Supporting Your Toddler’s Journey To Big Steps
Toddlers That Play, Learn, Shine & Grow - From 18 months - 2.5 Years
Key Details About Our Toddler Room
Ages: 18 months - 2.5 years
Ratios: 1:4 (exceeding requirements)
Toilet training: Supported when ready
Language focus: 50 to 1,000 words growth
What you provide: Nappies/pants, spare clothes, comfort items
Understanding Your Toddlers World
Emerging Independence
Toddler's can feel like a constant battle against defiance. "NO!" "Mine!" "Me do it!" These aren't acts of defiance - they're acts of independence emerging. Your toddler desperately wants autonomy, but still needs you desperately. It's exhausting and beautiful.
Enabling Guided Decision Making
At Snowflakes, we've designed everything for this contradiction. Low shelves so they can choose independently, child-sized furniture so they can do it themselves.
Some might dread the toddler years; we see them as magical, when personality starts revealing itself, language multiplies daily, and "NO!" becomes the gateway to expression.
Every phase, every challenge and every breakthrough bring them closer to exactly who they should be, and we know exactly how to nurture that spirit while keeping everyone sane.
What Makes Your Toddlers' Development Journey Special
Tools for Independence
Everything is toddler-accessible in our rooms. Coat pegs at their height, steps to reach sinks, child-sized cleaning tools and accessible toy shelves. When your toddler says "me do it!" they actually can.
Guided Choices For Confidence
"Would you like to paint or play with playdough?". We stay diligent in offering toddlers choices with safe boundaries. Allowing them the building blocks towards independent choice as they grow older. "What do you want to do?" overwhelms. We provide structured choices that build decision-making skills without anxiety.
Respecting Individual Development
Your 20-month-old isn't "behind" if not talking much yet. Your two-year-old isn't "naughty" for not sharing. We understand typical development across all areas of their development and support each child's individual journey without comparison or pressure.
How We Support Big Development
Language Developement
Between 18 months and 2.5 years, vocabulary typically grows from 50 to nearly 1,000 words. We maximise this critical period through:
Constant narration - "You're pouring water into the big jug. It's getting full!"
Expanding utterances - "Big dog!" Us: "Yes, you saw a big brown dog running!"
Rich vocabulary - We use real words: "frustrated" not "upset," "enormous" not just "big"
Songs and rhymes - Building phonemic awareness through rhythm
Books everywhere - Stories at every transition, not just story time
Managing Big Emotions
Tantrums peak during toddlerhood. We see them as communication, not misbehaviour.
Our Strategies:
Acknowledge feelings: "You wanted the red cup. You're disappointed."
Offer choices: "Would you like the blue or green cup?"
Provide calm spaces: Quiet corners for overwhelming moments
Teach coping: Deep breaths, counting, squeezing stress balls
Stay consistent: Same responses from all team members
Partnering on Potty Training
We watch for readiness signs: staying dry longer, announcing wet nappies, showing interest in the toilet, hiding for bowel movements. When you're ready to start, we create a consistent approach between home and nursery.
Our approach
Regular toilet visits (every hour initially)
Celebration without pressure
Accident handling matter-of-factly
Pull-ups or pants - your choice
Reward charts if helpful
Success typically comes within 2-4 weeks when children are truly ready. We never force or shame. "Accidents are just practice," we tell children.
Building Sharing Foundations
Toddlers aren't developmentally ready for true sharing, but we build foundations:
Parallel play support - Playing alongside, not with, is normal
Turn-taking games - "Your turn, my turn" with simple activities
Multiple resources - Several trucks prevent conflicts
Emotion naming - "You're frustrated because Jamie has the dinosaur"
Problem-solving modelling - "Can we find another truck?"
Some Words From Our Toddler's Parents ❤️
Our daughter has been attending this nursery for almost two years, and she absolutely loves it. She looks forward to spending time with her friends and the wonderful team of staff and teachers. We've seen such amazing progress in her development, and it's clear she's both happy and thriving.
The facilities are excellent, and what we appreciate most is how she's always encouraged to be herself in such a nurturing and supportive environment.
Review From A. Virdee
Snowflakes Parent July 2025
My son has been attending Snowflakes Nursery for the past year, and I can’t express enough how grateful we are for the care and support he has received. The growth we’ve seen in him both socially and developmentally has been amazing and he is well prepared to start school this September.
The staff are truly exceptional, warm, loving, and genuinely treat the children as if they were their own. There’s a real sense of family in the nursery, which has made it such a nurturing environment for my child.
Review From Selly B
Snowflakes Parent 2025
Our daughter has been attending this nursery for almost two years, and she absolutely loves it. She looks forward to spending time with her friends and the wonderful team of staff and teachers. We've seen such amazing progress in her development, and it's clear she's both happy and thriving.
The facilities are excellent, and what we appreciate most is how she's always encouraged to be herself in such a nurturing and supportive environment.
Review From A. Virdee
Snowflakes Parent July 2025
My son has been attending Snowflakes Nursery for the past year, and I can’t express enough how grateful we are for the care and support he has received. The growth we’ve seen in him both socially and developmentally has been amazing and he is well prepared to start school this September.
The staff are truly exceptional, warm, loving, and genuinely treat the children as if they were their own. There’s a real sense of family in the nursery, which has made it such a nurturing environment for my child.
Review From Selly B
Snowflakes Parent 2025
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