Curriculum
All classrooms utilize the Creative Curriculum approach to learning, which is a comprehensive, rigorously researched curriculum model that honors creativity and respects the role that teachers play in making learning exciting and relevant for every child. This curriculum aligns with national Core Curriculum objectives and the state of Connecticut Early Learning and Development Standards (ELDS). The Creative Curriculum makes it possible for teachers to assess and plan for children across a broad developmental spectrum. Teachers utilize assessments and observations to consider how best to provide support and decide how and when to adapt an activity to meet individual children’s needs, giving them the opportunity to be successful each day, regardless of their developmental levels.
The Creative Curriculum® for Infants, Toddlers & Twos helps teachers plan and implement a rich, developmentally appropriate learning experience that incorporates best practices and reflects how young children (birth through age 3) develop and learn. There are 38 objectives for development and learning that define Creative Curriculum's goals for young children. They cover all areas of child development and content learning and define the knowledge, skills, and behaviors that are critical to children's future success in school and in life. For children in the age-group, it is important to understand not only how they develop and learn, but also to understand their individual differences.
The Creative Curriculum® for Preschool is a play-based learning framework implemented in all our preschool classrooms. Creative Curriculum is a comprehensive system of learning based on research and knowledge regarding all areas of child development; social, emotional, physical, cognitive, and language. The teachers use their own experiences, as well as the children’s interests, to adapt the curriculum to be unique to each class. Play allows children to learn about the world and themselves. As children play, they learn new skills, develop coping mechanisms, test new ideas, and master their bodies. The Creative Curriculum® for Preschool provides extensive guidance for teachers in the content areas of literacy, math, science, social skills, the arts, and technology. Children are learning every minute of the day. They learn from the way the classroom is organized, from the daily schedule, from activities, and from their outdoor play.
*Information taken from the The Creative Curriculum® for Infants, Toddlers & Twos and The Creative Curriculum® for Preschool ©2015. Washington, DC: Teaching Strategies, Inc.
The Second Step Early Learning Program is utilized in all our preschool classrooms with a focus on skills for learning, empathy, emotion management, friendship skills, problem solving, and transition to kindergarten. Our youngest learners will benefit more from preschool and be better prepared for kindergarten with self-regulation and executive-function skills. Executive function skills are the foundation for self-regulation and social-emotional competence. Brain Builder games taught throughout the curriculum focus on developing these skills by teaching children to pay attention, use memory, and control behavior.
Loveable Matt and Molly teach communication and literacy skills with familiar characters, predictable routines, and fun antics. Children develop skills in vocabulary, grammar, representational play, sequencing, reading comprehension, predicting, identifying feelings, answering questions, and determining missing information.
Fundations Pre-K supports students’ emerging understanding of the alphabetic principles of letter-sound associations and alphabetical order, and the written language skill of manuscript letter formation. The skills taught align with those that the Report of the National Early Literacy Panel (2008) identified as strong and consistent predictors for the later development of literacy skills:
The Creative Curriculum® for Infants, Toddlers & Twos helps teachers plan and implement a rich, developmentally appropriate learning experience that incorporates best practices and reflects how young children (birth through age 3) develop and learn. There are 38 objectives for development and learning that define Creative Curriculum's goals for young children. They cover all areas of child development and content learning and define the knowledge, skills, and behaviors that are critical to children's future success in school and in life. For children in the age-group, it is important to understand not only how they develop and learn, but also to understand their individual differences.
The Creative Curriculum® for Preschool is a play-based learning framework implemented in all our preschool classrooms. Creative Curriculum is a comprehensive system of learning based on research and knowledge regarding all areas of child development; social, emotional, physical, cognitive, and language. The teachers use their own experiences, as well as the children’s interests, to adapt the curriculum to be unique to each class. Play allows children to learn about the world and themselves. As children play, they learn new skills, develop coping mechanisms, test new ideas, and master their bodies. The Creative Curriculum® for Preschool provides extensive guidance for teachers in the content areas of literacy, math, science, social skills, the arts, and technology. Children are learning every minute of the day. They learn from the way the classroom is organized, from the daily schedule, from activities, and from their outdoor play.
*Information taken from the The Creative Curriculum® for Infants, Toddlers & Twos and The Creative Curriculum® for Preschool ©2015. Washington, DC: Teaching Strategies, Inc.
The Second Step Early Learning Program is utilized in all our preschool classrooms with a focus on skills for learning, empathy, emotion management, friendship skills, problem solving, and transition to kindergarten. Our youngest learners will benefit more from preschool and be better prepared for kindergarten with self-regulation and executive-function skills. Executive function skills are the foundation for self-regulation and social-emotional competence. Brain Builder games taught throughout the curriculum focus on developing these skills by teaching children to pay attention, use memory, and control behavior.
Loveable Matt and Molly teach communication and literacy skills with familiar characters, predictable routines, and fun antics. Children develop skills in vocabulary, grammar, representational play, sequencing, reading comprehension, predicting, identifying feelings, answering questions, and determining missing information.
Fundations Pre-K supports students’ emerging understanding of the alphabetic principles of letter-sound associations and alphabetical order, and the written language skill of manuscript letter formation. The skills taught align with those that the Report of the National Early Literacy Panel (2008) identified as strong and consistent predictors for the later development of literacy skills:
- Knowledge of the names and sounds associated with printed letters.
- Ability to manipulate the sounds of spoken language
- Ability to rapidly name letters, numbers, objects, or colors
- Ability to write isolated letters or one’s name
- Ability to remember spoken information for a short time
BASE Curriculum
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