Our curriculum is designed to aid in development of language, growth of vocabulary, increasing coordination, refining large and small motor skills, cognitive development and the development of social skills.

Our activity areas include:

• Body Building: These activities offer opportunities to refine physical strength, coordination and awareness whether for a specific body part r the whole body.

• Brain Power: These activities provide opportunities to develop toddlers beginning analytical abilities. They promote understanding of cause and effect, sorting and grouping, problem solving, and other cognitive challenges.

• Finger Plays: Hand gestures used with songs or poems promote toddlers comprehension of emergent forms and symbols.

• Language Development: These activities go beyond naming objects and actions. They help toddlers develop vocal range, listening skills, and language understanding. They help toddlers begin to understand language and form a foundation for expressive communication.

• Musical Exercises and Songs: As far as toddlers are concerned, everyone is a singer! Toddlers singing helps develop vocal range, expression, and speech.

Curriculum Resources: This curriculum is based on themes, therefore using the thematic approach to teaching young children.

• Theme Goals

• Concepts for the children to learn

• Vocabulary

• Music & Finger Plays that use rhyming and melodic that make learning fun thru repetition.

• Sensory Activities

• Math

• Science

• Arts & Crafts

• Group Games

• Cooking Activities

Active Learning for Threes: This curriculum is designed to create activities for:

• Listening and Talking

• Physical Development

• Creative Development

• Learning from the world around them

Count on Math: Activities for small hands and lively minds.

• Teaches mathematical concepts according to the weeks needed.

• Exploration of Materials – 8 weeks

• Spatial Relationships – 8 weeks

• Classification – 10 weeks

• One-to-One Correspondence – 8 weeks

• Ordering – 4 weeks

No Tears Writing: A fabulous writing curriculum used to make writing fun, while exercising the muscles used in writing and using the correct vocabulary that makes this fun and exciting.

Curriculum Components

Alpha Time: Phonics of Letters A to Z. We start with easy consonants then we go to the vowel sounds, and then concentrate on the hard consonants.

Consists of:

1. 1. • Video – Alpha time takes characters through Alpha Land – a 30 minute video.

      • Alpha Books – Books that are read to the children during morning circle time to encourage phonics given during story time.

      • Alpha Time Songs – Phonetic songs that are sung during every circle time and music time.

      • Little Book Series – A fun way of encouraging the love of reading, used to build confidence and creativity in books. We will read a new book every two weeks. They create the book and decorate the book therefore they take ownership in the book.

      • Creative Arts – An activity that is included into the Alphabet Letter of the week.

DLM: Daily Learning Module Thematic units used to create conversation and creativity in learning science, social studies, and math. Each unit will have fun hands on learning activities taught through the five senses.

• DLM Express Math: Computerized program used to teach mathematical concepts at a child’s own pace. Always done with a manipulative to teach concepts dimensionally.

• One Minute Math: A one-minute math activity is done during circle time each day to encourage mathematical learning.

• Letter Math Activities: A fun folder game that teaches matching, sequencing, patterning along with the phonetic letter that is being taught.

No Tears Writing: A fabulous writing curriculum used to make writing fun, while exercising the muscles used in writing and using the correct vocabulary that makes this fun and exciting.

STEAM Kids /Computer: A 30 minute STEAM class that encourages computer literacy as well as fostering inquisitive minds towards science, technology, engineering thinking, art and mathematics.

Music: Children learn through songs, finger plays, chants and rhymes. Example: songs are used for transitions to learn colors, days of the week, months of the year, Spanish numbers and colors, weather, etc… This list will continue to infinity songs make learning fun an exciting. The Letter People sing their way through Letter Land!! *Proverb: Everything done in a rhyme saves time!

PE/Health & Wellness: Daily jumper activities that encourage crossing over mid-line in order to exercise their bodies and brains.