Young Toddlers
Young Toddlers
The Young Toddler program serves children aged 16 months through age 24 months. Aleph Preschool uses the teacher to child ratio of 1:5. Enrollment is taken throughout the year based on availability.
(Enrollment is taken throughout the year based on availability)Aleph Preschool Hours
| Hours | |
| 8:30am-5:00pm | Full Time M-Thur |
| 8:30am-4:00pm | Full Time Friday |
Sample Daily Schedule
| Hours | Activity |
| 8:30am-9:00am | Carpool Drop Off |
| 9:30am-10:00am | Free Play |
| 10:00am-10:15am | Snack |
| 10:15am-10:45am | Large Motor Activities (Gym or Playground) |
| 10:45am-11:15am | Daily Activity |
| 11:15am-11:30am | Stories & Music |
| 11:30am-12:00pm | Lunch |
| 12:00pm-12:45pm | Free Play followed by a transition to carpool or nap room |
| 12:45pm-3:00pm | Nap |
| 3:00pm – 3:15pm | Snack |
| 3:15pm – 3:45pm | Daily Activity |
| 3:45pm – 4:30pm | Large Motor Activities (Gym or Playground) |
| 4:30pm – 5:00pm | Transition to Carpool |
*Fridays only → 3:30pm – 4:00pm Transition to carpool
We offer early morning care, “The Breakfast Club,” from 7:30-8:30am for no additional charge for Full Time families. The Breakfast Club is offered for part time schedules at an additional fee.
Young Toddler Goals
- Learn about self and build self-esteem
- Develop skills to build focus and stamina in the classroom
- Foster creativity through art, music, dramatic play, and role playing
- Develop gross motor skills through active indoor and outdoor play and dancing.
- Develop fine motor skills through various “busy-box” manipulatives, finger play, art, and rhythmic movement
- Explore numbers, shapes, colors, texture, etc., through songs, stories, counting, sorting, sequencing, and art
- Increase vocabulary (Hebrew and English) through books, flannel board & magnet board stories and games, rhymes, songs and instructional circle time activities
- Learn and live Judaism through blessings, the weekly celebrations of Havdalah and Shabbat, the observance of Jewish holidays, and a fostering of love for Torah and God.