Transition

Ages 2 to 3 years

Our two transition classrooms support children as they take their first steps toward preschool. With a focus on building social skills, encouraging independence, and introducing more structured activities, this stage also includes potty training and hands-on learning through age-appropriate centers and routines.

Curriculum and Development

The following standards are from the Connecticut Early Learning and Development Standards and used as a foundation for our curriculum.

Cognition

Cognitive Flexibility
Initiative/Motivation
Engagement in Learning
Logic and Reasoning
Symbolic Representation

Language and Literacy

Receptive Language
Expressive Language
Literacy
Print Concepts
Phonological Awareness
Drawing and Writing

Social and Emotional Development

Regulation
Emotional Expression
Sense of Self
Relationships with Adults
Relationships with Peers

Creative Arts and Social Studies

Appreciation and Engagement in the Arts
Social Studies

Physical Health and Development

Gross Motor
Fine Motor
Self-Help
Physical Health

Mathematics and Science

Counting and Cardinality
Number Operations
Measurement
Geometry
Scientific Practices

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Transition Schedule

7:00 am Beach Babies Opens

7:00 am - 8:00 am Drop Off/Free Play*

8:00 am - 9:00 am Centers/Structured Activities

9:00 am - 9:15 am Clean Up

9:15 am - 9:30 am Morning Snack

9:30 am - 10:00 am Morning Circle

10:15 am - 11:00 am Thematic Centers

11:00 am - 11:45 am Outside Time (Weather Permitting)

11:45 am - 12:15 pm Lunch

12:15 pm - 2:30 pm Nap/Quiet Time

2:45 pm - 3:00 pm Afternoon Snack

3:00 pm - 5:30 pm Afternoon Activities/Outside Time/Indoor Free Play

5:30 pm Beach Babies Closes

*Please do not let your child walk in with food in their hands because we have children with food allergies

**Each child gets a diaper change at least every 2 hours, they are constantly checked to see if they need a new diaper. Children who are potty training or potty trained are reminded to go to the potty throughout the day and at handwashing times.

A Week In Transition

Water Week

Cognitive

Saving or wasting water worksheet

Dramatic Play

Car wash

Gross Motor/Sensory

Clean the playground

Stem

Water instruments (how to use water to make different pitched sounds)

Fine Motor/Cognitive

Scoop and fill (make water levels equal)

Afternoon Snack Outside Today

Monday

Outdoor Centers

Drip race

Gross Motor/Sensory

Water balloon piñata

Frozen t-shirt race

Art/Langauge

How to save water (create our own books)

Science

All the ways we use water and how we can save water

Outside Lunch Today

Tuesday

Art/Sensory

Water painting

Gross Motor

Sponge races

Science/Fine Motor

Water absorption

Dramatic Play/Sensory

How to wash dishes

Language/Sensory

Bubble foam letters

Gross Motor/Sensory

Bubble dance party

Wednesday

Thursday

Math/Sensory

Water sensory buckets (count and match)

Gross Motor/Math

How far can you go without popping the water balloon

Language

Squirt water to trace the letters

Science

Walking on water

Art

Watercolors

Afternoon Snack Outside Today

Sensory/Fine Motor

Ice excavation

Literacy/Cognitive/Fine Motor

Letter writing with chalk and water

Gross Motor

Sprinkler limbo

Science/Sensory

Sponge absorption

Math

Water balloon pinata

Outside Lunch Today

Friday/Finish

Beaches and Boats

Stem

Sink or float challenge

Fine Motor/Sensory

Mini sand castles

Art

Create your own beach scene (color beach cutouts and paint a beach poster)

Math/Sensory

Shark tooth dig (count the teeth)

Science/Dramatic Play

Beach erosion

Dramatic Play

Beach day on the playground

Fine Motor/Cognitive/Art

Build and paint a boat

Cognitive

Match the boats

Math/Cognitive

I Spy (count how many sailboats and motorboats)

Stem

How does a sailboat move?

Language/Fine Motor

Write beach and boat words in the sand

Sensory/Science/Language

Ocean slime and write my letters

Circle/Science

Different parts of a sailboat

Math

Sort shells by the type and size

Stem/Sensory

Why does my boat float and boat building activity

Art

Sand painting

Literacy/Fine Motor

Practice writing beach words

Fine Motor/Art/Math

Color the beach balls by number

Stem

How many pennies does it take to sink a boat?

Language/Cognitive

Boats, reading comprehension

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Potty Training

We are so excited to assist you and your child with this important milestone! Potty training is a big step, and as a team, we are here to support your efforts at home and answer any questions you may have along the way. Our goal is to make this experience as positive, fun, and successful as possible for your child while they’re in our care.