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For IC 18 months to 3 years | IC Community | Taking the first steps toward independence through exploration

Igniting children's curiosity, potential, and self-confidence — RongHong Positive Montessori Kindergarten's IC Community is designed to meet the boundless energy and intense drive for independence that characterizes this age.

During the toddler years, your child experiences remarkable growth — language acquisition, motor skill development, and the emergence of social and emotional skills. Our IC program provides a safe and engaging space where children can recognize their own capabilities, building self-awareness on a foundation of trust, joy, independence, and encouragement.

IC Curriculum Features

Learning Through Free Movement

Movement is a vital part of the learning process, not a break from it. This is especially true for children under six. Our curriculum provides fine motor and gross motor activities every day. These activities help toddlers learn to understand cause and effect, solve problems, make choices, and pursue goals.

Intentional Language Exposure

Through intentional exposure to real, accurate, and varied vocabulary, your toddler will progress from two-word phrases to full sentences. As children learn to express their thoughts and feelings through language, they experience reduced frustration. This intentional language approach also prepares your child for reading and writing.

Practical Life Activities

IC love real-world tasks like mopping and wiping windows. We encourage them to participate in these activities with guidance and appropriately sized tools. Practical life activities help toddlers contribute to their community, build confidence, and satisfy their desire to understand how things work. These activities also develop their concentration — a key prerequisite for later academic success.

Toilet Learning

We support children's toileting independence with respect and patience. Montessori guides observe signs of readiness and provide gentle encouragement without pressure. Child-sized restrooms remove obstacles, and familiar daily routines help create a positive experience.

Respectful Social and Emotional Support

One of the most exciting things about working with toddlers is watching them begin to interact, play, and socialize with peers. Our guides model respectful social interactions, leveraging toddlers' natural desire to imitate. Formal grace and courtesy lessons further develop toddlers' social skills and empathy.