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Curriculum

Nicole's Tot-Time Daycare emergent curriculum runs from September to June.  July and August our focus switches from educational activities to gross motor skills and outdoor play/enjoyment.

The curriculum is developed with the needs of the children in mind.  I use a variety of mediums to prepare the children for kindergarten.  An example of a medium would be felt stories, felt stories are an amazing tool to help teach children basic concepts, colours, numbers, alphabet, math, science, and so much more.  We use weather puppets to help us learn about our weather.  We use a variety of work books to assist in learning pre-kindergarten skills.

Emergent curriculum:  "is a way of planning curriculum based on the student's interest and passions as well as the teacher's.  To plan an emergent curriculum requires observation, documentation, creative brainstorming, flexibility, and patience.  Rather than starting with a lesson plan which requires a 'hook' to get the children interested, emergent curriculum starts with the children's interests."

Job trays are also an important part of our curriculum.  Job trays are individual activities geared towards a specific skill, such as fine motor skills, concepts, sequencing, etc.  These skills can be beginning skills to writing, math, and science.

Although I have a structured program it remains flexible to meet the needs of the children.