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• Develop a respect for individual and cultural differences through discussion, literature, and role modeling • Provide opportunities for the child to interact, guided by models of socially acceptable behavior • Assist child in learning to live comfortably in a social environment and in the family • Enhance the child’s self-esteem, self-awareness, and self-confidence by offering many opportunities for a child to succeed, express ideas, and understand his/her emotions and to attain skills to control them • Provide opportunities for math, science, reading, memory skills, language development, and social science • Increase attention span and follow simple directions • Foster creativity and self-expression through art, music, and dramatic play • Develop small muscles by using scissors, paste, clay, blocks, puzzles, beads, pegs, etc. Develop large muscles through outdoor activities such as organized games, climbing and running • Stimulate and encourage curiosity and provide opportunities for problem solving • Encourage children to take care of their own needs with support from the adults in their environment The Learning Garden preschool curriculum utilizes a thematic approach based on children’s interests as means of providing intrinsic motivation for learning. By using a thematic approach, we teach children the way environments and humans interconnect. This process helps children make sense of their world. Books, excellent tools in the learning process, have been incorporated into each thematic unit as a means to introduce early language skills. Classroom teachers will choose age-appropriate individual and group activities/experiences such as music & movement, dramatic play, mathematics (classification, counting and numerals, matching, measuring, sequencing, sorting), language arts (story predictions, story recall, letter recognition, letter formation), social studies, and interactive learning through exploration in the areas of science, art, and the five senses. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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