Under 2

Children under 2 exploring playdough

Playdough

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The children in Under 2 seem to light up when playdough is offered as one of our sensory and fine motor activities. Pulling, rolling, poking, and grasping a fist full of playdough all help to develop the child’s fine motor skills while developing their senses of sight, smell, and touch. We often add a variety of accessories such as cookie cutters, rolling pins, food colouring, extracts or sparkles for variety and an enhanced experience.

Please click “Playdough” for more details and the recipe for “the perfect playdough”!

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Child under 2 shoveling snow

Winter Fun!

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The wonderful winter weather provides a great opportunity for the children to get outside and enjoy the snow. During a beautiful snowfall, the children go for a ride or pull friends in a sled, shovel snow, fill buckets, and make snow angels. What fun!

Please click on “Winter Fun!” for more pictures and information.

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Child under 2 watering a plant

Watering Plants

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Taking care of the environment is an important element of the Under 2 curriculum. One way in which the children can do this is by caring for the various plants in their classroom. The child in the photo is  exemplifying great care for her classroom environment and the natural elements within it through watering the plant.

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Diwali Activities

Diwali Celebration!

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The children in the Under 2 classroom celebrated Diwali by dressing up in traditional clothing, painting fireworks, and helping to make “Doodh Peda”, which is an Indian sweet that is prepared during festive occasions. We also played with instruments along with Diwali songs and listened to the story “Diwali Lights”. What a wonderful celebration!

Please click “Diwali Celebration!” for more information.

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Children under 2 engaged in water play

Water Play

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Splish! Splash! Water play is always an exciting activity in the Under 2 community. Water is a soothing sensory activity wherein the children can feel the movement, density, and texture of the water all over their hands, sometimes even all over their bodies!

Please click “Water Play” for more details including observations and photos.

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Pop-Up Activities

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Pop-up activities gratify a young child’s curiosity to explore how things work while reinforcing their eye-hand coordination and understanding of spatial orientation and cause and effect.

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Child under 2 decorating a sun catcher

NWRCT Arts and Crafts Fundraiser

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The children in the Under 2 community created sun catchers by using their pincer grasp to place pressed flowers on a piece of acrylic glass. The artwork was part of our arts and crafts fundraiser for the Native Women’s Resource Centre of Toronto.

Please click “NWRCT Arts and Crafts Fundraiser” for more information and photos.

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Infinity Place art auction

Miigwech (Thank You)

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We were excited to host our summer family BBQ and fundraising event in support of The Native Women’s Resource Centre of Toronto. The teachers and children together created Indigenous inspired artwork on canvases and garden stepping stones for our silent auction. We also had a food truck come to provide the delicious food. Fire It Up BBQ catering did an amazing job and everyone had a great time!

Please click “Miigwech (Thank You)” for more photos.

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Child under 2 serving, pouring, and feeding herself

Self-Help and Independence

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In our Under 2 program, the children learn a variety of self-help skills during meals, such as serving themselves, eating independently with a spoon, drinking from an open cup, tucking in their chairs, cleaning up, washing their hands, and practicing grace and courtesy skills. What an achievement!

Please click on “Self-Help and Independence” to see more photos and information.

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Child under 2 working on a puzzle

Puzzles

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We offer puzzles to children on a daily basis. Activities involving fine motor development help children learn to rotate their wrists and use their fingers more constructively. Working with children help them learn to manipulate their hands in unique ways and even to use them simultaneously to complete a given task. Puzzles strengthen the muscles in the hands and wrists, promote cognitive development, and reinforce hand-eye coordination, which are skills they will use for the rest of their lives.

Please click “Puzzles” to read more about puzzle activities.

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