Students at a local daycare work on crafts in real time with SEF staff members, and complete writing and art activity worksheets sent out in the Toddler Time materials packet.
The Sultana Education Foundation (SEF) is pleased to announce the return of its FREE early childhood education program, Virtual Toddler Time, taking place now through April. The program will be offered virtually via ZOOM and broken into four separate sessions. Children and their guardians will explore the natural world through stories, songs, games, crafts, and interactions with wildlife – all led by SEF’s talented staff. Each session will include three separate lessons held each Friday morning at 10:30AM. Program supplies will be available for pick-up the Wednesday prior to each session at SEF’s Holt Center, or dropped off within a 20-mile radius of the Holt Center in downtown Chestertown, MD.
The program, now in its 4th year, was traditionally held in-person at SEF’s Holt Center. Staff members piloted the virtual version this past summer providing parents and guardians struggling to find nature-based, interactive and fun activities during the pandemic. A local teacher and parent was incredibly impressed with the effort that went into planning and executing each program, expressing gratitude for the low costs (now offered for free) saying, “I thought this was extremely affordable for all the materials and time that went into this program…(the staff) did a wonderful job of managing the technology and interacting with the kids. I loved all the activities that occurred during the sessions and also the ones for kids to do on their own. ”
This season, Virtual Toddler Time has gotten off to an incredible start. Within three days of opening registration Session One was full, with 100 participants signed up, throwing the program staff into a frenzy prepping, packaging and delivering materials to students.
Registration for Session Two will open on January 27th, for Session Three on Feb 17th, and for Session Four on March 3rd. To see SEF’s Virtual Toddler Time complete 2021 schedule, for more information, or to register for the next session visit https://sultanaeducation.org/public-programs/. Those looking for additional early childhood activities and resources can visit Sultana’s Virtual Classroom website at https://sultanaclassroom.org/early-childhood-education/.
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