Our Curriculum

In our classrooms we will be using the Creative Curriculum by Teaching Strategies.  The philosophy of The Creative Curriculum is that young children learn best by doing. The curriculum is built on theories of development in young children, that all children learn through active exploration of their environment and therefore the environment plays a critical role in learning. The goal of the Creative Curriculum is to help children become independent, self-confident, inquisitive and enthusiastic learners by actively exploring their environment.

The curriculum identifies goals in all areas of development: social/emotional, cognitive, physical and language. The planned activities for the children, the organization of the environment, the selection of toys and materials, planning the daily schedule and interacting with the children, are all designed to accomplish the goals and objectives of the curriculum and give your child a successful year in school.

The Creative Curriculum shows teachers how to integrate learning in literacy, math, science, social studies, the arts, and technology throughout the day. It also gives the teacher a wide range of teaching strategies such as child-initiated learning and teacher-directed approaches.  These strategies are used in order to create goals and activities that best respond to children's learning styles, strengths, and interests.

 

 

The curriculum has been built for the children around the environment using eleven different interest areas or centers:

• Dramatic Play
• Blocks
• Toys & Games
• Art
• Sand and Water
• Library
• Music & Movement
• Cooking
• Computers
• Outdoors
• Discovery
• Writing

The richer the environments, the more concrete opportunities there are for children to learn by interacting with materials and people. The teacher’s role is to create an environment that invites children to observe, to be active, to make choices, and to experiment.