Welcome Tweenies
Toddler Childcare Center in Newark, Delaware
Beginning at 12 months, children can enter the Tweenie classroom once they are walking and developmentally ready to take on new adventures. At NDNCC, we create a safe, nurturing environment where children can explore confidently, build relationships, and begin expressing themselves in new ways every day.
Tweenie Time is filled with tiny steps, growing independence, and exciting discoveries!
Our classrooms are thoughtfully designed with child-sized furniture, open shelves, and engaging areas that encourage one-on-one and small group learning experiences. Through hands-on exploration, guided play, and movement, our teachers support each child’s growing curiosity and confidence while helping them develop important social-emotional, physical, cognitive, and language skills.
Your Tweenie will enjoy a classroom that offers:
Social Emotional Development
Building independence and self-confidence through parallel play, supportive gestures such as hugs, high fives, and phrases to help them grow a positive sense of self and acceptance of their peers.
Parent Partnership & Development Tracking
Consistent communication via daily activity reports, weekly lesson plans, open-door visitation policy, and biannual conferences utilizing Teaching Strategies GOLD (TSG) for monitoring developmental progress.
A Kingdom Built to Their Scale
Tiny chairs, low shelves, and just-my-size furniture that help them take charge of their own little world.
Growing Vocabulary
Growing their language skills by teaching them to follow simple directions, naming familiar objects, people, animals, teaching simple words to express needs and feelings, starting to form (short) sentences, joining in songs and stories during circle time.
Motor Skills Development
Building strength and coordination through indoor and outdoor play, developing fine motor skills by using utensils during meals, holding paint brushes and crayons, and stacking blocks and cups while strengthening gross motor skills through squatting, walking backwards, and through outdoor play on our 1-2 year olds’ playground.
Daily Updates
Communication between families and teachers is an important part of your child’s success and growth. We provide daily information sheets that share details about meals, naps, activities, and classroom experiences, along with weekly lesson plans and opportunities for family participation and visits.
Teaching Strategies GOLD (TSG) and Ages and Stages (ASQ) Developmental Monitoring
Communication between families and teachers is key to your child’s experience at our center and adds to your level of comfort and satisfaction. NDNCC understands the importance of providing our families with information on their children’s progress and development. Outcome and assessment data, generated from our assessments, allow staff the opportunity to continually review and enrich our curriculum and better meet each child’s developmental and individual needs. These practices represent our commitment to continuous program improvement. We use Teaching Strategies GOLD (TSG) to monitor outcomes and Ages and Stages (ASQ) as a developmental screener.
TSG is an objective-based system designed for teachers to assess children in all areas of development and learning. Classroom activities and lesson plans are created to support school readiness in the areas of literacy and mathematics. Assessment results will be shared during bi-annual parent/ guardian – teacher conferences and by request.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Here are some popular questions we get pertaining to the Tweenies classroom
What should I keep in my child’s cubby?
- Please make sure your child has two changes of seasonally appropriate clothes (including socks) marked with his/her name.
- Please dress your child in clothing that can get messy.
- It is best that their clothes are easy to manage independently.
- Per the Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, close-toe, and close-heel shoes are mandatory for outdoor play. Sneakers work best.
- We go outside every day, weather permitting. Please make sure your child is dressed appropriately.
- Please check your child’s cubby each day for artwork, messages, accident report forms, or soiled clothing.
What time are meals served?
- Breakfast is served at 8:30 am, lunch is served at 11:30 am, and snack is at 2:30 pm. Please do not send in food from home, such as a birthday treat, unless previously arranged. We are a strictly peanut-free facility. All food must be labeled as made in a peanut free environment.
- If your child has a food allergy or food intolerance, please notify your child’s teacher immediately.
When is nap time?
- Quiet time is 12 pm to 2 pm.
- Sheets and mats are provided. Your child may bring his/her own small, lightweight, crib-size blanket and one small, soft stuffed lovey to sleep with.
- We wash the sheets once a week or as needed. Please take blankets home on Friday to wash.
- Your child’s belongings must fit inside your child’s cubby.
Where can I find information about my child’s classroom?
- Classroom teacher information, wellness updates, and class location are displayed on the parent board in our classroom.
What happens when my child gets hurt or sick at school?
- Accident report forms are filled out whenever your child has an accident that requires teacher action beyond comforting, or the accident is above the neck or is the result of a bite. We ask parents to sign the report after reading. Please ask your child’s teacher if you would like a copy.
Come Check out our Classrooms
Please come for a visit and observe the fun happening in the Tweenies classroom!