Tweeners

12-18 months:

This program is offered at Heritage CDC only. Tweeners are older infants who have learned (or almost learned!) to walk and are generally more active than infants. They are eating table food, have learned to use a sippy cup, and are transitioning to one nap per day. In this room, teachers pay greater attention to gross motor skill development, and introduce more socialization skills.

The teacher-to-child ratio is this classroom is 1 to 4.

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Tweener Goals:

1. Gross motor - climbs steps, squats and stands, kicks and throws a ball
2. Fine motor - follows finger plays
3. Completes knob puzzles
4. Hammer grip on crayon
5. Cognitive - follows 2 part directions, points to major body parts, says color names
6. Language - uses words to express desires, using two word sentences
7. Social/emotional - social with peers, babbles to self and others
8. Routine/ Self Help - Holds spoon, feeds self, sits on toilet
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