Creative Curriculum

The Creative Curriculum is implemented in all of our program areas; infant, toddler and preschool. This is a research-based and play-based curriculum that promotes scaffolding to build upon what children learn. The Creative Curriculum is aligned with the Early Learning Content Standards (birth - 5 years old). These are the learning standards that our teachers use when they create their weekly lesson plans.

The Creative Curriculum utilizes four main stages throughout the curriculum that creates developmentally appropriate goals and objectives.

• Social/emotional stage helps promote independence,  self-confidence and self-control. Within this stage, children learn how  to make friends, how to have group interactions and how to follow rules.
• Physical stage is intended to increase children’s large and small motor skills.
• Cognitive stage is associated with thinking skills. Children  learn how to solve problems, ask questions and think critically. 
• Language stage deals with communication. Children learn how  to communicate with others, listen and participate in conversations, and  recognize various forms of print. In this stage, children begin to  recognize letters and words and begin writing for a purpose.      

There are five basic components that keep the focus and planning on the learning development of the child so that they achieve their goals. 

• Knowing children — describes the social/emotional, physical, cognitive and language development of children
• Creating a responsive environment — offers a model for setting  up the physical environment for routines and experiences in ways that  address the developing abilities and interests of children
• What children are learning — shows how the responsive  relationship you form with each child, the interactions you have every  day, and the materials and experiences you offer become the building  blocks for successful learning
• Caring and teaching — describes the varied and interrelated roles of teachers who work with children
• Building partnerships with families — explores the benefits of working with families as partners in the care of their children