What is the Day School Curriculum?
The Day School curriculum is a framework of developmental milestone targets, with the National Association for the Education of Young Children’s (NAEYC) best practice standards for early childhood education as its foundation. For more information, visit www.naeyc.org.
Teachers plan educational activities with these standards in mind. Weekly themes are used to make learning fun and interesting for young children as they explore various topics of interest. These themes, or topics, are woven throughout all of the curriculum domains: math, language, science, art, music, early reading, writing, and pre-academic skills.
Cognitive development is integrated into all areas of the curriculum throughout the day. Children continually build their understanding of concepts through their interactions, experiences, discoveries, and challenges. Learning in the content areas of language, socio-emotional, physical development, science/ math, and creative expression are represented in meaningful ways such as painting, creating, building, measuring, communication, games, cooking, and exploring nature.
Teachers continually assess the children to determine when new challenges are needed to expand learning. Older classrooms include project-based learning that allow children to expand upon topics and go more in-depth with their learning. Children love to investigate and explore their ideas, learning materials, and their environment. A project is an in-depth investigation of a topic worth learning more about. The key feature of a project is that it is a research effort deliberately focused on finding answers to questions about a topic posed either by the children or the teacher.
Teachers will share the weekly themes, lesson plans, and specific activities with parents through Brightwheel, classroom calendars, email, and class postings. Please see your teacher for more information.
Teachers plan educational activities with these standards in mind. Weekly themes are used to make learning fun and interesting for young children as they explore various topics of interest. These themes, or topics, are woven throughout all of the curriculum domains: math, language, science, art, music, early reading, writing, and pre-academic skills.
Cognitive development is integrated into all areas of the curriculum throughout the day. Children continually build their understanding of concepts through their interactions, experiences, discoveries, and challenges. Learning in the content areas of language, socio-emotional, physical development, science/ math, and creative expression are represented in meaningful ways such as painting, creating, building, measuring, communication, games, cooking, and exploring nature.
Teachers continually assess the children to determine when new challenges are needed to expand learning. Older classrooms include project-based learning that allow children to expand upon topics and go more in-depth with their learning. Children love to investigate and explore their ideas, learning materials, and their environment. A project is an in-depth investigation of a topic worth learning more about. The key feature of a project is that it is a research effort deliberately focused on finding answers to questions about a topic posed either by the children or the teacher.
Teachers will share the weekly themes, lesson plans, and specific activities with parents through Brightwheel, classroom calendars, email, and class postings. Please see your teacher for more information.