PROGRAM PHILOSOPHY, GOALS & OBJECTIVES
Nutrition Services Our goal is to ensure children have balanced nutritious meals and snacks during their time in the program. Meals and snacks that are culturally and developmentally appropriate and meet the federal Child Care Food Program nutritional requirements. Monthly menus are posted on the bulletin board. Mealtime is a learning experience for our children. It’s a time for talking about color, taste, texture and the name of foods. It is an opportunity for practicing manners by watching adults and socializing with other children.
Environment Our goal is for each of our classrooms to provide a safe, healthy and welcoming environment that supports the broad development needs of children. CLASS 2nd Edition and CLASS Environment tools implementation to support continuous quality improvement and enhance classroom interactions and children's learning and development. Curriculum & Preschool Learning Foundations In addition, our environments are set-up using our adopted curriculum. Creative Curriculum is a comprehensive, research-based curriculum that features exploration and discovery as a way of learning, enabling children to develop confidence, creativity, and lifelong critical thinking skills. Play as an integral part of the curriculum that includes purposeful teaching to help children gain knowledge and skills. The California Preschool Learning Foundations and The California Preschool Curriculum Frameworks draws from research that many children learn by participating in high-quality preschool program that offer environments and experiences that encourage active, playful exploration and experimentation.
If your child has any food allergies, or can not eat certain foods for religious or personal reasons, please notify the teacher immediately.
We enhance our curriculum with Footsteps2Brilliance and Clever Kids University provides opportunities for preschoolers to engage in literacy activities to develop early writing. Interactive reading and writing activities are engaging for preschoolers and support language and literacy skill acquisition and build an effective school-to-home connection.
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