Toddler Program
JMS has two Toddler Communities for children ages 16 to 35 months old.
Our classrooms are equipped with toddler-sized furniture, materials, and bathrooms. Our staff are nurturing, and rigorously trained in Child Development with a charge to create peaceful, supportive, and safe environments for our youngest children.
Some refer to this developmental period as “The Terrible Twos.”
We disagree; toddlers are terrific. We love everything about them – their energy, determination, and curiosity – and purposefully created a very special place for your toddler to learn.
Prepared Environments
Where so many early childhood programs are chaotic and overwhelming, families are often surprised to see the peaceful tone of our toddler classroom. The calm atmosphere and lack of distraction help your toddler to develop impulse control and concentration, planting the seeds for learning in this classroom and beyond.
Our students grow together into a close-knit, caring community. When children work, learn, and grow together, they learn much more than any of them could learn alone!
“Help Me To Do It Myself”
Absorbing Language
A Joyful Experience
Toddlers have a natural drive to be independent which we encourage by creating an environment where everything is just the right size for toddlers to do things on their own. A miniature broom empowers independent clean-up. We teach the skills of self-care and toilet training. Toddlers learn a set of concrete life skills and self-confidence – but, more importantly, understands how to make a genuine impact on the world.
We surround toddlers with rich and stimulating conversation to support this once-in-a-lifetime period of rapid language development. Toddlers’ minds effortlessly absorb new vocabulary, planting the seeds for reading, writing, and self-expression in the future.
Maria Montessori once said, “One test of the correctness of the educational procedure is the happiness of the child.” Take a peek into our Toddler classroom and you will see children who are happy, engaged, and deeply connected to their friends and teachers. As a result, your child develops a deep affinity for school and a true love for learning.