Toddler's room routine

Good Morning! Welcome to another day of learning and exploring with Advanced Early Learning. Upon arrival all parents are required to sign in at the beginning of the day. Please place your child’s belongings in their locker. When entering the classroom, please remember to knock on the door, and wait to be greeted by your child’s teachers. We encourage families to say goodbye at the door so as not to disturb the children’s work.

For the first three hours of the day, our toddlers participate in the Advanced Early Learning work cycle. During this time children freely choose to work with a Advanced Early Learning activity from one of the curriculum areas. Children may work with one material for the whole work cycle, or they may move freely from one activity to another. New children are guided through the activities and lessons by the Advanced Early Learning trained Educators.

Morning Tea is provided by Advanced Early Learning and is usually fruit, vegetable sticks, cheese and milk or another healthy snack. It is served during the Advanced Early Learning work cycle, allowing children to continue working on the materials if they choose to do so. Children may work individually or in small groups as long as they are productive.

Children conclude their Advanced Early Learning activities and pack away the materials. Packing away is an important part of learning to take care of the materials and their classroom environment. Children learn the order of the environment and take pride in returning objects to their rightful place.

After the Advanced Early Learning work cycle is outdoor play time! Our prepared outdoor environments are designed to invite interest and activity. This environment is set up daily with rotating activities to meet children’s developmental needs and interests. Outdoor play is a time for the toddlers to socialise with other age groups and exercise their gross motor skills.

Group time allows the class to develop a strong sense of community through shared learning and experiences. Group time activities for our toddlers typically include: show and tell, walking on the line, grace and courtesy, story time, interest based projects, music and movement, language activities, geography study, and art and craft.

Working hard is hungry work! Advanced Early Learning services provides 5 multi-cultural nutritious meals, so your child will never go hungry. In doing so your child is encouraged to learn about foods from different cultures, encourages food-based discussions, and fosters a greater understanding of healthy eating. All our meals are freshly made daily by our onsite qualified chef. 

After lunch is rest time for our toddlers. Each child has their own floor bed and goes to sleep listing to soft music. Children who do not need a day sleep participate in quiet activities such as story time, colouring, or working with the Advanced Early Learning materials.

Children begin to wake up and pack away their bedding. Educators ensure each child’s bedding is packed away in their own bag, ready for the next day. Once everyone has packed away, the children prepare for afternoon tea and outdoor play. Children’s bedding goes home at the end of each day.

Advanced Early Learning provides a nutritious afternoon tea that usually consists of fruit, rice crackers, vegetable sticks, or other healthy snacks. Afternoon tea may be held in the classroom, or as an outdoor picnic. Once children have finished eating they participate in outdoor activities such as gross motor games, dramatic play, and gardening activities.

Toddlers come back inside the classroom at around 4:30pm for a late snack and to begin winding down for the day. Children are again provided with the opportunity to continue working with the Advanced Early Learning materials. Otherwise, they participate in quiet group time activities or work on interest projects.