About Toddler Steps
To meet children's developmental needs, the course provides ample opportunities for children to practise body control and other gross motor skills, such as crawling and walking whilst playing with a variety of carefully selected everyday materials in a safe and relaxing environment with their caregivers. More specialized activities help develop your children’s fine motor skills, as well as the enhancing their cognitive, social and emotional development.
In this programme, we will explore the following:
Fine Motor Skills
- To release objects voluntarily.
- To practise hand-eye coordination.
- To promote finger dexterity through tearing, peeling, sticking and scooping.
- To learn how to transfer objects from one location to another.
- To practise stacking and knocking down objects.
- To practise hanging and hooking.
- To explore different textures through poking, squeezing, pinching and stretching objects.
- *The learning objectives will vary depending on the lessons.
Cognitive Development
- To practise sorting objects by shapes, sizes and colours.
- To learn about the concept of object permanence.
- To participate in pretend play.
- To recognise common objects.
- To explore basic concepts.
- To explore functions of different objects.
- *The learning objectives will vary depending on the lessons.
Social and Emotional Development
- To learn to play with others in an interactive way.
- To encourage children to imitate behaviours and activities of others.
- To foster a sense of community among children.
- To develop children’s independence.
- To learn how to express emotions through verbal or non-verbal means.
- To help children build up their self-esteem and a positive self-image.
- *The learning objectives will vary depending on the lessons.
