Curriculum
Early Childhood Curriculum
Early childhood curriculum is a roadmap of how and what young children learn in an educational enviroment.
Zero to Three
From birth to 3, a child’s brain produces more than 1 million neural connections each second.
- Language and Literacy- Developing communication through gestures, sounds, and eventually simple sentences.
- Social Emotional- Learning to manage emotions, build relationships, and form secure attachments with caregivers.
- Cognitive and Thinking- Understanding how the world works through cause-and-effect, and beginning to solve simple problems like sorting shapes.
- Physical/Motor- Rolling over, crawling, walking , running, and developing fine motor skills like holding a crayon or playing in whip cream/shaving cream.
Three to Five
Children transition from toddlerhood to more structured exploration, building foundational skills for kindergarten.
- Language and Literacy- Letter recognition, phonological awareness, and vocabulary development
- Early Math- Sorting, classifying, patterning, and counting.
- Motor Skills
- Fine Motor- using scissors, holding a pencil, using crayons
- Gross Motor- Running, jumping, riding a tricycle
- Social Emotional- Sharing, taking turns, and identify feelings