Toddler Program in Newark

Purposeful Toddler Care for Growing Independence, starting at 18 months

Safari Cub Toddler Care is designed for children starting at 18 months. We combine play-based learning with structured guidance to support emerging communication, movement, curiosity, relationships, and age-appropriate independence.

Toddlers need room to explore along with reassuring boundaries and responsive support. Our approach gives children opportunities to make choices, interact with peers, investigate materials, and practice developing skills within a nurturing early childhood education environment.

Whole Child Development for Newark Toddlers

Our toddler curriculum addresses five connected areas of development. Activities are selected with each child’s learning style and potential in mind, recognizing that growth doesn’t happen at the same pace for every toddler.

Our five developmental domains include:

• Cognitive Development: Experiences may include recognizing shapes, colors, and numbers, completing simple puzzles, and exploring cause and effect through hands-on play.
• Language and Literacy Development: Books, conversations, songs, and simple instructions can encourage toddlers to notice sounds, express wants and needs, and build early language skills.
• Physical Development: Movement and sensory exploration can engage balance, coordination, gross and fine motor skills, and the early use of tools and objects.
• Social and Emotional Development: Guided interactions can introduce turn-taking, cooperative play, emotional expression, and positive relationships with adults and peers.
• Health and Care Development: Age-appropriate experiences can encourage self-awareness, healthy choices, resilience, and emotional regulation.

How Guidance & Choice Work Together in Toddler Learning

We blend clear guidance with open-ended exploration. Toddlers can repeat activities, make choices, investigate materials, and practice new abilities while our educators provide responsive direction and consistent boundaries.

Our broader educational approach draws inspiration from Montessori, which encourages purposeful independence through hands-on activity, and Reggio Emilia, which views children as capable learners who explore through relationships and their surroundings. Curriculum experiences can include sensory activities, art, imaginative play, puzzles, games, books, music, movement, and hands-on materials rather than a guaranteed daily sequence.