My Kiddie Kareland
Curriculum
Play is a child’s work. Children gain knowledge about the world through play alone, with others and in-groups. Learning occurs when the environment allows children to role-play, practice social rules, express emotions in a non-threatening way and develop mental abilities through play. Children are born learners and are naturally curious. My Kiddie Kareland curriculum stimulates the children’s learning and creativity. Younger children are invited to join the activities when developmentally appropriate.
Songs, fingerplays, stories, movement activities, games all related to monthly themes. We also spend some time working on a social skill every week.
Shaving cream, mix colors, textures, beans, rice, raw oatmeal, dry pasta…the possibilities are endless.
Each week, the children learn a new letter. The children are involved in various activities that incorporate their senses. For example, we might do crayon rubbings over a sandpaper S or glue beans on a B.
Preschoolers are PRE-readers and PRE-writers. Children are provided with activities that give them the skills they need BEFORE they learn to read and write. These skills strengthen small muscles, reinforce left to right eye movement and build language skills. Puzzles, pattern blocks, file folder games, geoboards, lacing buttons and many more unstructured activities are available to children. We also work on classification, sorting, patterning, counting, and recognizing numerals.
The creative are projects the children do encourage self-expression. Our activities are process-oriented (rather then product-oriented) and open-ended.
Our science and discovery activities revolve around our monthly themes. Children are able to experience things like watching a tadpole become a frog and watching seeds grow into plants. The children may also experience with magnets and make a cyclone in a soda bottle.
The children learn about reading and writing by being involved in several activities such as shared reading, following recipes, morning message, makings books, rhyming games, show & tell and using various materials to be involved in writing.
