Play Group

Todd care is a development stimulation program for toddlers.

Toddlers are children who toddle and are learning to walk. The age group of toddlers is usually 2-3 years.

Todd Care Program aims to stimulate holistic development of toddlers with censorial activities using age appropriate toys in a child-friendly stimulating environment.

Todd Care aims :

1. To foster holistic development through stimulating and age appropriate activities (Play group activities).
2. To enhance child exploration using age appropriate toys in a child-friendly and safe environment.
3. To involve parents in the growth and development process through regular interactions.
4. To enrich parental information about best practices in child developmental process.
5. To involve parents and guide them in continuing developmental stimulation at home.

Todd Care is a 5 days a week program for 2 hours 30 minutes.

Todd Care facilitators manage about 8-10 toddlers in a session per head along with an attendant to help them with toilet, cleaning and snack providing schedules. Parents are also a part of this interaction as they get practical interaction with their toddlers.

This program is focused on educating and enriching parents about rearing their child with developmentally appropriate practices and stimulating their development in the early years at home with scientific guidance.

1. Parents will be given daily duties to participate and learn to care for their toddlers.
2. Parents will be provided regular workshops and educational seminars to equip them with information about healthy parenting practices adapted worldwide.
3. Parents will be involved in day to day routine activities of the Todd Care program.

Trained facilitators will conduct the Todd Care sessions daily (5 days a week) at all our ‘Shiksha International Play School’ Preschools.

Todd Care is a togetherness program for toddlers and parents. Both are involved and the facilitator will enhance their interaction with stimulating activities and tips. Some highlights of the program are as below :

1. A stimulating environment with charts, pictures and colorful displays.
2. Age appropriate toys and learning aids to foster sensorial development.
3. Comfortable, safe, clean and spacious indoor and outdoor facilities for toddlers and parents.
4. Sensorial activities to stimulate 5 senses of toddlers with stories, songs, musical instruments, toys and picture books to touch feel and explore.

We have a snack time table which suggests food groups that can be used to prepare recipes for toddlers. We recommend that toddlers relish the nutritious (as per food groups of snack table) recipes prepared by their mummies, grannies and aunties in the family. However, for working mothers some of our ‘Shiksha International Play School’ centers provide snacks from schools as per our snack table.
You will need to contact your nearest ‘Shiksha International Play School’ center to know about this facility.

Technology has seeped into our lives and it is almost impossible to keep our toddlers away from the digital world. We have tried to make this interaction meaningful and conservatively introduced them to digital content like rhyme/ song videos and age appropriate short films as part of audio-visual sessions. These sessions may be no longer than 10 -15 minutes in a span of 2 days.

Books with age appropriate content are very important for every age. For Todd Care, the idea is stimulating their senses of sight and hearing with books that lead to cognitive and language development. We provide a set of picture books for the Todd Care program to enhance parent-child interaction. These picture books are designed with big pictures and realistic images to help a parent talk to the child using it to foster development in their own loving and cozy arms.
Stationery like thick brushes, thick crayons and lots of paper to crush and crumple, paint and scribble are provided to stimulate their tactile senses and enhance their exploration. Stationery is however provided once the toddlers are settled and they themselves pick up such objects during our free play sessions.

Toys are attractive and interactive. Carefully selected toys age appropriate toys are provided along with outdoor equipments like non-pedal bikes and cars to foster their big and small muscle development.

Todd Care is a program to stimulate development. There will be an assessment of growth and development in terms of height and weight only. The progress of developments in toddler skills will be seen by the parents who are involved personally and also by their families, the same will be verbally communicated by the facilitators of the program as well. NO ASSESSMENT of activities. Assessment brings in pressure of delivery and raises expectations from the parents. The aim of the program is to provide lots of activities to foster holistic development and involve parents in the up-bringing of their toddlers.

Some of our ‘Shiksha International Play School’ do provide transportation facilities which are subject to separate fees.