Olive Community - children 15 months to 3 years
The Montessori toddler programs at Nest are for children between the ages of 15 months and 3 years and are designed around each child’s individual skills and interests. Through daily observations, educators are able to identify these interests and skills and introduce new materials and activities that further ignite curiosity and foster learning. At this stage, learning objectives include developing language, concentration, problem-solving, visual discrimination, and physical coordination skills.
Day to day routines form the core of the programs in both our Olive room and Laurel room. Focus is primarily on promoting order, coordination, and concentration, whilst supporting the child’s social, emotional, physical, and cognitive development, laying a solid foundation for future learning. During a typical day in our toddler rooms, children will participate in learning activities that are tailored to their individual capacity, fostering self-confidence and independence. These activities include:
- Self-care: washing, dressing, toileting, and eating.
- Care of the environment: cleaning, food preparation and service, as well as gardening.
- Large-motor activities (indoors and out): walking, climbing, running, jumping, balancing, climbing steps.
- Fine-motor skills: grasping, picking up objects of differing weights, transferring objects, using tools and utensils, doing art.
- Language: naming and describing objects, discussing pictures, conversation, music, and singing.
- Social skills: developing manners through interactions with peers and educators, and adult-led small group games.
