{"id":149,"date":"2026-02-16T17:17:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T17:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/ecdc\/?page_id=149"},"modified":"2026-02-16T17:17:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T17:17:01","slug":"toddlers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/ecdc\/toddlers\/","title":{"rendered":"Toddlers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-umflint-templates umflint-template-default_no_jumbotron\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);min-height:50px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-371\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www-s3.umflint.edu\/wp\/blogs.dir\/61\/files\/2025\/03\/Blue.UCEN_.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\"\/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#FFF\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-container container mb-2\">\n\t\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-61f730f9e9399827d024d528bddf3695\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);font-size:clamp(31.152px, 1.947rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.863), 55px);font-style:normal;font-weight:600;text-transform:uppercase\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-secondary-color\">Toddlers<\/mark><\/h1>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-container container mb-2\">\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-row row\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-3\">\n\t\t\t\n<button class=\"btn btn-section w-100 px-0 wp-menu-block-toggle mobile-nav-toggle d-none\" data-target=\"wp-menu-block-side-menu\">\n          <span class=\"h-100 mr-3 mt-1 d-block mobile-nav-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"mb-1 transition bg-dark d-block mobile-nav-icon-line\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"mb-1 transition bg-dark d-block mobile-nav-icon-line\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"mb-1 transition bg-dark d-block mobile-nav-icon-line\"><\/span>\n\t\t  <\/span>\n          Early Childhood Development Center<\/button><nav id=\"wp-menu-block-side-menu\" class=\"wp-menu-block sidebar-nav wp-block-umflint-menu-block\"><div class=\"nav-sidebar-title-container\">\n                <div class=\"nav-sidebar-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/ecdc\">Early Childhood Development Center<\/a><\/div>\n                <a class=\"nav-sidebar-title-close\" href=\"#\" data-target=\"side-menu\" aria-label=\"Close\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                    <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"100%\" height=\"50\" fill=\"currentColor\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\">\n                        <title>close<\/title><path d=\"M19,6.41L17.59,5L12,10.59L6.41,5L5,6.41L10.59,12L5,17.59L6.41,19L12,13.41L17.59,19L19,17.59L13.41,12L19,6.41Z\" \/>\n                    <\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n            <\/div><ul id=\"menu-side-menu\" class=\"menu nav nav-sidebar flex-column\"><li itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/www.schema.org\/SiteNavigationElement\" id=\"menu-item-10\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-10 nav-item\"><a title=\"Current &amp; 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It is open to ideas from the children and is set up to promote learning through play and exploration. There are NO strict time frames.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"margin-bottom:40px;font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.313), 18px);font-style:italic;font-weight:700\">Diapers are checked every 2 hours and changed as needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.156), 16px);line-height:2.4\"><strong>7:00-8:00<\/strong> Before care<br><strong>8:00-8:30<\/strong> Arrivals\/handwashing\/breakfast<br><strong>8:30-9:00<\/strong> Diaper checks\/potty attempts<br><strong>9:05-9:15<\/strong> Morning meeting<br><strong>9:15-10:00<\/strong> Open exploration<br><strong>10:00-10:20<\/strong> Morning snack\/handwashing<br><strong>10:20-10:45<\/strong> Diaper checks\/potty attempts<br><strong>10:20-10:45<\/strong> Music and movement\/large motor activities<br><strong>10:45-10:55<\/strong> Prepare for outside<br><strong>10:55-11:35<\/strong> Outdoor exploration<br><strong>11:35-11:45<\/strong> Handwashing\/diaper checks\/potty attempts<br><strong>11:45-12:30<\/strong> Handwashing\/lunch\/diaper checks\/potty attempts<br><strong>12:30-2:45<\/strong> Rest time<br><strong>2:45-3:00<\/strong> Diaper checks\/potty attempts\/table top ideas<br><strong>3:00-3:20<\/strong> Afternoon snack\/handwashing<br><strong>3:20-4:00<\/strong> Open exploration\/outdoor exploration<br><strong>4:00-4:30<\/strong> Diaper checks\/potty attempts\/open exploration<br><strong>4:30-5:30<\/strong> Aftercare<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/ecdc\/toddlers\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-149","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/ecdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/ecdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/ecdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/ecdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/ecdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/ecdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":150,"href":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/ecdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/149\/revisions\/150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/ecdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}