Curriculum

Infant room- On their own schedule and doing a monthly lesson plan
Toddler room- still on own schedule and monthly lesson plan
2’s room- Starting to have more of a structure and become more independent
Early Preschool (3’s) – We follow creative curriculum, Second steps, and conscious discipline.
Preschool (4’s) – we follow the same curriculum as the 3’s class we just go more in depth with them
Kinder (5’s) – We follow the same three just more in depth then the three’s and the fours
Graders – in our graders class we do homework after school and then have free play. During the summer we have a summer camp set up for the children to learn and grow.

Creative Curriculum Objectives For Development and Learning

Social–Emotional

Regulates own emotions and behaviors
Manages feelings
Follows limits and expectations
Takes care of own needs appropriately
Establishes and sustains positive relationships
Forms relationships with adults
Responds to emotional cues
Interacts with peers
Makes friends
Participates cooperatively and constructively in group situations
Balances needs and rights of self and others
Solves social problems Physical
Demonstrates traveling skills
Demonstrates balancing skills
Demonstrates gross-motor manipulative skills
Demonstrates fine-motor strength and coordination
Uses fingers and hands
Uses writing and drawing tools Language
Listens to and understands increasingly complex language
Comprehends language
Follows directions
Uses language to express thoughts and needs
Uses an expanding expressive vocabulary
Speaks clearly
Uses conventional grammar
Tells about another time or place
Uses appropriate conversational and other communication skills
Engages in conversations
Uses social rules of language Cognitive
Demonstrates positive approaches to learning
Attends and engages
Persists
Solves problems
Shows curiosity and motivation
Shows flexibility and inventiveness in thinking
Remembers and connects experiences
Recognizes and recalls
Makes connections
Uses classification skills
Uses symbols and images to represent something not present
Thinks symbolically
Engages in sociodramatic play

Literacy

Demonstrates phonological awareness
Notices and discriminates rhyme
Notices and discriminates alliteration
Notices and discriminates smaller and smaller units of sound
Demonstrates knowledge of the alphabet
Identifies and names letters
Uses letter–sound knowledge
Demonstrates knowledge of print and its uses
Uses and appreciates books
Uses print concepts
Comprehends and responds to books and other texts
Interacts during read-a-louds and book conversations
Uses emergent reading skills
Retells stories
Demonstrates emergent writing skills
Writes name
Writes to convey meaning

Mathematics

Uses number concepts and operations
Counts
Quantifies
Connects numerals with their quantities
Explores and describes spatial relationships and shapes
Understands spatial relationships
Understands shapes
Compares and measures
Demonstrates knowledge of patterns Science and Technology
Uses scientific inquiry skills
Demonstrates knowledge of the characteristics of living things
Demonstrates knowledge of the physical properties of objects and materials
Demonstrates knowledge of Earth’s environment
Uses tools and other technology to perform tasks Social Studies
Demonstrates knowledge about self
Shows basic understanding of people and how they live
Explores change related to familiar people or places
Demonstrates simple geographic knowledge

The Arts

Explores the visual arts
Explores musical concepts and expression
Explores dance and movement concepts
Explores drama through actions and language English Language Acquisition
Demonstrates progress in listening to and understanding

English

Demonstrates progress in speaking English