“Our school implements the Creative Curriculum as the foundation of our educational program”
Curriculum Areas
Our curriculum encourages each child's interest in discovery, hands-on learning, and takes advantage of a child's readiness to learn with activities that are fun and challenging. Our curriculum is organized according to a child's age and stage of development. It incorporates the appropriate new skills and concepts for each stage of the preschool journey.
Language and Literacy
A lifelong love of learning starts by inspiring a love of reading and language. We begin at the infant level by encouraging communication and response, and then gradually introduce children to stories, letters, and words. All language and literacy materials are designed to stimulate a child's natural curiosity.
Mathematics
Our approach gives children "hands-on" experience with math concepts. We encourage them to explore patterns and the concepts of size, shape, and numbers. Each learning opportunity is designed to help develop reasoning and problem-solving skills.
The World and Me
Children discover how to share, how to respect the feelings of others, and how they fit into the local community and the larger world. We explore the consequences of actions and behavior, and eventually, how to make and follow rules.
Wellness
We begin by helping your child develop mobility and fine motor skills. Children learn how to hold and manipulate small objects such as pencils, shoelaces, and scissors as they develop spatial awareness and improve dexterity. We work to instill a love of healthy living through dance, games, and physical activities by introducing basic nutritional concepts.
Music
As early as infancy, we encourage children to create sounds, and we fill their environment with pleasant music throughout the day. Children move on to experiment with simple instruments, learn simple songs, and explore the concept of rhythm. We expose children to music from different cultures, helping them expand their awareness of the larger world.
Art
Creating art builds children's self-esteem by allowing them to express what they are thinking and feeling. Art activities also offer opportunities to solve problems, and to predict and recognize patterns in nature. Art gives the children ways to explore colors, shapes, space and patterns. It stimulates both creativity and children's vocabulary.
My Community and Environment
Beginning at age 3, we introduce concepts of the community and exploring nature. We discuss different kinds of homes and families and explain who the different community helpers are. As the children progress, we also explore geography and culture, plant and animal life, traditions and holidays, and begin basic science experiments.
Learning centers: where children explore and practice new skills
Learning centers are designated classroom areas where teachers guide children as they practice skills and learn to work together. Each center provides children with opportunities to solve problems, use their imaginations, organize their world, and use expressive language. As the children acquire new skills, the materials at the center change to adapt to those new skills.
Reading
Reading instills a love of books, starting even before children can read. Bright pictures and colors attract the children to books, and encourage them to look forward to reading.
Science
Science gives opportunities to explore, investigate, and predict the outcomes of various actions - vital skills for school science experiments.
Construction
Construction is imaginative play, which encourages problem-solving and expression. Children learn to cooperate on projects together.
Writing
Writing forges the critical connection between the spoken word and the written word. Children are encouraged to explore and describe the world around them, enhancing their analytical skills.
Manipulative
Manipulative activities develop fine motor skills. These activities include picking up, sorting, and arranging various items, helping to establish counting, basic math, and vocabulary skills.
Dramatic Play
Children love to dress up and play-act. Dramatic play develops language, communication and self-expression. Role-playing activities also help develop problem-solving skills.
Curriculum Areas
Our curriculum encourages each child's interest in discovery, hands-on learning, and takes advantage of a child's readiness to learn with activities that are fun and challenging. Our curriculum is organized according to a child's age and stage of development. It incorporates the appropriate new skills and concepts for each stage of the preschool journey.
Language and Literacy
A lifelong love of learning starts by inspiring a love of reading and language. We begin at the infant level by encouraging communication and response, and then gradually introduce children to stories, letters, and words. All language and literacy materials are designed to stimulate a child's natural curiosity.
Mathematics
Our approach gives children "hands-on" experience with math concepts. We encourage them to explore patterns and the concepts of size, shape, and numbers. Each learning opportunity is designed to help develop reasoning and problem-solving skills.
The World and Me
Children discover how to share, how to respect the feelings of others, and how they fit into the local community and the larger world. We explore the consequences of actions and behavior, and eventually, how to make and follow rules.
Wellness
We begin by helping your child develop mobility and fine motor skills. Children learn how to hold and manipulate small objects such as pencils, shoelaces, and scissors as they develop spatial awareness and improve dexterity. We work to instill a love of healthy living through dance, games, and physical activities by introducing basic nutritional concepts.
Music
As early as infancy, we encourage children to create sounds, and we fill their environment with pleasant music throughout the day. Children move on to experiment with simple instruments, learn simple songs, and explore the concept of rhythm. We expose children to music from different cultures, helping them expand their awareness of the larger world.
Art
Creating art builds children's self-esteem by allowing them to express what they are thinking and feeling. Art activities also offer opportunities to solve problems, and to predict and recognize patterns in nature. Art gives the children ways to explore colors, shapes, space and patterns. It stimulates both creativity and children's vocabulary.
My Community and Environment
Beginning at age 3, we introduce concepts of the community and exploring nature. We discuss different kinds of homes and families and explain who the different community helpers are. As the children progress, we also explore geography and culture, plant and animal life, traditions and holidays, and begin basic science experiments.
Learning centers: where children explore and practice new skills
Learning centers are designated classroom areas where teachers guide children as they practice skills and learn to work together. Each center provides children with opportunities to solve problems, use their imaginations, organize their world, and use expressive language. As the children acquire new skills, the materials at the center change to adapt to those new skills.
Reading
Reading instills a love of books, starting even before children can read. Bright pictures and colors attract the children to books, and encourage them to look forward to reading.
Science
Science gives opportunities to explore, investigate, and predict the outcomes of various actions - vital skills for school science experiments.
Construction
Construction is imaginative play, which encourages problem-solving and expression. Children learn to cooperate on projects together.
Writing
Writing forges the critical connection between the spoken word and the written word. Children are encouraged to explore and describe the world around them, enhancing their analytical skills.
Manipulative
Manipulative activities develop fine motor skills. These activities include picking up, sorting, and arranging various items, helping to establish counting, basic math, and vocabulary skills.
Dramatic Play
Children love to dress up and play-act. Dramatic play develops language, communication and self-expression. Role-playing activities also help develop problem-solving skills.