Curriculum

The curriculum utilized by the Children's Center is The Creative Curriculum, a play-based, developmentally appropriate plan of activities and experiences for children that focuses on the planning around indoor and outdoor interest areas, and clearly defined logical goals and objectives.

For young children," meaningful and long-lasting learning requires active thinking and experimenting to find out how things work. This is best accomplished through purposeful play facilitated by highly intentional teaching practices. The Creative Curriculum's comprehensive approaches to curriculum are based on an understanding of the complex social/emotional, physical, and cognitive development of young children and the way children learn. A comprehensive curriculum provides guidance on the many factors that lead to a high-quality program and presents all aspects of teaching young children effectively.

The curriculum rest on a foundation of more than 75 years of scientific research about child development and learning theory that leads to specific instructional strategies based on how young children learn best. The Creative Curriculum takes what has been learned from theorists such as Erik Erikson", Jean Piaget, Lev Vygotsky, and Howard Gardner, as well as recent research studies about brain, language, literacy, and math development.

When the content of the curriculum is taught with children's developmental stages in mind, children are more likely to be successful learners who feel excited about and challenged by what they are learning!

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