Tots N Us | Fairfax Children Academy | Day Care Center & Preschool
Programs
Tots N Us curriculum is to provide activities and experiences that validate the interests of our children, while encompassing the following aspects of development: Social/Emotional, Physical, Cognitive and Language skills. The Tots N Us Curriculum framework is our guide to provide daily experiences which develop skills in Literacy, Mathematics, Science, Engineering, Technology, Social Studies and Arts.
In addition to partaking in strategic instructor focused experiences, your child will be encouraged to explore self engaging activities, and choose from various interest areas throughout the classroom. We have carefully designed activities for our children that is age appropriate. We view assessment as an ongoing process. We use our curriculum system as our technique for assessment. We observe children and transcribe notes in subjective records describing your child’s performance by taking notes, collect artwork examples, and pictures, over several months. Subsequently we gather this information and complete the assessment form by observing behaviors that best describe your child’s experiences in each of four comprehensive curriculum goals. We will then invite you to our bi-annual parent/teacher meeting to share and discuss the assessment. Parent/teacher meetings are held in February and October. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us.
The Infants are learning all about their world every day. Our goal is to ensure that not only are children’s basic needs being met but they are meeting developmental milestones as well. We provide a developmentally appropriate environment in which the teachers take great care to have interactions that facilitate their development in all areas (cognitive, physical, socio-emotional, and language). Much of our experiences with children in the Infant Area are rooted in providing opportunities for children to explore their environment and build trusting relationships. Teachers plan for the various areas of development on a weekly basis and post the plans in the classroom for your convenience.Toddlers are engaged with activities which focus on your child’s primary areas of development such as:
Fine Motor Skills: Toddlers’ fine motor skills, which include finger and hand movement, need to be encouraged in order for them to progress. We offer a wide variety of toddler activities (toddler games) for your child to develop his/her fine motor skills.
Gross Motor Skills:
We focus on the development of all gross motor skills of toddlers such as walking, running and kicking. Gross motor abilities share connections with other physical abilities.
Emotional Skills:
We assist toddlers in exploring their emotions, ranging from joy to frustration. We help them gain skills such as patience, cooperation, sharing etc., at an early stage.
Social Skills:
Children are taught important social skills such as imitating and responding to words and actions; Identifying and being able to name familiar items; engaging in conversations with the help of pictures; following simple directions and asking questions and by introducing various toddler games.
Communication Skills:
Our teachers have a deep understanding of how baby toddlers communicate. Children are taught to put their wants and needs into words. This is done through activities for toddlers, like singing, recitation of nursery rhymes, etc., to increase their vocabulary.
Cognitive Skills:
Teachers at our center encourage toddlers to investigate their environment in order to develop skills such as thinking, learning and knowledge accumulation. We strongly believe in forming trusting bonds between toddlers and their teachers. Small group sizes and a low adult-child ratio allow teachers to develop a deeper understanding of your child’s personality, likes, dislikes and developmental needs.
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Tots N’ Us provides an advanced curriculum, and a multitude of advantages for your child.