{"id":781,"date":"2023-01-20T14:25:54","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T14:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/littlepeepalmontessori.com\/?page_id=781"},"modified":"2023-03-16T08:11:47","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T08:11:47","slug":"faq_toddler_community_lpm","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/littlepeepalmontessori.com\/?page_id=781","title":{"rendered":"FAQ &#8211; Toddler Community 14months \u2013 2.5 years at LPM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-2e775afd\"><h4 class=\"uagb-heading-text\">FAQ &#8211; Toddler Community (14months \u2013 2.5 years) at LPM<\/h4><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kt-accordion-id_fef209-8f .kt-accordion-inner-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:10px;}.kt-accordion-id_fef209-8f .kt-accordion-panel-inner{border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;background:#ffffff;padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-right:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 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.kt-blocks-accordion-icon-trigger{background:#ffffff;}.kt-accordion-id_fef209-8f:not( .kt-accodion-icon-style-basic ):not( .kt-accodion-icon-style-xclose ):not( .kt-accodion-icon-style-arrow ) .kt-blocks-accordion-header.kt-accordion-panel-active .kt-blocks-accordion-icon-trigger:after, .kt-accordion-id_fef209-8f:not( .kt-accodion-icon-style-basic ):not( .kt-accodion-icon-style-xclose ):not( .kt-accodion-icon-style-arrow ) .kt-blocks-accordion-header.kt-accordion-panel-active .kt-blocks-accordion-icon-trigger:before{background:var(--ast-global-color-1);}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kt-accordion-id_fef209-8f .kt-accordion-inner-wrap{display:block;}.kt-accordion-id_fef209-8f .kt-accordion-inner-wrap .kt-accordion-pane:not(:first-child){margin-top:10px;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-accordion alignnone\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-wrap kt-accordion-wrap kt-accordion-id_fef209-8f kt-accordion-has-7-panes kt-active-pane-0 kt-accordion-block kt-pane-header-alignment-left kt-accodion-icon-style-basic kt-accodion-icon-side-left\" style=\"max-width:none\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-inner-wrap\" data-allow-multiple-open=\"false\" data-start-open=\"none\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-pane kt-accordion-pane kt-accordion-pane-1 kt-pane_dbd56f-43\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-header-wrap\"><button class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-header kt-acccordion-button-label-show\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title-wrap\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title\">Is Montessori education necessary for toddlers? Why should children begin schooling at such a young age?<\/span><\/span><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-icon-trigger\"><\/span><\/button><\/div><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel kt-accordion-panel-hidden\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel-inner\">\n<p>With the Montessori method, it\u2019s never too soon to start learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The toddler community in Montessori is not the same as sending your young one to a regular school.<br>It works rather like a small community of children along with trained adults who can help the them<br>become a part of the community by taking care of themselves and the things around them. The<br>classroom design fosters your young child\u2019s emerging independence and desire for exploration. The<br>environments are designed to promote your child\u2019s growth in all areas of development, while<br>keeping traditional values and respecting the individuality of each child\u2019s family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Montessori education at this very young age helps the child internally prepare for what will come<br>when they hit the kindergarten years. Instead of moving into a structured learning environment for<br>the first time at age 4 in a mainstream school, children who have been involved in active learning in<br>a Montessori environment since they were toddlers transition easily and seamlessly into formal<br>educational settings. And beyond that, these formative years lay the foundation of the personality<br>for the adult that the child will become. Read: What is taught in the Toddler Montessori Community?<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-pane kt-accordion-pane kt-accordion-pane-2 kt-pane_f9e546-cc\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-header-wrap\"><button class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-header kt-acccordion-button-label-show\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title-wrap\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title\">How is a Montessori toddler community different from a daycare or creche?<\/span><\/span><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-icon-trigger\"><\/span><\/button><\/div><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel kt-accordion-panel-hidden\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel-inner\">\n<p>Montessori Toddler program offers so much more than childcare. While daycare programs care for<br>the children, keep them safe, and given them the opportunities to play and socialize, a Montessori<br>Toddler program does all that as well as addresses the vast potential of the children to absorb and<br>learn from their environment even at this age. The children are given various avenues to exercise<br>their physical, mental, and emotional skills and judgment, thus making them independent and<br>curious learners. Montessorians have known for decades that nurturing a child\u2019s development to its<br>fullest potential can make all the difference when it comes to acquiring fundamental skills, abilities<br>of problem-solving in everyday life, confidence, and independence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Additionally, the Montessori Toddler community at Little Peepal provides the support and guidance<br>for families to support the development of their young child at school and at home too, through<br>workshops and one-on-one meetings.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-pane kt-accordion-pane kt-accordion-pane-3 kt-pane_0a490b-15\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-header-wrap\"><button class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-header kt-acccordion-button-label-show\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title-wrap\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title\">What does Montessori offer the Toddler?