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Early
Childhood Education ensures all children ages birth through age
twelve have equal access to comprehensive high-quality program
options, and support on a developmental continuum. Working within a
context of children, families and communities, we are committed to
creating an engaging learning environment that supports and respects
the unique potential of each individual through best practice.
Through
common goals and high expectations we are dedicated to building a
strong foundation and igniting a passion for lifelong learning for
children and their families. We prepare students for the future by
providing challenging and rewarding experiences. Early Childhood
Education continues to make improvements so we can better serve the
families and community. As our programs continue to expand so does
our reputation for quality programs. Mosaic Early Childhood
understands that as parents you are a vital partner in your child痴
education.
Our centers are fully
equipped and licensed to help benefit your child in every way. We
offer a wide variety of activities and an enjoyable atmosphere with
very professional staff and teachers. We carefully select and screen
our teachers and personnel to ensure the highest quality standards
are met. We also offer close-circuit monitoring of our centers
utilizing the latest Internet technology. Our environment is closely
controlled and monitored.
The
Creative Curriculum balances both teacher-directed and
child-initiated learning, with an emphasis on responding to
children's learning styles and building on their strengths and
interests. This is one of the country's leading research-based
preschool curricula as it applies the latest theory and research on
best practices in teaching and learning and the content standards
developed by states and professional organizations.
The
original environmentally-based approach of The Creative Curriculum
for Preschool clearly defines the teacher's vital role in connecting
content, teaching, and learning for preschool children. It features
goals and objectives linked directly to our valid and reliable
assessment instrument.
The
Creative Curriculum promotes children痴 social-emotional development
and learning in the core areas of literacy, mathematics, science,
and social studies. It combines the latest research and the freshest
ideas into a forward-thinking approach to learning, one that honors
creativity and respects the role that teachers play in making
learning exciting and relevant for every child in their classroom.
The
Goals of Our Curriculum
The most important goal
of our early childhood curriculum is to help children become
enthusiastic learners. This means encouraging children to be active
and creative explorers who are not afraid to try our their ideas and
to think their own thoughts. Our goal is to help children become
independent, self-confident, inquisitive learners.
We are teaching them how
to learn, not just in preschool and kindergarten, but all through
their lives. We're allowing them to learn at their own pace and in
the ways that are best for them. We're giving them good habits and
attitudes, particularly a positive sense of themselves, which will
make a difference throughout their lives.
Our curriculum identifies
goals in all areas of development:
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Social: to help
children feel comfortable in school, trust their new
environment, make friends, and feel they are a part of the
group.
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Emotional: to help
children experience pride and self-confidence, develop
independence and self-control, and have a positive attitude
toward life.
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Cognitive: to help
children become confident learners by letting them try out their
own ideas and experience success, and by helping them acquire
learning skills such as the ability to solve problems, ask
questions, and use words to describe their ideas, observations,
and feelings.
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Physical: to help
children increase their large and small muscle skills and feel
confident about what their bodies can do.
The activities we plan
for children, the way we organize the environment, select toys and
materials, plan the daily schedule, and talk with children, are all
designed to accomplish the goals of our curriculum and give your
child a successful start in school.
Our Philosophy
The philosophy behind our
curriculum is that young children learn best by doing. Learning
isn't just repeating what someone else says; it requires active
thinking and experimenting to find out how things work and to learn
firsthand about the world we live in.
Play provides the
foundation for academic or "school" learning. It is the preparation
children need before they learn highly abstract symbols such as
letters and numbers. Play enables us to achieve the key goals of our
early childhood curriculum.
How Children
Learn from the Activities
When you visit your
child's classroom, you see a room full of children playing. Like
most parents, you probably wonder what your child is learning. To
answer your questions, we have made an activities chart. On the left
side we've listed typical things children do when they play in each
area of the classroom. On the right we've listed the concepts and
skills children actually develop from this play.
