Curriculum

Childs Play Early Learning Center implements a curriculum that is developmental in nature.  The Brigance Inventory of Early Childhood Development is the foundation for the curriculum, which addresses the five areas of learning.  The curriculum employs a 2-3 week theme that incorporates the different learning areas.

Evaluation of student achievement is assessed with teacher-made tests and checklists.  Informal procedures for determining student such as teacher-observations of classroom performance are also a valuable tool for assessment.

Instruction in subjects is a sequential process.  What children learn in Kindergarten builds on what they have learned in preschool.  Similarly, within any given grade, learning progresses from day to day, week to week as a cumulative process.  For this to be effective the learning process must be organized in meaningful sequences.  Foundations must be set correctly.  For example, when teaching a child to read, his/her reading-readiness skills must first be determined

PREREQUISITES INCLUDE: 

Sorting (colors, shapes, objects, letters)

Left to right progression (peg work, stringing, patterning and sequencing).

Discriminating figure from ground

Matching (objects, letters, words)

Discriminating 2 out of 3 different/same

Matching Letters

Receptive knowledge of letters

Expressive knowledge of letters

There are many techniques that prepare children for reading-readiness skills.  When placing objects (crayons, blocks, scissors, pegs, beads, etc.) on the table for a specific activity you can set the proper groundwork by placing the objects on the left to encourage left to right progression.  When your child draws a picture you can label the objects and actions to help your child make word associations that will encourage your child to take an interest in reading.  These are just a few examples of how Child’s Play prepares your child for success.

FIVE AREAS OF LEARNING

SELF-HELP

COMMUNICATION-SOCIALIZATION

FINE-MOTOR

GROSS-MOTOR

COGNITIVE