课程

Little Govs儿童学习中心使用 创意课程 作者:Diane Trister Dodge, Laura J. Colker和Cate Heroman以及Reggio Emilia approach, a resource for planning developmentally appropriate activities in the classroom. It is a comprehensive, child development-based curriculum that helps us create an 有效的学习环境. 它将课堂组织成兴趣领域和 provides guidance on the underlying rationale as well as goals and learning objectives 给孩子、老师和家长. 雷焦·艾米利亚的方法包含了 a strong child-led learning 环境, with natural elements to foster the best 与了解环境的关系. 

Each of our preschool classrooms are separated into learning centers. 孩子们 spend the majority of their day participating and learning in these centers. 找到 了解更多在我们的教室里发生的事情.

艺术

艺术 teaches a child that his creativity is limited only by his own imagination. 的 过程，而不是产品，才是最重要的  幼儿美术的重要组成部分. 艺术能培养孩子的精细运动技能. 这需要 small-muscle 控制 in order to manipulate clay, cut with scissors, paint with a 刷，用记号笔或蜡笔上色. 随着这些技能的练习，它们会有所帮助 a child gain mastery to cut with a knife, button their own shirt and print their name. 艺术 projects also build a child’s self-esteem and is another opportunity for a child 说“我能做到。!"

块

块 help children learn scientific, mathematical, art, social studies, and language concepts; use small-motor 技能; and foster competence and self esteem. 孩子会学习 about depth, width, height, length, measurement, volume, area, classification, shape, symmetry, mapping, equality (same as) and inequality (more than, less than) – all 从用积木建造. 这不仅仅是用积木来建造具有教育意义的建筑 是清理. Sorting and storing blocks teaches classification and one-to-one correspondence, 哪些是重要的数学技能.

表演游戏

Participating in dramatic play lets a child bring the complicated grown-up world down 规模. Dramatic play helps children to concentrate, to be attentive and to use self 控制. 当 they pretend they also learn to be flexible, substituting objects for 那些他们没有的，并学会同情他人. 他们经常会表演出一个整体 range of emotions when playing pretend, offering sympathy for a doll that fell off 一把椅子，因为木偶不听话而责骂他.“戏剧游戏鼓励孩子们 抽象思考，这是一项重要的阅读前技能. 孩子们开始明白 这些词代表思想，都在重要的中心.

教具

当 children play with puzzles or lacing beads they are developing fine-motor 技能, 什么是会写字的前兆. 他们练习自我控制和合作 当他们等待轮到他们玩游戏的时候. 当他们用表块或设计构建时 with pattern blocks, they experiment with invention and use creative problem solving 技能. 他们 also are expanding their emerging math 技能 such as counting, sequencing, 序列化和分类.

沙子和水

A child has a practical math lesson in fractions when they pour a cup full of sand 把水倒进两个杯子的容器里. 它能更快更清楚地解释这个概念 而不是详细的讨论或绘图. 精细的运动技能和手眼协调能力 正在开发中. 的re is no right or wrong way to play with sand and water (except to throw it out of the basin), so each child experiences success. 沙子和水 allow for open-ended concepts, they allow for children to experiment and create new 词汇，如描述性语言. 

音乐与动作

听音乐可以教会你重要的阅读技能. 就像孩子们玩小乐器一样 他们可以玩单词的节奏模式. 他们学会听出两者的区别 fast and slow, loud and soft, one at a time and together, etc. 手指游戏促进 language development, fine motor 技能, coordination as well as self-esteem. 有创意的 运动能扩展孩子的想象力. 这也是一种有趣的健身方法 儿童发展的重要目标.

读写能力

技术

当 children work with technology, they learn to work cooperatively with others, 培养毅力，以自己的工作为荣. 他们学会识别和分类 对象的属性，如颜色，形状和大小. 他们学会了排序和秩序 以及培养早期的阅读技能. 他们正在发展小肌肉，精炼 手眼协调，提高他们的视觉技能.

科学

科学 content is more than isolated facts such as the stages in the life of a butterfly. Scientific facts are important, but how they are put together into meaningful ideas 更重要. For example, learning about the development of a butterfly should lead to the big idea that all living things develop in a series of states called a 生命周期. Preschool children learn science by exploring the world around them. 当 you provide an 环境 with many varied materials, they try out things to see how they work, they experiment, they manipulate, they are curious, and they ask questions. As they seek answers to their questions, they learn to enjoy and appreciate their 周围的环境. 这些活动都是科学.

户外玩

Outdoor play refines a child’s gross-motor (large-muscle) 技能. 的cross-lateral movement right arm/left leg  involved is critical to a child’s later success in reading 和写作. Playground time is also an opportunity to explore and manipulate a different 环境. Outdoor play also allows children to let loose their imaginations. 他们 can turn the jungle gym into a rocket ship, a castle, a firehouse –anything they choose.

数学

Just as preschool teachers cultivate literacy in children, they use multiple opportunities 白天帮助孩子们建立数学能力. 当孩子们互相给予 person at the table a cracker, pour water from one container to another, put all the big buttons in one pile and smaller ones in another, or clap a rhythmic pattern - 他们正在学习数学。. 诸如此类的日常经历为 学龄前儿童在数学方面的进步. 此外，教师的知识的实质 of math content provides facts and concepts needed to promote and extend children's 数学思维.

用餐时间

用餐时间 are an opportunity for a child to learn social 技能. 分发零食 and distributing a napkin and cup to each child teaches one-to-one correspondence 还有数数技能. Pouring the juice from a small pitcher to an individual cup requires 小型电机控制. 用餐时间 also provide an opportunity for a child to associate mealtime with pleasant feelings and reinforce a child’s sense of competence and independence.

清理

当 children clean up they are learning to sort, classify, match and organize as 他们把玩具放回架子上. 他们学会了帮助行为和秩序 是有价值的. Cleaning up teaches self discipline and children learn how to follow simple 方向. 他们 also enjoy the feeling of being competent, independent and responsible.