L.E.A.P.® Curriculum
for twaddlers

Verbal communication, social participation and potty training are all integral parts of the curriculum TLE® offers to older toddlers—which starts to increase the learning while keeping their education fun.

Our year-end milestones for twaddlers

While each day is a fun new adventure at TLE®, the lessons and curriculum are preparing your child to meet important end-of-year goals—to ensure development at the right pace. For our twaddlers, those goals are:

Build on vocabulary words and use simple sentences to communicate
Develop movement and physical development such as learning to stack blocks, how to kick a ball, stand on toes, etc.
Be encouraged to complete simple activities to build confidence and independence
Be encouraged to identify letters, numbers, shapes and colors
Be exposed to penmanship by scribbling with a variety of writing utensils

Our curriculum components

Twaddlers will participate in a new themed early childhood education program each month that incorporates a wide variety of activities involving problems in logic, math, reading, phonics and writing skills. Our monthly themes take children on new and exciting learning adventures through fun hands-on activities that are led by some of our favorite TLE® characters.

Our programs for twaddlers

Manners and etiquette

We make manners for older toddlers the foundation of kindness and good behavior,

The children are saying “please” and “thank you,” but also going above and beyond to act out kindness with their peers, by learning to say nice and encouraging things. Our proprietary character puppets are a great tool for the children, such as Penny Polite® who helps re-enact good manner scenarios. Our Manners Readers explore a variety of etiquette situations, including talking on the telephone, behaving well in a restaurant and in public, refraining from name calling and treating their peers with respect. This is a wonderful way to prepare them for the real world and build a foundation for good citizenship as they start to learn about the meaning of philanthropy.

American Sign Language

As our little learners build on their skills in American Sign Language, they’re learning to sign in connection with their lessons about the world. When learning about travel, for example, parents are always amazed at how their children can sign words like “passport” or “suitcase.”

At the beginning of every month, those signs are printed and sent home with families to extend the lesson in American Sign Language. The parents are also kept abreast of the Sign Language Alphabet as a resource, and can connect pictures to descriptions of the sign language in order to practice communicating with the children.

Physical fitness programs

TLE® makes physical fitness an important part of early childhood development with the help of our friend Flexi Flamingo, who teaches our older toddlers healthy habits that will last a lifetime. Starting at the toddler age, children are learning to move their bodies, as well as keep their bodies and minds healthy by identifying healthy choices.

At TLE®, they’ll also learn about going to the doctor and the tools medical professionals use to help them stay healthy. They’ll learn, too, about health and hygiene, expressing their emotions and calming their anxieties with soothing yoga, and are even offered ways to develop their gross motor skills with balancing, walking, hopping on one foot or two feet, and more.

Our daily schedule

6:30-800 Early Arrival Program

8:00-8:30 Greeting the Children/Parent Communication; Free Choice Centers: Art, Sensory, Language, Math, Fine Motor; Child-Initiated Activities

8:30-8:45 Circle Time: Welcoming Activities, Finger Plays, and Songs

8:45-9:15 Snack Time: A Nutritious snack will be served; Manners Matter, Potty Time, Etc.

9:15-9:45 Art and Sensory: Creative activities enhance emotional development; Finger Painting, Pasting, Sand and Water Table, Etc.

9:45-10:00 Physical Fitness with Flexi Flamingo®: Children will engage in physical exercise and routines, and discuss healthy bodies and nutrition

10:00-10:30 Playground Time: Gross Motor Skills; Coordination, Balance, Tossing Balls, Etc. Children will engage in physical exercise and routines, and discuss healthy bodies and nutrition

10:30-10:45 Fine Motor Skills: Matching, Classifying, Exposure to Numbers

10:45–11:00 Language Skills/Library/Storytelling: Emphasis on Language Development, Puppets, Games, Age-Appropriate Books, Rhymes, Etc.

11:00–2:30 Lunch/Rest Time/Quiet Activities/Self-Help Skills

2:30–3:00 Waking Up/Diapering

3:00–3:30 Playground Time: Gross Motor Skills: Coordination, Balance, Tossing Balls, Etc.

3:30–4:00 Snack Time: Nutritious snack will be served, Manners Matter, Potty Time, Etc.

4:00–4:15 Circle Time: Finger Plays, Songs, Goodbye Songs

4:15–5:00 Free Choice Centers: Art, Sensory, Language, Math, Fine Motor; Child-Initiated Activities

5:00–5:30 Music and Movement: Rhythmic Movement, Singing, Listening, Dancing, Social Interaction

5:30–6:00 Table Toys/Quiet Activities/Greeting Parents

(Diapering is provided and supervised on an as needed basis. Potty training encouraged as a self-help skill as needed.)

Our daily schedule

6:30-800 Early Arrival Program

8:090-8:30 Greeting the Children/Parent Communication; Free Choice Centers: Art, Sensory, Language, Math, Fine Motor; Child-Initiated Activities