| What Your Child Will Learn in the Our Time Class:
Did you hear that? Focused listening activities let your toddler hear a sound, then make it back. It will be quiet the first few classes, but once she gets the idea, this copycat game helps her imitate the sounds of words and learn language.
Instrument play. First she’ll watch and copy you. Then once she gets the idea that you can copy her, the class experience takes on a new meaning. This game of “taking turns” helps your toddler develop rhythm, strengthen fine motor skills, and improve hand-eye coordination.
Close to you. You’ll share silly songs and sometimes we’ll turn off the lights and rock and listen to lullabies. Emotionally-driven songs and activities like these help your toddler explain, name, and soothe the turbulence she feels in the up-and-down day.
Toddlers learn in contrast. Activities will often seem like a lesson in the extremes—fast and slow, smooth and bumpy. But you’ll be a believer when you see her point out contrasts of her own outside the classroom.
Sharing, putting instruments away, extending short attention spans. It won’t happen the first day, but gradually you’ll notice the difference as your toddler becomes more aware of others and the world around her. She’ll sit a little longer for story time and she’ll use her own words to offer ideas for class activities.
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