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Waddlers

Waddler Classroom

What are Waddlers?
A Waddler is the middle man between Infants and Toddlers. Where we are starting to walk and babble just a little bit more. In the waddler room we focus on large and fine gross motor skills, sign language, sensory, the arts, start of independence, speech, group activities, social interaction, and more. In the Waddler room we use what is called Creative Curriculum.  Waddlers are generally between 12 and 24 months of age. We assign children to a class not only based on their age but where they are at emotionally and developmentally, this means if your child is 12 months but is not yet ready for the change to the Waddler room we will keep them in the Infant Room until the time is right from them.

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Creative Curriculum

Sign Language

 A Creative Curriculum involves ten objectives for development and learning. These ten objectives are: Social-Emotional, Physical, Language, Cognitive, Literacy, Mathematics, Science and Technology, Social Studies, The Arts, and English Language Acquisition.
Sign language is a big part of being a Waddler. At this age children are trying to learn how to communicate and do not yet know how to use words. Through the use of sign language the children are able to tell us such things as “all done”, “more”, “please”, “eat”, “water”, etc. ​

Personal Care Givers (PCG)

In our early learning programs we give each child a Primary Care Giver. This person is responsible for making sure that your child's needs are met throughout the day and they are also the person that your child is going to spend the most time bonding with. Your child's PCG is determined by his/her preferences. Every day you will receive a typed out daily through our app called Brightwheel.  Brightwheel is a tool we at Home Again use to communicate and share your child's daily activities and routines through.  This will inform you of the daily lesson, meal times, diapering/potties, nap times, along with special notes and reminders. We know that communication is key with helping your child grow and be successful.  We have been using the Brightwheel tool for about a year now and have loved it and seen great improvements.
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Meet Miss Amiah!
Hi families! My name is Amiah Grams and I am Home Again’s Lead Waddler Teacher! I started in September of 2022 and instantly fell in love with Home Again! I am originally from Zeeland (GR area) and graduated Zeeland East High School in 2019. I moved to Kalamazoo fall of 2019 and started some classes at KVCC. I am engaged as well, to Miss Jordan’s cousin and we just moved to Delton. I have many years of babysitting under my belt along with volunteering at churches/daycares in my early years. I do also have a lot of experience with special needs as I have a few kiddos in my family with special needs. Most of my experience, however comes from my 2-year-old son who was born August of 2021 and I am currently expecting a baby girl in March of 2024! I can’t wait to watch your kiddos grow and learn here at Home Again!

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  • Home
  • About Us
  • Our Programs
    • Infants
    • Waddlers
    • Toddlers
    • Preschool & Pre-K
    • Before & After School
    • Music and Me
    • Our Staff >
      • Lead Teachers
      • Teacher's Assistants
      • Our Director
  • Current and Future Families
    • Testimonials
    • Tuition
    • Home Again Menu
    • Spanish Curriculum
    • Brightwheel
  • Contact Us!