Two's Program

2 to 3 Years

A two year old program helps children grow in a supportive early learning environment

At Ivy Prep Early Learning Academy, our 2 year old program creates a safe, nurturing, and exciting environment where children can explore the world around them through play, discovery, and hands-on learning. At this age, every experience becomes an opportunity for growth, helping children develop communication, curiosity, and confidence while enjoying fun daily activities.

Our program is designed to support important developmental milestones such as potty training, drinking from regular cups, building independence, and improving social and communication skills. Through songs, games, creative activities, and interactive learning experiences, children are encouraged to learn in a positive and supportive atmosphere while parents and caregivers receive guidance throughout these important stages.

Using Creative Curriculum, we provide a variety of learning experiences that include visual, audio, and hands-on activities to match each child’s unique learning style. Our goal is to keep children engaged, inspired, and excited to learn while helping them build strong early learning habits that support future academic and personal growth.

Our teachers utilize resources designed specifically to support the unique demands of each day in a toddler program. Teachers and caregivers can provide children with the opportunity to develop secure attachments through developmentally appropriate resources that allow them to gain confidence as learners.

Every child is different, so it’s no surprise that they learn differently, too. Ivy Prep Early Learning Academy meets toddlers exactly at their level with The Creative Curriculum’s unique color coded progression that shows the typical development of milestones from 12 to 24 months of age.

Tracking Your Child’s Social Development

Developing social cues and recognizing words is a big part of learning for a two year old. Our rubric includes some expectations for social development. Some ways we determine if children are effectively developing socially is to measure:

Social Development

How a child responds to adults’ verbal greetings
That a child shows awareness of others’ feelings.
That a child is able to sustain play with caregiver/peers
If a child is able to repeat actions many times to cause the desired effect
That a child attempts to complete basic daily living tasks
How a child responds to requests for action
That the child can point to and can name at least two body parts when asked
That a child can signal needs with sounds or motions

How Your Child is Developing Learning Skills

While a program for a two year-old may differ much from an older child’s curriculum, it’s still important that the desire for learning is instilled at a young age. And, this is a big part of our two year old preschool program. So, we track how your child may react to learning and various methods which instill learning by measuring:

If a child shows interest in wanting to perform self-help skills
If a child directs attention towards objects by reaching, grasping, or staring at them
Whether a child focuses on reader or storyteller for brief periods of time
If a child displays recognition and excitement about game or toys from the previous day
How a child applies knowledge to new situations
If a child tracks people and objects by moving head as they move

The Development of Effective Communication

Two is the age when individuals start to recognize and memorize words and phrases. So, it’s important to track that your child is developing communication skills on track with others his/her own age. To track communication in our 2 year old preschool classrooms, we record:

If a child uses 8-10 understandable words in home language
That a child has a receptive vocabulary of over 50 words
If a child can combine words and gestures
That a child uses some pronouns
If a child can change volume and pitch to convey meaning
Whether a child points to words in a book or not
How a child shows preference for certain books
If a child shows pleasure when read to
If a child makes marks on paper with crayons/markers
How a child experiments with grasp when using a variety of writing tools

Measuring Your Child’s Physical Health

We want to make sure that all children are physically developing the way they are expected. So, to determine that your child is developing physically like those around him/her, we measure if:

A child stoops or squats to explore things on the ground
The child consistently reaches for toys, objects, and bottles with both hands
A child can turn pages of large book
The child coordinates eye and hand movements
A child initiates active play
If a child attempts new gross and fine motor activities
The child assists with hand washing

Measuring Your Child’s Mental Development

To make sure children are cognitively developing the way they need, our instructors track:

Whether a child begins to demonstrate to repeat actions many times to cause the desired effect
If a child can imitate behavior seen in another place and time
If a child uses objects as intended
Whether a child understands how familiar objects are used in combination with one another
If a child can imitate rote counting using some names of numbers
How a child explores measuring tools
If a child recognizes the beginning and end of an activity

Enroll Your Child into Early Learning Opportunities

Families choose Ivy Prep Early Learning Academy because we offer more than child care, we offer a partnership in your child's education. From our safe, modern classrooms to our creative curriculum and compassionate teachers, everything we do supports a love of learning that lasts a lifetime. If you're looking for an early learning center in Staten Island, Bayside, or the Bronx, come see why Ivy Prep Early Learning Academy is one of NYC's most trusted names in early education.

Two's Program

2 to 3 Years

A two year old program helps children grow in a supportive early learning environment

Tracking Your Child’s Social Development

Enroll Your Child into Early Learning Opportunities

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