Little Learners – Toddler Program
Ages 2 - 3 years
Toddlerhood is an incredible time of exploration and discovery. During this time, children are asserting their independence and gaining an increasing sense of self.
Our Little Learners Toddler Programs are designed to create an engaging environment that continues to support your toddler’s social and cognitive development from our nursey program.
We provide a fun, play-based learning approach that engages their young and active minds within a safe and stimulating environment. Our Little Learners curriculum supports children to increase their sense of self and reach developmental milestones.
Incursions & Excursions
The Toddler Programs at Aspire connect with diverse incursions and excursions to involve your child in various learning experiences. Covering animals, art, sport, yoga, dance, movement, library visits, drama, music, and more, each centre provides distinctive opportunities.
Through regular participation in incursions, using their imaginations and role-play activities, children experience improved memory, language and social skills. Check with your Aspire centre to discover the exciting incursion and excursion programs available for your child.
What programs and experiences do we offer?
Hey Dee Ho Music Program
Sing, Dance, Play and Learn! The Hey De Ho program allows children to focus and extend their listening skills by responding to sounds and patterns whilst engaging in rhymes and dancing.
Sports Program
A specialised sports program that encourages children to engage their physical and sporting skills. Incursions are created fortnightly and are based on the children’s interests throughout the sessions. Parents can continue this at home without having to purchase resources.
Yoga
Our regular Yoga sessions help children connect with their minds, body, and soul. In each session, children learn to slow and calm breathing and learn new yoga poses.
What Learning Looks Like
Explore Abilities
Your child is encouraged to explore indoor and outdoor environments through play to further discover their interests, abilities and limitations.
Solve Everyday Problems
Educators present everyday problems for children to solve, by asking questions like, ‘if it is
raining, what do we need to pack to go outside?’.
Develop Vocabulary
nvolving vocabulary concepts in activities encourages learning through play. An obstacle
course improves your toddler’s understanding of concepts such as ‘under’ and ‘over’.
Unlock Imagination
Children are encouraged to express their individuality and unlock their imagination through creativity in a variety of forms, including art,
music, dance, and more.
How We Encourage Learning
At Aspire, we encourage your child’s learning by:
- Giving them more experiences by going to different places e.g., park, beach, public swimming pool, shops.
- Singing songs, listening to music, and dancing together.
- Describing things that they can see and hear in their environment e.g., hot, cold, big, loud
- Asking them to solve everyday problems e.g., it’s raining, what do we need to take when we go outside?
- Introducing toilet training as children show an interest and readiness.
- Giving them boxes and blocks for building things e.g., pretend houses and bridges.
- Helping them develop their motor skills and understand concepts such as ‘under’ and ‘over’ by creating obstacle courses in the home e.g., going ‘over’ pillows, ‘through’ the tunnel, ‘under’ the chair
- Encouraging your child to use their imagination and develop the muscles in their hands by using crayons, paints, or chalk.
Partner Programs
