Our Youngest Children’s Community is a home-like environment especially designed for our young members aged 15 months through 3 years old. The children here are cared for in a safe and nurturing environment that fosters trust in themselves and their world while supporting the development of their own self-sufficiency.

Parents around the world are familiar with the young child’s request for independence in everyday tasks. The idea of the “terrible twos” has taken hold in our contemporary culture, however, at Yucca Blossom we recognize that it is the innate desire of each human to engage in meaningful work and experiences.

The Youngest Children’s Community supports each child in developing confidence in their emerging abilities through freely chosen activities that support gross and fine motor skills, as well as language development.

The children are given an active role in the daily tasks of self-care, such as food preparation, dressing and undressing, and early toileting. The ability to care for oneself is essential for the child’s budding independence development.

Children in the Youngest Children’s Community are guaranteed placement in our Children’s House upon readiness. Children transition to the Children’s House between two-and-a-half and three years old, in accordance with their individual development.