Tender Times Child Care Center Inc
Programs
Your child will benefit from a professionally developed curriculum designed by Mother Goose Time. This comprehensive curriculum nurtures the child and supports social, physical and intellectual development. Your child will build foundational skills in early literacy, math, music, art, social studies and science.
See individual classroom goals below.
Infant Class Goals: Birth- 12/18 months
The infant teachers' goals for their children include development of motor and language skills and ensuring they meet each childs needs; That each baby is happy, comfortable, content and interactive within the class.
In the infant class, activities would include exploring music, textures, sounds, animals, shapes, colors, alphabet, and their 5 senses.
They have the opportunity to engage in a variety of fun activities throughout their day, including reading stories, singing, dancing, climbing, peek-a-boo, bubbles, and clapping games.
As an extension of the classroom, the infant teachers suggest parents read books with their babies, encourage tummy time, crawling, introduce and encourage self feeding, sing songs, and talk to their babies throughout their daily routines, naming objects and introducing them to a variety of words.
Toddler Class Goals: 12/18- 36 months
The Toddler Teachers' goals for their children are to begin number, shape, color and letter recognition; as well as begin to use their words to express their feelings and solve problems. The toddler teacher also begins introduction to potty and begins the potty training process.
In the toddler class, activities would include art, dramatic play, math, science, reading, sensory and texture exploration, music, dance, and block building.
As an extension of the classroom, the toddler teacher suggests that parents talk to their children about their feelings, encourage and provide words to assist them in expressing their emotions. Read books, talk about their day and what they are learning, and read the monthly newsletter for important information and curriculum discussion ideas. Also encourage children to use the potty, and transition from bottle to sippy. Count every day objects with your child, point out letters, numbers, shapes and talk to your child daily. Have conversations with them about their day, likes and dislikes.
Preschool Classroom Goals: 3 years- kindergarten
The Preschool Teachers' Goal for their younger preschool children are to become familiar with the alphabet and identify written name, verbally express their feelings and use their words to solve problems and express their emotions and feelings, gain a deeper curiosity of the world around them, and have the self confidence to try new activities and tasks presented to them.
As they grow and progress the teachers' goal for their older preschool children is to print their first name, recognize and identify patterns, be able to visually recognize and write letters of the alphabet, numbers (1-12), and master shape recognition. Advance in counting
1-12, master color recognition, and associate letters with their sounds. Show beginning rhyming skills, retell simple stories, express self in a variety of creative ways, understand and respect others feelings and belongings, develop control of body, understand classroom rules and routines, and develop the skills to have successful and appropriate social interactions with other children within the class, as well as follow teacher direction.
In the preschool, activities would include learning sign language, and some spanish words, learning responsibility and turn taking through our daily "helping hand", discussing weather, days of the week, and many new and exciting topics and lessons such as food groups, healthy and unhealthy foods, dinosaurs, embryology, etc.
As an extension of the classroom, the preschool teacher suggests parents do puzzles, count everyday objects, help children verbalize their wants and needs, encourage children to ask questions, and share their thoughts, and read with your child as often as possible, have your child tell what happened in the story after you are done reading it, aso have them predict what will happen next during the story.