact our admissions team at enrich@early-explorers.com, call +971 4 409 6881 or Whatsapp +971 55 241 0724

The Toddlers Programme at Early Explorers.

Our Toddlers Programme is focused on nurturing children’s confidence through a creative and interactive journey. As per the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework 2021, play is essential for children’s development as it helps them explore, relate to others, set goals and solve problems.

Our curriculum has been designed to give parents confidence in every aspect of their child’s experience with the full support of our passionate educators. We believe in educating children through their head, hands, and heart. Our indoor learning spaces are enhanced by natural components, open-ended resources, and loose parts that stimulate children’s creativity. We strategically place resources and materials to create an attractive and functional play area that fosters deeper levels of connection and involvement. Our children are encouraged to explore, question, and understand in our Creative Studio, Role Play area, and Sensory Studio.

Individualized care

Our preschool program includes:

Independent, teacher-directed, and small-group activities that encourage investigation, exploration, and discovery
Learning approaches that adapt to each child and incorporate their strengths and interests
Curriculum that supports creative expression, literacy, music, and more
Confidence-building opportunities to solve problems and make decisions
STEM learning that encourages future-forward skills
Safety, security, and cleanliness practices that meet or exceed all state, local, and national guidelines

Toddlers program

Preschool is a big year. We’ve designed our program to give you complete confidence in every aspect of your child’s experience; from health and safety; to ready-for-school curriculum; to the full support of experienced teachers. Just as important, our program is based on what research says best prepares children for kindergarten…and all the big steps ahead.

Safety, security, and cleanliness practices that meet or exceed all state, local, and national guidelines

Signature practices

Our World at Early Explorers curriculum includes preschool Signature Practices that offer hands-on approaches to encourage the skills your child will need in kindergarten and beyond:

Everyday Mathematics®: Integrating numbers into real-life routines
Cooking with Recipes: Creating in the kitchen to learn about counting, measuring, and fractions
Daily Pre-Reading, Writing, Listening, and Speaking: Stories and literature to promote the understanding of the relationship between speech and print
Writing Center: Access to a wide variety of writing tools, paper, and other materials to inspire an interest in writing, creating books, and more
Science Laboratory: Hands-on opportunities to collect, examine, explore, and experiment with natural materials
STEM Activities: Building and problem solving using science, technology, engineering, and math
Woodworking: Real tools and materials to tinker, construct, and explore weight, balance, strength, and texture

Signature Practice

Our World at Early Explorers curriculum includes Signature Practices that offer hands-on approaches to encourage the skills children need at nursery and beyond.

Splish and Splash

Our “Splish and Splash” is an exciting outdoor water play programme that is designed to bring out curiosity and joy in all children. The programme features a variety of water-based activities that promote learning through play. Our themed showers, sprinklers, and interactive water channel add to the wet and wonderful experience, providing children with the opportunity to discover the properties of water by splashing, pouring, and scooping over and over again.

Our Splish and Splash programme takes water play to new dimensions by transforming children’s imagination into a fun-filled adventure. Our dynamic custom-designed water table and channel system delivers visual excitement and imaginative fun, providing children with a unique and engaging sensory experience that activates all five senses:

Auditory

Sense of Sound can be engaged using:

Various Types of Water Splashing and music

Tactile

Sense of Touch can be engaged using:

Variety in Textures of Water (aerated, solid stream, broken streams)
Variety in Textures of Materials and resources used

Proprioceptive

Sense of Movement in muscles and joints can be engaged using:

Buttons, Wheels, Other Moving Parts
Various Water Pressures
Visual

Sense of Sight can be engaged using:

Water or Feature Movement
Feature and Surfacing Colour

Vestibular

Sense of Balance can be engaged using:

Choreographed water motion

Makerspace

Our Makerspace provides an exciting and engaging environment for children to explore their creativity, innovation, and design skills. Through the use of recyclable materials and real tools, our children are encouraged to become thinkers, inventors, and designers. They tinker, construct, explore, and create all kinds of unique inventions that showcase their skills and abilities.

Develop Children’s Motor Skills

As children engage in constructing their creative projects, they utilize all parts of their body. They walk, sit, stretch, grab, cut, glue, draw, paint, write and manipulate all the Maker Space tools, engaging in diverse activities that develop and refine their fine motor and gross motor skills while navigating space and resources.

Play to Learn

Our bespoke approach to learning aims to develop critical thinking, creative skills, social development, and a sense of adventure, by placing every child at the center of their own development and education. We believe that play is at its best when it is purposefully planned, enhancing, and building essential learning skills, which are the foundations of lifelong learners. Our team nurtures children’s imagination and curiosity, encouraging them to voice their questions and interests, which are integral parts of our nursery.

Enabling Environments

Our enabling environments, both indoors and outdoors, allow children to actively play, think critically, and develop the skills they need to become independent thinkers and strong communicators. We have carefully selected numerous open-ended, authentic resources that align with our curriculum approach. Our goal is to provide natural resources and set up environments and activities that reflect real-life experiences and our children’s interests.

Engaging Activities

At our nursery, children engage in making their own play dough while exploring with flowers, leaves, seashells, and stones, which sparks intrigue, play, and curiosity. We also set up provocations for children to explore inside tuff trays which we strongly believe benefits their learning compared to a very structured, sit-down-at-your desk approach with worksheets every day. We encourage our children to learn through hands on experiences that allow them to explore and discover the world around them in a fun and exciting way.

Overall, our approach to learning and development is centered on play-based activities that enhance children’s motor skills, critical thinking, creativity, and social development, preparing them for a successful future.