Curriculum Influences
Visitors at the Early Childhood Center will see concrete evidence of how our program is influenced by well-known early childhood curricular approaches. For example:
- We strive to create a physical environment that is amiable, home-like and aesthetically pleasing (Reggio Emilia; Montessori; Waldorf).
- Our classroom centers and materials are carefully organized and labeled to facilitate the child’s independence and sense of responsibility (Montessori; Reggio Emilia).
- Our daily schedules provide ample opportunities for children to make conscious choices and account for their decisions (Creative Curriculum).
- Topical investigations are selected, planned, and guided by children’s individual and collective interests and take the form of increasingly long-term project work as the children get older (Reggio Emilia; Project Approach).
- Arts are infused into the curriculum in many ways (Reggio Emilia, Waldorf)
- Curriculum activities extend learning to the out of doors (Forest Schools of Scotland, Warden).
- Our teachers conduct meaningful, integrated literacy activities that include a focus on writing and reading. (NAEYC)