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When Children
Do This: |
They Are
Learning To: |
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Put blocks in
trucks and dump them out |
Understand
size, weight, and number concepts (math) (science) |
|
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Use blocks
and wooden animals to create a zoo |
Recreate the
world around them (geography) (social skills) |
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|
Balance one
large block on top of another |
Control and
coordinate muscles (physical coordination) |
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|
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Put on
dress-up clothes |
Use their
small muscle skills (self-help) (writing) |
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Pretend
to be grown-ups |
Understand their experiences better (abstract thinking) |
 |
Separate
cups and plates |
Group
objects in categories (math) |
| |
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|
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Put pegs
in a pegboard |
Coordinate the actions of their eyes and hands
(reading/writing readiness) |
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Finish a
puzzle |
Complete
a task (study habits) (self-esteem) |
 |
Sort
pictures that are the same |
Match and
classify (math) |
| |
|
|
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Make play
dough |
Recognize
how materials change (science) |
 |
Gather
paper, scissors, and glue for a project |
Plan and
carry out a task (independence) |
 |
Draw a
picture of a person |
Use
symbols (reading/writing readiness) |
| |
|
|
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Make
boats sink |
Recognize
cause and effect (science) (logical thinking) |
 |
Play
beside other children |
Get along
with others (social skills) |
 |
Pour
without spilling |
Use their
small muscle skills (physical coordination) |
| |
|
|
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Turn
pages of a book from beginning to end |
Use
writing as a means of communication (reading and
writing readiness) |
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Scribble on paper |
Use writing as a means of communication (reading and
writing) |
 |
Listen to
a story and talk about what happened |
Love
books, remember details, and express ideas (language
development) |
| |
|
|
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Watch
bread dough rise or melt butter |
Understand that foods can change their physical states
(science) |
 |
Follow
directions in a recipe that call for adding ingredients
by teaspoons, cups, etc. |
Understand measurement (math skills) |
 |
Make a
salad for the family dinner or bake muffins for
breakfast |
Take
pride in their accomplishments (self-esteem) |
| |
|
|
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Create
different sounds by putting more (or fewer) beams in
cans and shaking them |
Explore
cause and effect (science) (logical thinking) |
 |
Sing or
do a finger play with the other children and the teacher |
Participate cooperatively in a group (social skills) |
 |
Find ways
of moving across the rug without their feet touch it. |
Think
creatively to solve problems (independence) (problem
solving) |
| |
|
|
 |
Try out a
computer program together with another child |
Share and
play cooperatively with others (social skills) |
 |
Respond
to program feedback |
Follow
directions, apply old learnings to new situations and
understand cause and effect (thinking skills) |
 |
Operate a
computer mouse, put a disc in the computer, and turn on
a printer |
Improve
their coordination skills (physical development) |
| |
|
|
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Catch and
throw balls |
Coordinate eye and hand movements (physical development) |
 |
Talk
about changes in plants, people, and thinks outside as
seasons change |
Sharpen
observations skills (science) |
 |
Climb on
outdoor equipment |
Use their
bodies in challenging tasks (self-esteem) (coordination) |
Curriculum for 15
months-2 years
Cognitive
Development
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Saying
One's Name
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Knowing that pictures, symbols, and print have meanings
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Beginning to familiarize with letters and numbers
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Begin
to participate in saying rhymes and songs
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Respond and follow to simple questions and directions
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Show
understanding and use of comparative words
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Recognize Shapes
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Identify Colors
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Begin to order objects in series or rows
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Identify basic concepts about weather, day and night
activities
-
Use
concepts that include counting and one-to-one correspondence
Physical Development and Health
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Develop gross motor skills through active play
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Develop fine motor skills through active play
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Follow
simple safety rules and procedures in group activities
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Begin
to develop ability to cooperate with others
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Identify body parts and their functions
Social and Emotional Development
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Beginning to express oneself/feelings through gestures,
sounds, and eventually words
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Beginning to show care for others
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Showing interest on friends by calling their names
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Learning to play cooperatively with the group
Curriculum for 2
years-3 years
Reading and Language
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Writing big letters of the alphabet
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Identify some letters of the alphabet
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Tell
one's name and age
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Respond to simple questions
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Listening and responding to directions
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Using
appropriate language to situations and to others
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Repeating rhymes and songs
Mathematics
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Recognition of shapes
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Identify primary colors
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Identify positions, lengths, heights
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Recognize simple patterns
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Concept of many and few, more or less
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Counting and writing numbers 1-10
Science and Social Studies
