Toddler Program (24 to 36 Months)
Fostering Growth in Every Milestone – At Kid Champion, Little Rock, AR
At Kid Champion, we understand that the first year of life is a time of rapid brain development, foundational learning, and emotional connection. Our infant program for children aged 2 to 12 months is designed to provide a warm, secure, and stimulating environment where your baby can thrive across all areas of development.
Physical Well-Being and Motor Development
Gross motor skills: Jumping, kicking balls, navigating toddler obstacle courses.
Fine motor skills: Threading beads, completing peg puzzles, starting scissor use.
Sensorimotor skills: Pouring water, exploring musical instruments, matching textures.
Daily physical and living skills: Brushing teeth with guidance, pulling up pants, using utensils independently.
Social and Emotional Development
Consistent, responsive caregiving: Providing reassurance as toddlers express stronger independence.
Interactions with adults: Engaging in brief conversations, asking questions, seeking comfort or praise.
Peer engagement: Playing beside and with peers, taking turns with help, group pretend play.
Adaptive social behavior: Beginning to share, showing empathy (e.g., offering a toy to a crying friend), understanding limits.
Approaches to Learning
Curiosity: Asking “What’s that?”, exploring nature, joining new activities.
Initiative: Selecting books or centers independently, role-playing familiar routines.
Curiosity and initiative: Persisting with a puzzle or task, showing pride in discoveries.
Cognition and General Knowledge
Awareness of cause and effect: Asking “Why?” or “What happened?”, repeating actions to test reactions.
Problem-solving: Matching objects by size or color, completing multi-step puzzles.
Early numeracy and science: Counting objects during play, sorting by size/shape, observing weather changes.
Exposure to basic concepts in geography: Identifying places on a classroom map, naming outdoor locations (e.g., “park,” “zoo”).