About the Classroom:

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The Kangaroo classroom is a festive, exciting place for our toddlers. The room is decorated with cute decorations, twinkling strands of lights, and seasonal items to promote visual stimulation. We try to have many options for classroom areas that incorporate both fine and gross motor development, quiet activities, noisy activities, and both open ended and fixed creativity and play. The gross motor area in the Kangaroo room includes two large pieces of climbing equipment, a block and small parts area, a reading and puzzle station, a math and science zone, items for dramatic play, and an art and music space. We have toddler size furniture such as tables, chairs, and sinks in order to encourage increased independence.

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"We encourage appropriate risk exploration and really love messy play as a way to enhance their learning and curiosity. We love fostering a safe and diverse environment for everyone!"

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Kangaroo teachers work to model and encourage independence throughout each day. We help children work towards putting on their own shoes and learning to clean up toys following play. When children are in the beginning stages of toilet awareness and toilet training we assist in this process. Kangaroos work hard on developing social emotional competence and learning to use simple words to express their needs and wants.

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Our classroom supplies a variety of blocks; including wooden blocks, bristle blocks, magnetic blocks/connectors, and Lego style blocks. We provide the children with a variety of books and insert puzzles. Some of the favorites currently include our train table with tracks and trains, our two toy kitchens with play food and dishes, and the multitude of musical instruments provided.