Program and Curriculum

"Guiding your child through the learning process"

Our carefully designed curriculum facilitates learning in a play-based, thematic and multicultural manner for each age group. We view learning as a process that requires a balance between child-initiated and staff-initiated activities. These developed activities incorporate and understand the developmental level of each group.

Curriculum

Toddlers

Children are now upright: walking, eating table food and taking only one nap a day. They are on a schedule where their friends are doing the same type of activities at the same time. Our program focuses on the following developmental areas: physical, emotional, social and cognitive. In addition, children will be able to use their newly discovered independence skills as they explore their environment. Staff will encourage children to use self-help skills as they provide basic need care. Routines are essential at this age to help children predict the events that will occur during the day. Consistent limits are set for children so they can determine boundaries.

Milestones to be focused upon in the Toddler experience:

• Increased language development
• Interest in joining groups of children
• Developing fine motor control
• Learning songs
• Increased ability to communicate verbally
• Ability to problem solve
• The need to have a routine
• Showing more independence skills
• An awareness of self and others
• Desire to explore environment freely

Preschool

Our Preschool program will prepare your child for life skills by introducing children to learning centers that encompass a wide range of activities. Our children will be introduced to math, language, reading, social and physical skills in a creative manner. In addition we will continue to work with children on their self-esteem and independence skills.

Milestones that are focused on in the Preschool experience:

• Patterning
• Be able to sort by shape, size and color
• Understand cause and effect and begin to problem solve
• Basic counting
• Make predictions based on simple information
• Recognize own name and other letters in print
• Show a genuine interest in reading books with adults
• Speak in front of a small group
• Recall events from an activity
• Artwork will become more refined and begin to look like symbols

Pre-Kindergarten

Pre-Kindergarten will prepare your child for Kindergarten by further expanding upon the developmental aspects of their individual growth. Our programs offer various learning centers where children are exposed to social, physical, emotional and cognitive skills. We prepare children for Kindergarten by exposing them to academics while continuing to focus on self-esteem and independence skills through our enrichment activities. In addition to schedules and routines our learning centers promote growth in a variety of ways:

Milestones we focus on in Pre-K are as follows:

• Patterning and sequencing
• Simple math
• Understanding size differences (big, small, short, tall, more and less)
• Counting, printing and recognizing numerals
• Verbally spell and print first name and introduction to last name
• Can recall events from a story
• Can speak in front of a group of peers (show and tell)
• Can describe events in a photo
• Attempts to spell and read simple words
• Using problem solving skills in a group
• Fine tune large and small motor skills
• Independent problem solving
• Confidence in a school setting
• Secure separation from parents
• Reinforcing self help skills
• Enhance social skills with peer and adults

♥ Dreams of Wings Childcare ♥ Cambridge, MD ♥ 410.901.2882 ♥

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