About Our Curriculum

Curriculum

The Creative Curriculum for Preschool (Dodge, Colker, and Heroman) is used as the core curriculum for all the classes.
The curriculum includes goals in all areas of development:

Social/emotional:

to help children achieve a sense of self, take responsibility for
themselves and others, behave in a prosocial way by showing empathy
and getting along with the other children and adults;

Physical:

to help children develop large muscles and fine motor skills through
activities indoors and outdoors;

Cognitive:

to help children become confident learners by providing the experiences and materials to allow them to think, explore, question, and problem-solve.

Language:

to help children listen and speak, and then to make sense of written language and print through the alphabet, writing letters and words.

We also use the book, I Love You Rituals by Becky Bailey, to enhance our interactions with the children.

Discipline Policy

At First Presbyterian Preschool we try to maintain a loving, caring atmosphere. Children are encouraged to be responsible and to respect others. Teachers use positive approaches to help the children to behave constructively, including:

being actively involved with the children
redirecting a child who is unsettled
planning ahead to prevent problems
encouraging appropriate behavior
maintaining consistent, clear rules
encouraging the children to identify and verbalize feelings
planning appropriate activities for the children

If a child loses self-control, we may remove the child from the area with the other children to help him/her regain control and composure. We try to keep in close touch with parents to work out effective methods to help improve a child’s behavior. This may involve addressing any special needs that could be the cause of hurtful or disruptive behavior. Parents are required to sign our printed Discipline Plan at enrollment.

Procare

Procare is a comprehensive child care software. It enabled us to be able to have a non-contact way for parents to sign in and out, easy-to-access portals for parent-staff communication and real-time updates from the classroom through-out the day. It allows teachers to keep track of student and family data while also being the source of smart invoicing, billing and payments.