Curriculum Focus
1. Infants through Age Two
- Exposure to colorful toys, shapes, and objects
- Hands-on play with toys that make a variety of sounds
- Being read to
- Nursery rhymes
- Bright picture books with limited text
- Picture book exploration
- Being held, rocked, sung to
- Listening to music
- Children’s songs
- Lullabies
- Classical music
2. Two Year Olds
- Color and shape familiarity
- Mirror and photograph activities to promote self-recognition
- Art activities
- Seasonal and Holiday activities
- Focus on sharing and manners
- Animal recognition and sounds
- Being read to orally from age-appropriate story books
- Free reading time to explore books
- Writing names
- Oral counting
- Singing
- Finger Plays
3. Three Year Olds
- Color and shape recognition
- Letter and number recognition
- Oral counting
- Art activities
- Seasonal and Holiday activities
- Animal and animal sound recognition
- Being read to orally from age appropriate story books
- Free reading and book exploration time
- Computer keyboard familiarity
- Guided use of age appropriate computer learning games
- Writing names
- Dramatic Play
4. Four and Five Year Olds
- Color and shape mastery
- Letter and number recognition
- Writing names
- Writing letters and numbers
- Understanding letter sounds
- Oral counting
- Computer keyboard familiarity
- Guided use of age appropriate computer learning games
- Art activities
- Dramatic play
- Being read to from age appropriate story books
- Free reading and book exploration
- Singing
- Thematic Units
- Seasons
- Holidays
- Animals on the farm
- Animals in the zoo
- Animals in the ocean
- Dinosaurs
- Transportation
- Feelings
Two through five year olds will be expected to rotate through various activity areas as well as engage in teacher directed activities. Teacher input is a key component of the education we will strive to provide. These age groups must also be offered time for free play each day. Obviously these are just ideas and suggestions for curriculum components. Teachers will have their own ideas to discuss upon employment.
5. After School Program
- Homework completion with assistance if needed
- Computer time
- Art activities
- Organized play
- Free reading
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204 Cunningham Lane, Clayton NC 27520
Phone: (919) 550-9200 FAX: (919) 550-0571
NC ID# 5100465
info@riverwoodchild.com
Hours: Monday thru Friday 6:30 AM - 6:00 PM
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