Baby Buds – Ages 1-2
Children in our Baby Buds Program are growing quickly in all areas of their lives. It is in this program that children will take their first steps, speak their first words, and begin to explore their boundless curiosities. Our program encourages children to use their minds, bodies, and senses in a hands-on and experiential approach that helps them to begin to understand the world around them and pushes them to be boundlessly curious. Each day in our Baby Buds program is ripe with exciting experiences and challenges carefully crafted to develop social, physical, and cognitive skills. The Baby Buds Program focuses on:
Baby Buds プログラムの子ども達は新芽の様に生活の様々な面で急速に成長をしていきます。初めての一歩を踏み出し、最初の言葉を発し、好奇心に従って際限なく世界を冒険し始めます。このプログラムでは、頭や体、手足や感覚を使った経験型アプローチで好奇心を広げながら、身の回りの世界を少しずつ理解する手助けをしていきます。毎日が、社会性、身体能力、そして認知能力の発達のために綿密に作られた心躍る経験と課題に満ちています。Baby Buds プログラムでは以下の点にフォーカスを当てています：
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Language & Literacy Development
言語と読解力の発達
- Utilize one and two word phrases to express wants and needs, to ask questions, and to identify people and objects
1語、2語文を使って、欲求、要求を伝える。質問をしたり人や物の認識ができる - Explore early writing skills by line and patter tracing, as well as coloring and scribbling
線や模様のなぞり書き、色塗り、落書きなどを通して書く基礎能力を養う - Demonstrate early reading behaviors by turning pages of books and babbling or verbalizing at pictures
ページをめくったり、写真や絵を見ながら言葉を発したり、言語化していくことで本を読む時の姿勢を学ぶ - Build vocabulary for a variety of objects
様々なものの名前（単語）を構築していく
- Utilize one and two word phrases to express wants and needs, to ask questions, and to identify people and objects
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Physical Development & Coordination
身体能力の発達と整合
- Develop increased dexterity in their hands required to manipulate objects
手や指先を器用に使って物を操ったり動かす能力を高める - Begin both walking and running
歩く、走る - Engage in activities that involve kicking, throwing, rolling, and tumbling
キック、投げる、転がる、タンブリング（マット運動など）を伴うアクティビティに挑戦する - Demonstrate some interest in using the toilet, and other self-help skills
トイレの使い方など自立への興味を促していく
- Develop increased dexterity in their hands required to manipulate objects
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Nature Studies
自然学習、ふれあい
- Play and explore outdoors
外遊び、散策 - Water plants and tend a class garden
植物への水やり、庭の手入れ - Help to prepare basic ingredients for culinary activities
クッキングレッスンで材料の準備などを手伝う
- Play and explore outdoors
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Imagination & Creativity
想像力と創造性
- Create works of art using a variety of materials such as crayons, clay, paint, etc…
クレヨン、粘土、絵の具など様々な素材を使用して想像力豊かなアートに取り組む - Utilize simple props during role-plays
ロールプレイで簡単な小道具を使用する - Listen to music, dance, and further experiment with toy instruments
音楽を聴いたり、踊ったり、おもちゃの楽器に触れてみる
- Create works of art using a variety of materials such as crayons, clay, paint, etc…
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Cognitive & Executive Development
認知能力、実行力の発達
- Begin to sort and classify objects according to color, size, and shape with teacher assistance
教師の手助けのもと、形やサイズ、色によって物を仕分ける - Demonstrate interest in counting objects with teacher assistance
教師の手助けのもと、物の数を数えてみる - Explore cause and effect through play and actions
遊びと行動を通じて因果関係を探求する - Demonstrate interest in identifying and verbalizing letters and letter sounds
アルファベットの認識や音の認識に取り組む - Make efforts to follow simple rules and control impulses
簡単な決まり事に従ったり、衝動をコントロールする方法を覚えていく - Successfully control impulses some of the time
衝動を上手に抑える回数を増やしていく - Remember the location of specific objects
物の位置を覚える
- Begin to sort and classify objects according to color, size, and shape with teacher assistance
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Social & Emotional Development
社会性、感情の発達
- Show an increased interest in interacting with both children and adults
友達（子ども）、大人、両方との関わりへの興味を伸ばす - Manage emotions both independently and with teacher support
先生の支援の元、あるいは自ら自立して感情をコントロールする - Notice when other children are feeling sad and make efforts to cheer them up
お友達が悲しんでいる時など、自ら変化に気づいて心配したり、慰めたり出来る - Initiate play and verbal interactions with other children
お友達と一緒にお話をしたり、自ら声をかけて遊ぶなど行動を起こせる
- Show an increased interest in interacting with both children and adults