<\/span><\/span><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-icon-trigger\"><\/span><\/button><\/div><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel kt-accordion-panel-hidden\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel-inner\">\n<p>What makes the Montessori method so effective for toddlers is that it is designed in recognition of<br>the sensitive periods every child goes through as part of their natural development. The sensitive<br>periods are crucial periods of intense inner pull in the early years from birth during which children<br>are focused on a particular skill such as speech, motor development, order, etc. When these periods<br>of intense focus, which are a necessity for children to develop themselves, are recognized and<br>facilitated such as in the prepared Toddler Montessori environment, the skill is learnt with more<br>ease and the child is satisfied and confident of himself in his surroundings. It must be noted that<br>these periods are not present ever again in life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>In addition to the importance given to the sensitive periods, the toddler years are also defined by<br>independence. Toddlers love to explore, try new things, and imitate the activities they see around them. Often, they get very frustrated when they are not allowed to do things for themselves. This is also the age where \u201cno\u201d becomes a big part of many children\u2019s vocabularies. Therefore, we must recognize the extent of their ability to be independent when things get challenging, and prepare the<br>environment to facilitate what they can do and help them only to the extent necessary. This is an<br>important step to developing self-confidence, self-direction, and discovering their own personal preferences and passions.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-pane kt-accordion-pane kt-accordion-pane-4 kt-pane_8e473e-4f\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-header-wrap\"><button class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-header kt-acccordion-button-label-show\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title-wrap\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title\">Do the children need to attend for the full 3 hours?<\/span><\/span><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-icon-trigger\"><\/span><\/button><\/div><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel kt-accordion-panel-hidden\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel-inner\">\n<p>Yes. We are very particular about timings in our school. The child requires the full 3 hours for them<br>to explore the different areas of interest each day. However, we will ease the child into a full 3 hour<br>day gradually in the beginning.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-pane kt-accordion-pane kt-accordion-pane-5 kt-pane_4fd962-15\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-header-wrap\"><button class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-header kt-acccordion-button-label-show\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title-wrap\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title\">My child wakes up very late. Can we bring our child to the Toddler community after she wakes up?<\/span><\/span><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-icon-trigger\"><\/span><\/button><\/div><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel kt-accordion-panel-hidden\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel-inner\">\n<p>At Little Peepal Montessori we are very particular about keeping time as it sets a routine for the<br>children to come to school. Also, children entering the environment late will cause distractions for<br>the children who are already inside. Therefore, timings for the Toddler community are the same for<br>all without exception.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>We will brief parents (before the child joins the community) about what can be done at home to<br>help the child get up in time and get ready comfortably and unhurriedly in the morning. It works very<br>well for everyone.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-pane kt-accordion-pane kt-accordion-pane-6 kt-pane_c484f1-0e\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-header-wrap\"><button class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-header kt-acccordion-button-label-show\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title-wrap\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title\">My child does not eat on his own. Will he be fed his snacks?<\/span><\/span><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-icon-trigger\"><\/span><\/button><\/div><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel kt-accordion-panel-hidden\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel-inner\">\n<p>Montessori fosters independence in all aspects of development right from the beginning, and this<br>includes eating. From the moment the baby is able to sit up independently, we need to give them<br>opportunities to pick up and hold food (finger foods) in their hands and eat them by themselves. And<br>definitely when they are able to stand and walk independently without support, and their hands are<br>free to work, we must give them opportunities to sit at the table by themselves, serve for<br>themselves, eat by themselves and put away their used plates and glasses by themselves. This<br>develops their observation, sense of responsibility (for themselves and others) and gives them the<br>ability to sense the food visually, and through touch, smell and taste. What is most important is that<br>this is something they WANT to do (just like their older siblings and adults around them). It also<br>helps develop the motor skills to be able to do more things for self.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>In the Toddler community, the toddlers are involved in daily food preparation activities \u2013 some<br>alongside the adult and some by themselves. And just like adults, children too nibble on the food in<br>the process of preparing. They take turns each day in setting the table, bringing the prepared food to<br>the table, and after eating they also help clean up. So, the children are very interested in the whole<br>process and want to be a part of it and eat. However, while the children are learning independence<br>in thought and action in all areas of the classroom, they also have the freedom to choose what they<br>do or don\u2019t want to eat. The child may be encouraged to eat\/try some food but will never be forced<br>to eat or fed by an adult.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-pane kt-accordion-pane kt-accordion-pane-7 kt-pane_1daa5d-a3\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-header-wrap\"><button class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-header kt-acccordion-button-label-show\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title-wrap\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title\">My child wants to run about and climb a lot. What physical activity will my child get at the Toddler community at LPM?<\/span><\/span><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-icon-trigger\"><\/span><\/button><\/div><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel kt-accordion-panel-hidden\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel-inner\">\n<p>The classroom is scientifically designed to cater to every type of child. Attractive activities that call to<br>the child\u2019s individual needs of development are placed at an accessible level to the child. 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