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Preschool Curriculum

Home Preschool Curriculum

At Children’s Happy Day School our preschool curriculum is developed by our staff, based in literature and uses the MA Guidelines for Preschool Learning Experiences and the NAEYC curriculum standards as guiding principles.

Each month teachers and children will investigate curriculum topics that develop from  the interests of children. Learning centers are created to enhance the curriculum and give children a chance to play and work with materials, act out stories and interact with peers and adults.

CHDS Nature P1 Fall 2015

Nature, the use of natural materials in the classroom and opportunities to explore outside each day are also essential components of our curriculum. At Children’s Happy Day School, we encourage the scientist in each child through gardening, walks around the neighborhood and opportunities to observe and interact with nature. We enrich these daily experiences with apple picking in the fall and trips to the Boston Nature Center in the summer, weaving experiences with nature beyond the school into the curriculum.

Teachers incorporate the “Social Thinking Curriculum: The Incredible, Flexible You” into their work with children.  This curriculum is designed to help children develop the social skills needed for working alongside others. It helps them to “listen with their whole bodies” think about the group plan and focus on “Thinking thoughts and feeling feelings.” The curriculum incorporates songs and books in an engaging manner as children develop their social and emotional awareness.

Field Trips

Children have opportunities to explore the community outside the classroom as part of our curriculum. During “Art Month” we take the children to the MFA to learn more about artists and their techniques and Children have the chance to work in the MFA art studio. Each summer, we venture to the Public Gardens to ride the Swan Boats and read “Make Way for Ducklings.” Through field trips, we connect learning to the everyday experiences of children as part of our preschool curriculum.

Annual Apple Picking Field Trip

Enrichment At Happy Day

Yoga

Children’s Happy Day School offers a yoga enrichment program. Ms. Megan Tager’s love and passion for children make her a unique instructor. “I trained with Child Light Yoga and put together a program using picture books to explore different yoga poses with children. Each class begins with a breathing exercise that includes a breathing ball (hoberman’s sphere) to help children to do correct, deep breathing. I end each class with a rest time (Shavashah) giving children a chance to slow things down. Their busy bodies and minds need it. It is amazing to witness preschoolers come into yoga busy and excited and leave calm and focused. Namaste, Ms. Megan.”

Yoga Class – Preschool 1 (P1)

Movement & Creative Dance

Children’s Happy Day School offers a movement and creative dance class. Mr. Tom Krusinski has been a faculty member at Brookline Music School for over 20 years. His dance program is informed by Howard Gardener’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences (musical, kinesthetic, spatial, linguistic, mathematical, intra-personnel and inter-personnel). His objective is to teach to each child’s strengths and have the students experience the joy of moving and creating while having fun.

Movement & Dance Class – Pre Kindergarten / Kindergarten (Pre K/K)

Chinese

Children’s Happy Day School offers a Chinese (Mandarin) enrichment program. Ms. Christina Chen (Jiwen Chen) originally from China graduated from medical school in China. After she came to the US, she taught Chinese in Westwood Chinese school for over 7 years and also in Brookline Chinese school.

Music and Movement (P1)

Music is an essential part of early childhood education and our preschool curriculum. In our toddler/preschool 1 classroom Mr. Owen Kelliher offers a music and movement class that includes fitness, dance, Spanish, science, and healthy brain development. Each class consists of a warm-up, dancing, fitness, games and a cool down and re-cap. Mr. Owen has been playing the guitar for over 20 years and teaching in after school programs. In 2013, he decided to pursue a career in children’s music and teaches at early childhood programs in West Roxbury, Dedham, Brookline, and Cambridge.

Music & Movement Class – Toddler/Preschool 1 (P1)

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5 Charles Park Road
West Roxbury, MA 02132
(617) 325-0606
www.childrenshappyday.com

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