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The Seedling School
Curriculum Framework
Each child that comes to The Seedling School is given opportunities to explore, create and learn in a fun, safe and nurturing environment. To make learning meaningful to children, they need to have time to master the many skills that will prepare them for the next level of education.
Our thematic curriculum promotes high quality learning through engaging topics, and it is sequenced to provide a clear framework of progression in skills and knowledge to equip children for the next stage of their education. Learning centers are provided along with circle time, songs and rhymes, class jobs. Teachers plan specific activities to help children develop fine and gross motor skills which are essential to each stage of their academic and physical development. Open ended questions are asked to start the children’s critical thinking process. Children are given opportunities to refine their science, math and pre-reading skills with a variety of hands-on activities. They are helped to become more independent, taught good hygiene routines and healthy eating habits. Each classroom will check out books at the library, enjoy music class and participate in community meetings. Children have outside time for free play, gardening, and large motor development activities. Art is presented as a form of self-expression and a vital part of child development. Children are listened to and respected. It is important that each child feels successful and confident at school.
Curriculum Framework
The school offers children daily opportunities to grow and learn many things important to their development. Children are being prepared for the next level of education through teacher- directed hands-on experiences and free-choice activities. Through this structured environment, children will master many of the following goals.
Social Development
Participate in group activities
Take turns speaking
Take initiative in learning
Self-regulation
Play/work independently
Play/work cooperatively with others
Respect others
Show empathy and caring towards others
Learn to resolve conflict
Cognitive Development
Follow directions
Participate in structured activities
Participate in circle time discussions
Listen to other’s comments
Understand cause and effect
Physical Development
Participate in gross motor activities in class and outside
Participate in fine motor activities in class and outside
Demonstrate physical control
Enjoy physical challenges
Demonstrate good health habits
Manage own clothing/personal hygiene
Emotional Development
Transition from home to school easily
Enjoy the school environment
Appear self-confident
Identify and appropriately express emotions
Literacy/Language Development/Reading Readiness
Participate in teacher-modeled writing activities
Attempt to write in uppercase and lowercase letters independently
Control writing implements
Print and copy letters
Print name
Recognize name
Identify alphabet letters
Identify sounds of alphabet letters
Link letters in printed words to sounds in printed and spoken words
Use various forms of media to communicate ideas (painting, drawing, writing)
Participate in oral language development
Speak in sentences
Describe work and dictates stories
Realize that stories have a beginning, middle and end
Enjoy books
Retell stories
Recite chants, rhymes, poetry, songs
Social Studies
Geography: learning about their city, state, country
History
Cultural Development
Exposure to:
- a variety of languages
- different holidays
- cultural toys, books, instruments
Math/Science Skills
Count to 50
Associate a number with the correct number of objects/one-to-one correspondence
Understand that symbols represent numerical objects
Recognize geometric shapes
Recognize colors
Sort, identify and classify objects by attributes
Understand patterning
Understand graphing
Understand ordinal numbers
Understand part-whole relationships
Understand volume/capacity
Understand measurement
Understand comparison
Explore through sensory, investigative techniques
Understand life cycle through plants and insects
Creative Arts Skills
Enjoy learning songs
Participate actively with musical instruments
Participate in creative movement activities
Create unique art by experimenting with various types of media