
LITTLE DUCKLING DAYCARE: TODDLERS
We understand that choosing the best early childhood education family for your toddler can be stressful. We would like to make this transition for your 13-35 month old toddler as easy as possible. Our loving caregivers provide a culture and atmosphere of patience, compassion and excitement. Your toddler will thrive while learning skills such as exploring their gross motor skills, social-emotional skills and learning to make new friends, just to name a few

CURRICULUM GOALS & OBJECTIVES
COGNITIVE AND LANGUAGE SKILLS
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Demonstrate continual growth in understanding increasingly complex and varied vocabulary
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Respond to simple statements, requests, and/or gestures
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Use gestures to clarify communication
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Use single words or simple phrases
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Demonstrate intent of communicating with others
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Distinguish words from pictures
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Engage in word and sound play with adults
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Distinguish between words that contain similar-sounding phonemes
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Bring a book to a caregiver to read
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Look at books independently
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Pretend to read familiar books
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Attend to pictures and text for several minutes
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Show preference for familiar stores
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Respond to simple questions about a story with adult support
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Explore drawing, painting, and writing as a way of communicating
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Imitate drawing marks or scribbling
MATH SKILLS
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Imitate verbal counting sequence
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Line up or organize objects
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Identify numerals as different from letters or other symbols
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Identify which is more
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Develop the concepts of more and less
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Give “all’ objects when asked
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Separate a whole quantify of something into parts
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Take away objects or combine groups when asked
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Attend to a new object in a group of objects
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Follow along and imitate patterns of sounds and movement
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Clap or move to a beat
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Identify attributes of objects with adult support
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Combine shapes to make new shapes
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Hide behind or between objects for play
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Match identical shapes
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Follow a daily schedule
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Use basic measurement words or gestures to express measurable attributes such as big/little, hot/cold
SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL SKILLS
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Identify image of self
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Say own name
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Show knowledge of own abilities
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Communicate feelings and emotions
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Express emotion toward a familiar person
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Imitate comforting behaviors of caregivers
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Use sounds, gestures, and actions to express feelings
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Follow simple routines with adult support
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Self-soothe with minimal adult support
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Demonstrate the beginnings of impulse control with adult support
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Imitate how others solve conflicts
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Experiment with trial and error approaches to solve simple problems and conflicts
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Use social referencing when encountering new experiences
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Observe friendship skills in the environments
APPROACHES TO PLAY & LEARNING
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Show interest in what others are doing
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Select desired objects from several options
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Show curiosity/interest in new objects, experiences, and people
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Ask questions about familiar objects, people, and experiences
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Explore and manipulate familiar objects in the environment
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Use objects for real or imagined purposes
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Engage and persist with an activity, toy, or object
SCIENTIFIC THINKING
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Notice and react to cause and effect within the physical environment
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Use tools to explore the physical environment
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Begin to identify physical attributes of objects
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Imitate the actions of others as they explore objects
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Copy patterns and rhythms with objects
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Notice and gesture to different objects in the sky
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Explore the natural environment
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Observe and investigate environment, nature, and climate/weather
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Identify living organisms by name
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Name basic body parts
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Test limits of the environment
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Begin to construct and deconstruct using readily available materials
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Demonstrate curiosity
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Solve problems using trial and error
CREATIVE ARTS
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Respond to music by moving own body
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Imitate sounds using voice or objects
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Sing along to familiar songs
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Make rhythmic patterns with objects
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Use simple art materials
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Express preferences for certain art materials
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Explore a variety of media
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Express likes or dislikes of certain colors or patterns
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Look at pictures, photographs, and illustrations
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Use objects as symbols for other things
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Demonstrate simple character/animal sounds with motions
SOCIAL STUDIES
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Participate in celebrations and other cultural events if observed
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Demonstrate a sense of belonging to a group by engaging in parallel play
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Notice differences in others
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Use simple words to show recognition of family members and familiar adults
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Adapt to changes in routine and/or schedule
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Anticipate events
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Respond to stories about time and age
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Understand and follow basic guidance
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Respond to simple location terms
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Use a variety of materials to represent familiar objects
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Recognize parts of surroundings
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Look toward location where familiar objects are stored with the expectation of finding them
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Show interest in various aspects of the environment
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Communicate desire for objects and/or persons that are in the classroom or home
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Imitate familiar roles and routines
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Observe others carrying out routines and responsibilities and begin to imitate
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Make choices known
PHYSICAL HEALTH & GROWTH
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Participate with adult support in health and hygiene-related behaviors
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Imitate personal health practices
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Demonstrate awareness of danger
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Respond to adult direction to change behavior in order to avoid danger or prevent injuries
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Express when hungry or full
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Try new foods
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Feed self with some assistance
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Try a new action with a familiar object
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Identify basic body parts
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Use trial and error to discover how the body and objects move through space
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Use simple movement skills to participate in active physical play
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Gain control of hands and fingers
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Begin to develop coordination and balance, requiring less support