Time for Two’s is a social program that prepares children for preschool, and strives to foster children’s skill level in all areas of development including, social, emotional, cognitive, creative, and physical development. Time for Twos is a play-based, emergent curriculum influenced program. Educators carefully plan and implement the daily activities with the children to enhance each child’s learning experience.
A typical day in Time for Twos includes the following:
- Free play and open learning opportunities
- Group time (e.g. story time, sing songs, felt stories, music and movement activities)
- Snack time
- Outdoor play (NOTE: Classes go out rain or shine)
Preparing Your Child for Time for Two’s
- Tell your child what will happen at Time for Twos
- Read stories to your child about going to a group time like Time for Twos.
- Practice opening and closing your child’s snack bag and snack containers with your child.
- Establish "getting ready" routines, such as letting your child help you pack bag or pick out clothing to wear.
- Give the teacher information to help make your child feel comfortable.
IMPORTANT NOTICE:
- On Wednesday, May 20, 2020, the City of Richmond released a carefully planned and phased approach to restoring many of the amenities and services that were closed in our community, referred to as the Restoring Richmond Plan. More details regarding the plan can be accessed at the following link: https://www.richmond.ca/safety/COVID-19.htm
- The resumption of Time for Twos is part of Step Four of the plan; we will forward more information as soon as it becomes available.
- Because we are taking a cautious and well-planned approach to introducing each step, we have no specific timeline identified for Step Three or Four as yet. We are carefully monitoring to see how well people adhere to the user requirements and public health guidelines, as well as making sure it does not increase the level of COVID-19 cases in our community. If successful, we will move to subsequent steps.