"Toddlers are perhaps the most beautiful, little stubborn people in the world," says our pedagogical specialist Ardi van Wiechen. "They prefer to do everything themselves." And that makes them a special group to deal with. We encourage the discovery of one's own possibilities at our toddler care. In a playful way, we provide skills that your toddler will need as a 4-year old.
What is toddler care?
Many toddlers who do not yet attend a daycare center do go to toddler care at the age of 2/2.5 years. Toddler care is also popularly known as 'the toddler playgroup'. Preschool is intended as a preparation for primary school and helps children to make a good and pleasant start when they are 4 years old.
The toddler care is open for half a day, usually in the morning. Toddlers attend preschool about two mornings a week, but more is also possible. We love your toddler to come and have fun together!
Benefits of toddler care
Toddler care has a number of advantages. We are happy to list them for you:
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Toddler care is good for development
Toddlers are very eager to learn. We closely monitor everything your child is able to and does. We offer toys and activities to further develop skills and prepare them for school. We focus on language development, creativity, motor skills and social-emotional development. Think of drawing, crafting, building, singing, puzzles and playing outside. Often related to fun topics and themes.
"In addition, toddlers like to dress and undress themselves, eat themselves with a fork and spoon, get interested in the toilet or the potty, are able to formulate longer sentences, refine their motor skills and their imagination comes to life (which can be accompanied by fears). At toddler care, we help your child with all this," Ardi adds. -
Practice for primary school
What is it like to sit in a circle? And to listen to the teacher? At toddler care, children learn to work together, wait your turn, the rhythm of a group, get used to rules and agreements, spend time without mom or dad, ask questions, stand up for yourself and take others into account. These are all skills and experiences that come in very handy in primary school (article in Dutch). -
Toddlers make friends
At toddler care, your child often gets to know their first friends. Possibly all his future classmates! Young or old: friends make your life more fun and we want that for everyone. That's why friendship is very important to us. For example, we organize the ‘Friends Week’ every year to celebrate friendship. -
Other toys and activities than at home
Another advantage of toddler care is that we have very different toys than at home. Of course, that's always fun to discover and play with! In addition, our pedagogical staff are experts in organizing creative, original activities that you may not think of at home or do not have the materials for. -
Early Childhood Education (VE)
Every child deserves equal opportunities and the same good start before they go to school. Even if they need just that little bit extra. That is why we also have locations that offer preschool education (VE). We work with a special VE program at every VE location. This helps our pedagogical staff to stimulate children in a playful way in areas such as language (early literacy), arithmetic (beginning numeracy), motor skills and social emotional development.
Read all about pre-school education at our preschool here >>
Preschool checklist
Are you looking for a nice toddler care center for your child? And would you like to know exactly what to pay attention to during a tour? We have put together a handy toddler care checklist (in Dutch) to help you choose where you would like to bring your child with peace of mind.
Find a toddler care
Would you like more information about the possibilities? You are more than welcome to come by and take a look at one of our toddler care locations.