Programs
Infants / Toddlers
Little Thumbelina Infants’ Academy is respecting children, based on (RIE) Magda Gerber’s Educaring® approach..
We allow children to move freely and naturally in order to help them develop gross and fine motor skills..
Even young children can often resolve conflict on their own. Our Care-givers Facilitators model how to observe while allowing children to interact naturally, and when and how to engage to ensure children learn to respect each other.
* Social and emotional growth
* Development of trust and security
* Sensory stimulation and environmental awareness
* Auditory stimulation
* Language development through sound and word imitation
* Music and singing
* Large muscle development
* Fine motor stimulation
* Discovery and experimentation
* Creative stimulation through design and music activities
* Providing a warm and secure environment
* Picture book reading.
Twos
* Social and emotional growth
* Independence, self-assertion and cooperation
* Development of cognitive skills
* Environmental awareness, tactile experiences and identification
* Development of language skills
* Following directions, rhyming and labeling
* Auditory stimulation through words and music
* Picture book reading and storytelling
* Large muscle development
* Fine motor stimulation
* Discovery and experimentation
* Creative stimulation through art and music activities
* Role playing
* Providing a warm and secure environment
* Music and singing appreciation
Preschoolers
Preschool Focus:
* Social and emotional growth
* Positive attitude, independence, cooperation, and peer interaction
* Development of cognitive skills
* Development of language skills
* Recognition of colors and shapes
* Exploration and identification
* Discovery and experimentation
* Observation and classification
* Encourage expressive communication in language and writing
* Labeling and classification
* Sorting and measurement
* Dramatic playing
* Promoting math skills
* Recognition of letters and written name
* Development of vocabulary
* Picture book reading and storytelling
* Large muscle development
* Fine motor stimulation
* Creative stimulation through art and music activities
* Description of events – sequencing
* Appreciation for art
* Providing a warm and secure environment
* Music and singing appreciation