DISTINCTIVE FEATURES OF EARLY CHILDHOOD

Young Scholars Uses, "Creative Curriculum", by Diane Trister Dodge

INFANT and TODDLER

Children are most involved with building trust and autonomy. YSAFE uses, The Creative Curriculum for Infants and Toddlers emphasizing the importance of building responsive relationships among caregivers/teachers, children, families and the community in the context of daily routines and activities. The curriculum outlines what children learn during the first three years, the experience through which children achieve these learning goals, what staff and parents can do to help children reach these goals, and the materials and setting needed to support implementation. Creative Curriculum is supported by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC).

TRANSITION-to-PRESCHOOL, Age 2 years + integrates

The Creative Curriculum for Early Childhood and CLEAR Curriculum builds on what we know about how preschool children learn. With this approach interest areas of the classroom become the laboratory for the children to investigate, reconstruct and share what they are learning as they build concepts: literacy, math, science and personal health and safety and social studies.