Moonbeams (19 months to 2 years) | The Stars Daycare, Lethbridge

19 months to 2 years

Encouraging curiosity, emerging independence, language and confidence through purposeful play.

Illustration: a toddler in an apricot sweater using light-blue tongs to lift a pom-pom from a patterned bowl on a pink tray

What your child works on

Through carefully planned activities, children explore and develop cognitive, language, problem-solving, and social skills.

Curiosity
Emerging independence
Language
Confidence

A bin of pink and blue kinetic sand with a small shovel and dolphin moulds on a wooden sensory table

A typical day

Morning
- 6:30 a.m.Arrival and settling in
- 6:30 to 7:30 a.m.Morning snack
- Story time, then off to the classroom
- 9:30 a.m.Breakfast
Mid-morning
- 9:30 to 10 a.m.Circle time: group learning, values and connection
- Montessori work cycle
- 10 to 11:30 a.m.Outdoor and playground time, one group at a time
Midday
- 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.Lunch
- 12:30 to 2 p.m.Nap or quiet rest time
Afternoon
- Afternoon snack
- Story time and the Montessori work cycle
- Activities
- 4 to 6 p.m.Pickup and goodbyes

Diaper and washroom routines run through the whole day, and times shift a little from room to room. “Routine helps us feel safe, confident, and ready to learn every day!”