Toddler Program (12 to 24 Months)

Empowering Independence, One Step at a Time – Kid Champion, Little Rock, AR

Your toddler is on the move — exploring, expressing, and developing a unique personality. At Kid Champion, our 12 to 24-month program builds on your child’s growing sense of self with hands-on activities, nurturing routines, and structured opportunities for discovery and learning.

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Physical Well-Being and Motor Development

Gross motor skills through activities like walking, climbing padded structures, and dancing to music, helping toddlers build coordination and confidence.
Fine motor skills by encouraging stacking blocks, turning pages, and using simple tools like large crayons or spoons.
Sensorimotor skills by exploring toys with buttons, textures, and sounds, linking movement with sensory input.
Daily physical and living skills, such as self-feeding with utensils, beginning potty learning routines, and dressing with assistance, are supported with patience and encouragement.

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Social and Emotional Development

Consistent, responsive caregiving, fostering trust and emotional security as toddlers experience increasing independence.
Interactions with adults, promoting back-and-forth conversations, expressive language, and emotional bonding.
Peer engagement, as toddlers begin parallel play and notice others’ actions during group time.
Adaptive social behavior, reinforced through gentle routines, helping toddlers understand simple expectations and transitions.

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Approaches to Learning

Curiosity, through sensory bins, mirrored play, soft books, and textured toys that inspire exploration.

Initiative, by providing choices during playtime, encouraging your baby’s growing independence in selecting items of interest.

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Cognition and General Knowledge

Awareness of cause and effect: Dumping and filling containers, pressing buttons to make noise.

Problem-solving: Trying different ways to stack or retrieve toys, beginning shape sorters.

Early numeracy and science: Listening to counting songs, touching water/ice, watching things fall.

Exposure to basic concepts in geography: Recognizing familiar places (e.g., “home,” “school”) in books or photos.