With Open Arms Daycare Curriculum
Every child is special
We believe that each child is unique and special. In my 20 years of childcare experience, I’ve never met two children that were the same. Some children learn by having conversations about the topic, others learn by simply listening. Other children learn through art, music, play, or visual pictures. At With Open Arms Daycare w
e strive to offer every one of these options for your child to learn. Each child needs to know that they are special, so we use lots of positive encouragement to achieve self confidence in young children. We also hang all thier crafts up in our playroom for everyone to see just what they created. Sharing and caring
We encourage children to share and play together. Each child looks forward to seeing each other at daycare. Since we are in home environment children, become close friends. They learn that sharing and playing with a friend is fun. We also encourage children to lend a helping hand. Children love to help so sometimes we will ask simple things, like if they can hand a juice cup to their friend. Another thing encouraged at daycare is to be polite and say please and thank you and other good manners. Children are taught to be respectful of each other and their surroundings. Talking or acting in a hurtful way to their neighbor is not allowed at daycare. We use positive role modeling to show appropriate behavior towards others. Monthly Activities
We send out a monthly activity sheet at the beginning of each month. Each month we have a new theme; which is based on exploring the world around us. To go along with our theme, we sing theme related songs, create theme related crafts, and read theme related books. Children are curious about their surroundings, so basing the themes about the world really keeps them interested
Children also learn basic skills to prepare for kindergarten. Each month we have goals set for us that we try to achieve. At With Open Arms Daycare we care for different age groups, that are learning things individually and together as group. We believe that each child learns at their own pace, so we move along with your child personally in their learning process. We love to make learning a joyful experience, so we try our best to make everything fun. We play games that include matching and sorting shapes, colors, and letters. Also we create alphabet people to make letters more personalized and easy to remember. Each month we dedicate one day to a certain color and call it our "Color Day" If it was blue day, we would base our daily activities on the color blue. Your child would bring in a blue toy for show and tell, eat a blue snack and make a blue craft. Story time has a place every day in our schedule. We believe that simply reading books to a child is very important in their learning process. Reading not only stimulates children's language development skills but, also helps them to have a longer attention span. Reading to young children starts a great foundation for reading skills later on in life. From front to back of a story, children can even recognize that letters form words, and that those words have a meaning. When we are finished reading a story, we ask reading comprehension questions and have a group discussion about the book. Another activity that has a place in our schedule is outdoor play. We have a fenced in yard with artificial turf for a safe environment to jump, run and play. We have many outdoor activities including, sand play, water play, bubbles, and dramatic play. Parent Involvement
Parents are a huge part in their children’s learning progress. At With Open Arms Daycare we are always trying new things to include parents in their child’s childcare experience. Our website is focused on updating parents about what is going on at daycare. Also the monthly activities focus on informing parents what their child is going to be learning that month. We also send home a homework sheet every at the beginning of every month, for children and parents to work on together. The reason for the homework sheet is so parents can encourage their children by starting off the monthly theme with their child.
Everything at With Open Arms Daycare is based on nurturing your child’s emotional, social, cognitive, language and physical development needs. These 5 domains are very important in the early childhood phase of life. Emotional:
· Develop a positive, realistic self-concept
· Develop positive self-esteem
· Develop self-confidence
· Understand and accept own emotions
· Express emotions in a socially appropriate manner
· Develop trust
· Develop independence
· Accept challenges
· Cope with change
· Develop ability to make decisions
· Develop a positive, happy outlook
Social:
· Develop self-control
· Play independently
· Play alongside others
· Share
· Take turns willingly
· Follow directions and comply with requests willingly
· Cooperate with others to accomplish a task
· Recognize the feelings of others
· Empathize
· Help others
· Respect others’ feelings and rights
· Be accepting of others
· Make friends with other children
· Learn from others
· Communicate effectively
· Negotiate
· Resolve conflict in a positive manner
· Enter ongoing play in a positive manner
· Accept others into play in a positive manner
· Act in a responsible manner and take responsibility for own actions
· Respect the environment
Cognitive:
· Develop powers of observation and recall
· Develop memory skills
· Classify
· Sort
· Compare
· Pattern
· Sequence
· Count Objects
· Learn factual information
· Evaluate information
· Evaluate knowledge
· Solve problems
Language:
· Grasp the concept of naming
· Understand spoken or signed language
· Respond to spoken of signed language
· Use language to convey own thoughts and feelings
· Expand vocabulary
· Understand and appreciate the uses of written language
· Pretend to read
· Pretend to write
Physical
· Develop competence in locomotor skills including, turning over, rolling, creeping, sitting by one’s self, crawling, walking running, jumping, climbing, hopping, skipping
· Develop competence in nonlocomotor skills including, bending, stretching, twisting, spinning, pushing pulling, lifting
· Developing competence in perceptual skills including balance, spatial awareness, body and directional awareness, awareness of speed and timing
· Develop competence in small motor skills including grasping, picking up objects, holding, releasing, turning, stringing beads, lacing, tearing paper, cutting, scribbling, buttoning, unbuttoning, zipping, forming letters and numbers
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