Two Year Old Program

A developmentally appropriate curriculum is planned using the Diocese of Nashville Curriculum in conjunction with units and themes for two year old students that allow them adequate time daily to interact among themselves in small group settings in conjunction with Funshine Express Buttercups Curriculum.

As toddlers’ transition to preschool age, they learn more by doing, and they need many opportunities to explore, grow, and make meaningful choices. Our activities foster creativity and promote emotional, cognitive, social, language, and physical development. As children explore, teachers promote critical thinking by asking questions during discovery and strive to foster curiosity and experimentation during play-based learning opportunities.

Students gather together daily for stories, circle time and group activities. At the beginning of the school year, these gatherings are limited to a short period of time and are gradually lengthened by the teachers as the year progresses. This process develops the expansion of their attention span and prepares students to progress to the three-year-old program.

Religion is incorporated daily through colorful hands-on activities. We follow the Seeds curriculum by Pflaum Publishing which is a weekly faith formation program based on the Sunday Gospels, which is modified for this age group. Students receive a weekly pamphlet and learn by talking, cutting and folding, listening, and singing.

Sample Full Day Schedule