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Curriculum
Our carefully planned
environments are designed to enhance social, emotional, intellectual
development and the acquisition of meaningful academic skills – to
help children become successful learners. We welcome and are sensitive
to the many ethnic backgrounds, traditions and native languages of our
families. Portfolios are kept on all children to record their
development level and to assess areas that need to be nurtured.
Positive methods of
guidance and discipline are used throughout the center to encourage
children to develop self confidence, problem solving skills, values
and creativity.
The Kinderhaus curriculum
focuses on the Ohio Early Learning Content Standards and the Ohio
Infant and Toddler Guidelines
English Language Arts
- introduction to reading and writing skills
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Strong Literacy Program
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Vocabulary acquisition –
site word recognition and meaning
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Word concepts are
introduced: opposites, same/different, rhyming words, letter names,
and phonemic sounds
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Print rich environment
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Opportunities for
extensive written and oral communication
Science – all or
our science activities are designed to encourage observation,
comparison, exploration, testing, problem solving, sense of cause and
effect, classifying and recording observations
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Cooking – , time and
chemistry of changing from one form of matter to another
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Weather, day ,night,
seasons
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Nature discovery centers
with plants and animals
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Our wooded playgrounds are
large (2 and 4 acres), and provide an opportunity for discovery and
exploration and environmental awareness
Creative Arts –
with emphasis on the discovery process
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Choices – using a variety
of mediums
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Exploration of color, line
and form
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Large and small projects
for team building as well as individual expression.
Math – starting the
basics in a fun environment
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Classifying, sorting,
sequencing, weighing, measuring
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Concepts – sequential
order, and sizing
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Shapes, colors and basic
geometry
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Putting things together,
in the correct order and patterning
Come Play & Learn
at Kinderhaus
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