PRESCHOOL SERVICE AREA SUPPORTS PRESCHOOLERS’ DEVELOPMENT AND LEARNING BY: OFFERING A SAFE AND NURTURING LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR PRESCHOOL STUDENTS: • Sensitive and responsive interactions between teacher and students to support all children’s needs. • Consistent and predictable routines that help children to know what to expect and enhance their feeling of security. FOCUSING ON ACADEMIC SUCCESS BY IMPLEMENTING PRESCHOOL CURRICULUM WITH FIDELITY: • Addressing the cognitive, social, and emotional development areas in my child’s development. • Providing learning experiences that support and extend children’s learning at various levels of development. • Responding to specific children’s needs and properly addressing them. PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT IS ESSENTIAL FOR YOUNG CHILDREN AS IT PROMOTES LARGE MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND ENCOURAGES THEIR NATURAL CURIOSITY ABOUT THE WORLD AROUND THEM: • Children engage in a minimum of 90 minutes of moderate to vigorous active play every day. • Children engage in learning experiences that encourage them to integrate physical movement (e.g. dance, wiggle, jump, ballet, running, jumping, climbing, pedaling, turning, twisting, balancing, dodging, throwing, catching, kicking, striking, and float) daily.
• It is important to dress children appropriately for the weather to ensure their comfort and safety. • When the weather does not permit outdoor play, indoor activities such as music and movement will be planned in the classroom/ cafeteria to provide children with opportunities for physical development. IMPLEMENTING DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENERS AND ONGOING ASSESSMENTS: • Administering developmental screenings within the first 45 days of the child’s enrollment to determine additional support. • Implementing an ongoing assessment cycle that helps teachers to make decisions about children’s developmental progress and learning needs. • Engaging parents in the ongoing assessment process considering their valuable information and perspectives.
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