The Goals Of Our Curriculum

The most important goal of our early childhood is to help children become enthusiastic learners. This means encouraging children to be active and creative explorers who are not afraid to try out their ideas and to think their own thoughts. Our goal is to help children become independent, self-confident, inquisitive learners. We are teaching them how to learn in an environment that is developmentally appropriate. We are allowing them to learn at their own pace and in the ways that are best for their developmental level. We are teaching them good habits and attitudes, particularly a positive sense of themselves, which will make a difference throughout their lives.

Our curriculum identifies goals within the following domains for early childhood development:

SOCIAL: To help children feel comfortable in school, trust their new environment, make friends, and feel they are part of the group.

EMOTIONAL: to help children experience pride and confidence, develop independence and self-control, and have a positive attitude towards life.

COGNITIVE: to help children become confident learners by letting them try out their ideas and experience success. Our teachers help them acquire learning skills such as the ability to solve problems, ask questions, and use words to describe their ideas, observations and feelings.

PHYSICAL: to help children increase their large and small muscle skills and feel confident about what their bodies can do.

LANGUAGE/LITERACY: to help children hear and discriminate sounds of language and interpret oral direction, then actively participate in conversation. With this interrelation towards the value of spoken words, to reading and developing print concepts, combined with an enjoyment of books, our students develop sophisticated English language skills.

The activities we plan for children, the way we organize the environment, select toys and materials, plan the daily schedule, and talk with children, are all designed to accomplish the goals of our curriculum and give the children a successful start in school.

Finally, we encourage the development of good habits and attitudes that will result in positive self-esteem that will make a difference throughout their entire lives.

DISCIPLINE POLICY

Working to support your child for success, the foundation of our discipline policy is rooted in Positive Discipline procedures. Through a gradual process of role-modeling and positive reinforcement, children learn how to take care of their own needs (self-respect) without disrespecting the feelings and rights of others (respect for others).

This important foundation will support them beyond pre-school and help them in establishing life-long skills throughout school and into adulthood. We also recognize that there are occasionally behavioral issues outside of the appropriate developmental and age continuum for socially accepted behavior. For example; behavior that results in ongoing classroom management problems such as disruptive or aggressive acting out that causes concern for the well-being of the student and/or other students, will be addressed individually. At such times we will share our observations and concerns with parents to determine if the problem is something we can work on together or if we need to seek the advice and counseling from an outside professional agency.