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Knowing myself
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Knowing my family
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Telling something about school
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Identify boy and girl
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Knowing the body parts
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Identify community workers
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Knowing pets, insects, zoo animals
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Telling the type of weather
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Knowing healthy foods
Physical Development
Social and Emotional Development
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Demonstrate independence
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Demonstrate respect and responsibility for self and others
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Beginning to share things and taking turns
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Adapting to rules and routines
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Showing
care and empathy to others
-
Awareness of identity
Curriculum for 3
years-5 years
Reading and Language
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Know that pictures and
symbols have meanings
-
Identify letters of
the alphabet
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Make some letter sound
matches
-
Begin to develop
phonological awareness
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Answer simple
questions about a story
-
Use drawing and
writing skills to relay a message
-
Listen, understand and
respond to directions
-
Know that reading
progresses from left to right and top to bottom
-
Identify signs and
labels in the surroundings
Mathematics
-
Recognize numbers and
count with understanding
-
Use concepts that
included number recognition and one-to-one correspondence
-
Solve simple
mathematical problems
-
Beginning to
understand the concept of time by following daily schedule
and routines
-
Sort, classify and
compare objects
-
Recognize shapes and
structures in the surroundings
-
Show understanding of
measurement
-
Beginning to learn
addition and subtraction as they sort, classify and make
comparison of quantities
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Learning to use senses
to observe and discover surroundings
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Learning to use common
weather related terms
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Use scientific tools
such as thermometers, magnets, balance scales, and
magnifying glasses for observations
-
Know the concept of
night/day as well as the seasons
-
Begin to be aware of
technology and how it affects us
-
Know the basic safety
practices
Social
Studies
-
Show understanding of
the similarities and differences in people
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Learning to understand
the concept of voting as a way of making choices
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Beginning to
understand the concept of leadership in the environment
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Beginning to learn &
think geographically
-
Understand that each
of us belong to a family and the differences in every family
as to their culture
Physical Development and Health
-
Participate in active
play using grass and fine motor skills
-
Follow simple safety
rules while doing an activity
-
Participate in
activities related to physical fitness
-
Show increased
endurance
-
Participate in simple
practices that promote healthy living and prevent illness
-
Identify body parts
and their functions
-
Learning to act
independently for personal needs
-
Use acceptable ways to
resolve conflicts
-
Learning to cooperate
during group activity
Fine
Arts
-
Participate in music,
dance and drama activities
-
Describe their own
creative work or of others
-
Use creative arts as a
way of expressing themselves
Social/Emotional Development
-
Know how to express
feelings, needs and wants
-
Show eagerness and
curiosity
-
Begin to understand
and follow rules
-
Learning how to seek
solutions to problems
-
Displaying initiative
and independence in actions
-
Show empathy and
caring for others
-
Begin to share
materials and take turns
-
Respect the rights of
self and others
-
Develop relationship
with children and adults
-
Participate in
cooperative groups play
Curriculum for 5
years-6 years
Language Arts
-
Understand that
reading progresses from left to right and top to bottom
-
Identify label and
signs in the environment
-
Make predictions of
what will happen next according to the pictures and content
of the story
-
Identify and write the
letters of the alphabet
-
Identify the
beginning, middle and ending sounds of simple words
-
Construct and write
simple words and short stories
-
Read simple words and
short stories
-
Respond to simple
questions about a reading material
-
Dictate stories and
experiences
-
Show independent
interest in reading related activities
-
Communicate needs,
ideas, thoughts and feelings
-
Retell information and
stories to others
Mathematics
-
Recognize shapes,
colors and structures in the environment
-
Write and count with
understanding numbers 1-20
-
Understand to order
objects in series or rows
-
Show and understand
the concept of time and simple fractions
-
Sort, classify and
make comparison of quantities
-
Solve simple addition
and subtraction problems
-
Understand the use of
measurement
Science
-
Show understanding of
changes in oneself and the environment
-
Know the basic needs
of forces in nature
-
Describe the effects
of forces in nature
-
Collect, describe and
record information
-
Use senses to
describe, observe and discover things
-
Know safety practices
-
Awareness of
technology and how it affects our lives
-
Identify concepts
associated with day/night and seasons
-
Use scientific tools
such as thermometers and magnets for investigation
Social Studies
-
Identify community
workers and services they provide
-
Understand the concept
of a family and its variations
-
Participate in voting
as a way of making choices
-
Begin to understand
the concept of leadership
-
Tell similarities and
differences of people
-
Learning to think
geographically
Physical Development and Health
-
Participate in active
play using gross and fine motor skills
-
Follow simple safety
rules while participating in activities
-
Identify body parts
and their functions
-
Act independently in
caring for personal needs
-
Use socially
acceptable ways to resolve conflict
-
Learn to increase
endurance
Fine
Arts
-
Participate in dance,
drama and music activities
-
Describe or respond to
their own creative work or of others
-
Use creative arts as a
way of self-expression
Social Emotion Development
-
Express needs,
thoughts, wants and feelings by using appropriate language
-
Show empathy and
caring for others
-
Show some initiative
and independence in actions
-
Show understanding in
following rules and procedures
-
Engage in cooperative
group play
-
Respect the rights of
self and others
-
Develop relationship
with children and adults
-
Manage transitions and
begin to adapt to change in routines
-
Begin to share
materials and experiences and take turns
