- FUMNS CURRICULUM BEGINS WITH UNDERSTANDING THE INDIVIDUAL CHILD.
- Prioritizing teacher/child interactions and the parent/ teacher partnership helps the teacher implement curriculum to address each child’s developmental needs and learning style.
- WE BUILD UPON THE FRAMEWORK OF THE CONNECTICUT EARLY LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS (CT ELDS).
- CT ELDS outlines skills and behaviors necessary to development and readiness. Standards are imbedded in daily activities and address all areas of development.
- OUR CURRICULUM DEMONSTRATES AN UNDERSTANDING OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE PRACTICE.
- We present curriculum in a PLAY BASED ENVRIONMENT where children have ample opportunity to explore, question, investigate, and manipulate objects and materials.
- We emphasize SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT to provides the foundational skills necessary for a child to participate effectively in the classroom.
- We plan experiences in all areas of development to grow the “WHOLE CHILD” recognizing that all areas of development are interrelated.
- We provide modifications and accommodations to support INCLUSION that recognizes every child as a unique learner and capable of reaching individual developmental milestones at their own pace and in their own style.
- OUR CURRICULUM ENCOURAGES EACH CHILD TO GO BEYOND ACQUIRING SKILLS TO DEVELOP THE ESSENTIAL DISPOSITIONS TO BECOME A COMPETENT LEARNER. Competent learners are creative, inquisitive, flexible, critical thinkers, purposeful and reflective, and social learners. We encourage these essential dispositions when our curriculum:
- Incorporates CHILDRENS’ INTERESTS and QUESTIONS alongside teacher directed learning experiences.
- Uses INTERESTING MATERIALS AND OPEN ENDED ACTIVITIES with many possibilities.
- Asks children to OBSERVE AND DOCUMENT their observations.
- Encourages children to EXPRESS THEMSELVES in a variety of ways.
Provides daily opportunities to LISTEN, ASK, SHARE AND COLLABORATE WITH PEERS
For information on Connecticut Early Learning and Development Standards, visit http://www.ct.gov.oec.elds
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