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implementation of The Creative Curriculum ® for Infants, Toddlers and Twos and The Creative
Curriculum ® for Preschool our teachers use intentional teaching practices to incorporate
developmentally appropriate activities for children of all ages. By using this curriculum, we are able
to meet each child’s needs and skill levels where they are currently developing, and not just
based on their chronological age. We use the corresponding Teaching Strategies GOLD TM to assess
children’s progress in achieving developmental goals.
A daily schedule is practiced at the Center, which includes active and quiet activities indoors and
out, and is designed to protect the children from fatigue, extreme heat and cold, and over stimulation.
Children are able to stay outdoors as weather permits.
Free choice of equipment is encouraged. Developmentally appropriate curriculum for all age levels
include large and small motor development, creative expressions, social interaction, intellectual,
language development, and cognitive growth.
Skill focused activities are planned on a weekly basis by the teacher in each classroom and reviewed by
the management team. Equipment and materials may include balls, car/trucks, dolls, imaginative play,
puzzles, books, musical instruments, blocks, manipulative toys, etc. Transitions used to move the
children from one activity to another activity may include using music, cognitive skills, varying
physical or creative activities. Children will have opportunities for both individual as well as group
activities.
Outdoors play space will be maintained in a safe and secure manner and provide for a variety of large
motor activities, i.e.: balls, hills, swings, building materials, sandboxes, etc. It is our practice to
teach values that encourage peaceful nonviolent problem resolutions, and play that reflects respect for
one another and their environment.
We do not allow play toys or weapons based on physical violence. Parents may review our lesson plans
posted in the classroom and schedules posted outside of every room. Please remember that children learn
through play. Play is designed to use both large and small motor skills. Games, toys and other materials
provide experiences to grow in mind and body.
Our teachers plan classroom activities designed to stretch the child’s interest. Numbers, letters,
colors, and shapes are learned through stories, games and art projects. These fundamentals provide the
base for more advanced learning preparation for kindergarten. At each age level, we emphasize
appropriate activities for each child to grow, while building skills for reading, writing, math, art and
music.
Children are consistently challenged to progress in their development. Successes of each child are
documented and logged on the children’s assessment forms and placed in their portfolio. Parent/
Teacher conferences are offered twice a year or anytime a parent would like to meet. Tracking
children’s attempts and successes is a key element to building weekly lesson plans. If the
group/or individual is successful in a certain area of objectives, the teacher will create and build
different group or individual tasks/activities in order to move forward on development of the
child’s education. If a child is not showing success in that area, the teacher will respond with
different opportunities and activities to achieve the same developmental success.
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