Precious People Learning Center

The Center uses a spiral curriculum that is derived from a monthly theme that incorporates the number, color, shape and letter and carried out throughout the various age groups at their appropriate level. This provides consistency and uniformity for the children. Our curriculum will include four elements monthly, bi-weekly, and weekly depending on... age group. The elements are defined as a number, color, shape, and letter introduced into circle time twice daily. Our circle time consists of the four elements, literacy, at least two finger plays, at least two flannel board stories and our monthly theme unit. Spanish is integrated daily into our curriculum. Beyond Centers & Circle Time emphasizes creating intentional, developmentally appropriate experiences for children ages two through kindergarten. Beyond Cribs and Rattles is the age appropriate curriculum used for our under threes ages groups. Both these curriculums support early learning and developmental standards found all over the nation. Beyond Centers & Circle Time: Scaffolding and Assessing the Play of Young Children emphasizes the following: Scaffolding the development of the individual child through an understanding of the stages of sensorimotor (fluid play), construction, and dramatic play. Our school provides developmentally appropriate experiences daily and our classrooms are led by knowledgeable adults who understand how well-planned quality early experiences contribute to a childs life success. Beyond Centers and Circle Time is a curriculum that provides adults working in early education and care settings with knowledge that will enable them to arrange rich play experiences, assess childrens play behaviors, and scaffold each childs development from the sensorimotor behaviors we typically see in infants and young toddlers to the ability to create realistic representations and engage in cooperative symbolic (dramatic) play scenario Finger plays, flannel board stories and songs and literacy are all worked around the theme of the month and generally ...Read More