Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Curriculum”
This piece assesses the pros and cons of Play Based and Academic (Traditional) programs in a similar vein to my previous comparative/contrastive piece on Reggio Emilia and Montessori approaches to early childhood education (ECE). Essentially, I am reviewing the two main foundations integral to child development: free play and choice vs traditional structured work.
It is so important to expose our children to music at a young age. Music Education in Early Childhood Development promotes brain development and plays a huge role in language acquisition and reading comprehension. It also benefits all other areas of development, including social and emotional skills, fine and gross motor skills, cognitive development, and overall literacy. Plus, it gives us pure joy, so why not?
Tick…tick… There’s no warning. Once per month on random dates and times we do fire drills. Ms. Ashley and Ms. Eunice, Director and Assistant Director, are strict timekeepers and observers , taking notes as needed for later review.
Reggio Emilia or Montessori? At ScuttleBugs Child Development Center we have a Reggio Emilia inspired program. But, we make a point of thoroughly understanding the other ECE approaches and best practices. In this instance we’re looking at Montessori and seeing what elements we might want to meld into our culture and philosophy.
Each week, for the week ahead, we develop our learning process around topics that children are interested in and will engage with. For example Wildlife. Or Dinosaurs. We develop our social, emotional, early math and language and thought concepts while talking about the chosen theme, and create projects that are then explored in our groups’ classrooms.
