18–24 months
Toddlers
Children who have started walking and explore the world with their hands. The shape of the day is fixed but flexible; a single nap in the afternoon. One educator for every four children.
For those who want to touch everything and climb everywhere.
- Adult : child ratio
- 1 : 4
- Group size
- max 12
- Age range
- 18–24 months
- Classroom
- Garden floor, 52 m² playroom with its own sink and toilet corner
- Sleep
- One nap 13:00–15:00 (children who don’t sleep rest in a quiet corner)
- Opening hours
- 07:30–19:00
Between eighteen months and two years children are at their most active and most "I’ll do it myself". In the toddler room everything is child height: sink, shelves, shoe rack, dining table. The aim is to multiply the moments when a child can do something alone.
We start toilet training together with the family, when the child is ready; we don’t rush and we don’t use punishment or sticker charts. The same words and the same routine are used at home and at the club.
What grows in this group?
- Eating on their own and drinking from a cup
- Two-word sentences, naming things, singing along
- First steps in waiting for a turn and sharing
- Gross motor: climbing, stairs, catching a ball
Toddlers: a day
Times are approximate; they flex to the child’s rhythm.
- 07:30
Welcome
Free-play corners are open; goodbyes are short and use the same sentence.
- 08:30
Breakfast
At small tables, from their own plate.
- 09:30
Sensory play
Water, sand, dough, paint: lots of spilling, lots of learning.
- 10:30
Garden
Climbing, pushing and running on the rubber-floored garden.
- 12:00
Lunch
Encouraged to eat on their own with spoon and fork.
- 13:00
Nap
Everyone has their own bed and their own blanket.
- 15:30
Snack
Fruit, dairy and home-made biscuits.
- 16:00
Music and movement
Percussion, dance, finger plays.
- 18:30
Goodbye
End-of-day report and a short note.
What goes in the bag?
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Come and see the Toddlers room
A 30-minute visit: you’ll see the classroom, the sleep room and meet the teacher.