Curriculum

Children’s Center Learning-Teaching Cycle

1. Motivated by their interest in each other and the natural world, children play and investigate.
2. Children care for each other and the environment.
3. Teachers and families observe children’s play, investigations and interactions.
4. Children use media in many ways to represent evidence of their thinking and learning experiences.
5. Children, families and teachers make hypotheses about the children’s intent.
6. Families and teachers decide: provide further provocation OR wait and observe more.
7. Adults provide materials and processes to extend and deepen learning.
8. Children choose materials and processes to extend and communicate their ideas.
9. Teachers use their collective knowledge of child development and best practices to intentionally prepare a high quality, relevant learning environment.