New Hampshire Toddler Individualized Curriculum

Our comprehensive toddler curriculum is expertly designed for educators working with children aged 1 to 3 years, aligning seamlessly with the New Hampshire Early Learning Standards. This curriculum emphasizes holistic development, engaging toddlers through play-based learning across critical domains, including social-emotional, physical, language, cognitive, literacy, mathematics, and science.

Social-Emotional Development:

• Foster social skills by helping toddlers understand and express their emotions.
• Encourage patience and self-regulation, enhancing their ability to navigate social interactions.
• Facilitate cooperative play experiences that build positive relationships with peers and adults, as well as concepts of sharing and taking turns.

Physical Development:

• Engage toddlers in activities that enhance gross motor skills, such as running, jumping, and climbing, to promote their physical confidence.
• Develop fine motor skills with hands-on activities like stacking blocks, allowing for creativity and dexterity.
• Support hand-eye coordination through interactive play that nurtures spatial and body awareness.

Language Development:

• Build vocabulary through rich, interactive conversations that introduce new words in context.
• Encourage toddlers to communicate their needs and desires through gestures and sounds, enhancing their expression and comprehension.
• Introduce narrative skills by engaging with stories and songs, helping toddlers follow simple instructions and grasp basic grammar.

Cognitive Development:

• Promote exploration of cause and effect relationships through hands-on experiences.
• Engage toddlers in sorting and categorizing activities, aiding in their understanding of similarities and differences.
• Encourage imaginative play that stimulates creativity and problem-solving skills through pretend scenarios and simple puzzles.

Literacy Development:

• Cultivate early literacy skills by introducing letters and their sounds in a fun and engaging manner.
• Enhance phonemic awareness through rhyming games and sound recognition activities.
• Dive into storytelling, allowing toddlers to explore books and comprehend basic print concepts while developing pre-writing skills through drawing and scribbling.

Mathematics Development:

• Encourage counting and number recognition through playful activities that incorporate numbers up to 10.
• Introduce shape and size comparisons to feed toddlers' natural curiosity about their environment.
• Utilize hands-on activities to explore basic math concepts, including addition and subtraction, through games and manipulative play.

Science and Nature:

• Engage toddlers in sensory-rich exploration of the natural world, fostering a sense of wonder.
• Provide opportunities for observation and identification of various plants, animals, and natural objects.
• Encourage children to participate in simple experiments to understand basic scientific principles, promoting awareness of the environment and sustainability.

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