Toddler Care
For ages 1-3 years
Our toddler classrooms are designed to support learning, discovery, and growth, helping your child build independence and self-help skills to prepare for all that comes next. Expert teachers encourage hands-on exploration and create personalized experiences for your toddler that spark curiosity, creativity, and confidence. Come visit and see Bright Horizons® for yourself.
Our Toddler Program
Personalized experiences and care for your toddler
Discovery Driven Learning
Hands-on activities encourage your toddler to explore, experiment, and make connections. Our Discovery Driven Learning® framework will help them develop essential skills for the big steps ahead, all guided by our research-backed curriculum.
- Social-emotional development helps children begin to identify feelings, respond to others’ emotions, and build relationships
- Foundational language and literacy boost vocabulary development and communication skills, and help children begin to use writing tools
- Early STEM learning includes exploring cause and effect, the concept of counting, and comparing objects
- Visual and creative arts encourage experimentation with color, movement, and simple role play
- Thinking and learning skills help children express needs and wants, adapt to changes, and foster independence and self-help skills
Healthy & Safe Spaces for Growing Toddlers
As toddlers grow more independent, their health and safety needs grow too. Our classrooms support safe exploration through secure spaces, clean daily routines, careful supervision, and practices designed for active toddlers learning to move, play, and discover.
The teachers are loving, caring, and well trained. They understand every child individually and encourage them to explore their unique interests. Above all, we feel our toddler is safe at Bright Horizons — seeing how happy she is, we feel confident that she’s well cared for, which gives us peace of mind while we’re at work.
”“The teachers do a wonderful job of welcoming my child each day and providing updates. They demonstrate care for my child that goes above and beyond — the extra effort and attention are noticed and appreciated.”
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Frequently Asked Questions
A typical day in our toddler program follows a predictable routine that helps children feel confident and ready to explore. Toddlers enjoy warm welcomes, hands-on learning centers, sensory play, outdoor time, small‑group experiences, child-centered mealtimes, rest times, and one‑on‑one moments with teachers. Each part of the day supports independence, curiosity, and early learning for ages 1-3.
To learn more about what a day in out toddler program looks like, schedule a tour at a Bright Horizons center near you.
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Classroom transitions are thoughtfully planned and supported. Children gradually meet new teachers, visit their new classroom, and adjust to new routines at their own pace. Moving from infant to toddler care, or from toddler care to preschool, builds on familiar relationships and introduces new learning opportunities.
For more details on program and classroom transitions, schedule a tour at a Bright Horizons center near you.
Bright Horizons centers do offer year-round toddler care, providing consistent routines and learning experiences throughout the entire year. Families can also take advantage of flexible scheduling options to support part-time care needs or schedule changes.
To explore year-round availability, schedule a tour at a Bright Horizons center near you.
Health and safety is a top priority at Bright Horizons and plays an important role in our everyday routines. All centers follow state licensing requirements and maintain center-specific protocols for wellness, cleaning, and classroom practices. Teachers are trained to implement these consistently, and we partner with families to document and manage allergies and individualized needs.
For full details, please see our Health & Safety information page.
Sensory and outdoor learning happen every day in our toddler program. Children explore textures, colors, sounds, water, sand, and nature based materials both indoors and out, and dedicated daily outdoor time also supports movement, physical development, and discovery. These experiences nurture curiosity and help toddlers make sense of the world around them.
To learn more about sensory and outdoor activities, schedule a tour at a center near you.