Premier Learning Curriculum
At
Premier Learning, Early Childhood Education Center, we use Experience Curriculum.
Experience Curriculum is an active participatory learning program that teaches children to learn through hands-on experiences using many different materials, events and ideas. Each month teachers receive a delivery of materials and pre-planned lesson plans! In their box is everything needed to teach, observe and celebrate progress! Activities are based on proven early childhood research to promote cognitive, physical and social-emotional development.
Daily Routine:
At Premier Learning our classroom schedules provide a daily routine that lets children know "what will happen next". Within the schedule, children will experience circle time, structured curriculum time with teacher guided lesson plans, free play opportunities, outside/gross motor time, mealtimes, and naptime. When children are provided a structured routine, with the opportunity to make choices during free play time, it gives them a positive sense of self-worth and confidence. Children who have self-confidence have a feeling of internal worth that allows them to work cooperatively with others and welcome challenging experiences. Children enjoy their classroom environment with confidence and ease when they follow a daily schedule and routine.
Classroom Setting:
Interest areas are provided for the children and are organized around specific kinds of play such as: the house area, block area, toy area, book area, art area and the writing area. These areas allow children to play with things that interest them while actively learning many new things each day. Areas are organized in a way that allows children to easily choose, sort and return toys and materials on their own.
Experience Curriculum: Foundational Skills
Hands-on learning through play is the focus of Experience Curriculum. Your child's teacher will use books, puppets, music, blocks, puzzles and manipulatives to inspire a love of learning! While your child plays, they will naturally build 36 foundational skills. These skills are interwoven within 8 developmental domains:
- social-emotional
- physical
- approaches to learning
- language and literacy
- math
- science
- social studies
- creative arts
Every activity and project integrates 2-3 skills from the domains of learning.
Child Assessment:
Experience Curriculum provides an integrated assessment system. Each month teachers receive an assessment pack to track each child's individual development. Experience Curriculum uniquely embeds observation prompts within each activity, so teachers know what to observe and how to assess skills as children learn and play naturally.