Compelling evidence exists that early arts experience has an impact on all aspects of a child’s learning and development and that, in many ways, “earlier is better.”

Source: Arts Education Partnership, Children’s Learning & the Arts: Birth to Age Eight

Classes offered for Toddlers:

• Kankakee Valley Montessori Student Classes for Toddlers  45 minute class in 7 week sessions offered, winter and spring
• Weekend Artist Workshops for Mom and Me Toddler Class 45 min class (offered monthly)

What is offered for toddler classes:

Simple “open- ended” art activities are what they experience:

Such as painting with a salad spinner, egg beaters, Jell-O
Working with clay and different clay tools
Printmaking with anything and everything - from natural materials to things found around the house
Color mixing with squirt bottles
Various collage activities

Activities are never repeated in a year-creating a possibility of 120 different activities

In each toddler class:

5 to 7 open ended art activities are introduced

These activities are set up around the studio for the child to create and discover as they wish