Curriculum


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Curriculum
Our curriculum follows the HighScope philosophy. This educational approach is based on Piaget’s child development theories that stress the role of children as active learners.

Our curriculum is child-directed, allowing teachers to plan and implement a classroom program that is designed around the needs and interests of the children. The role of our teachers is to support and extend children’s learning by listening, asking open-ended questions, engaging in conversations, and challenging children to explain their thinking. Adults and children together determine the content and the course of learning

The content of children’s learning is guided by key developmental indicators in Approaches to Learning, Social and Emotional Development, Physical Development and Health, Language Literacy and Communication, Mathematics, Creative Arts, Science and Technology, and Social Studies. These indicators align with the WI Model Early Learning Standards.

The heart of the HighScope approach is the plan-do-review sequence in which children make choices, carry out their ideas and reflect on what they learned.   This process allows children to learn to take initiative, solve problems and work with others to accomplish their goals.