Preschool Program - 2½ to 4
Our preschool program has been developed to ensure positive early experiences with school in order to create positive attitudes towards learning. Our goal is for the children to see themselves as learners, which is accomplished in an atmosphere of cooperation and belonging, and where a sense of feeling capable and courageous can grow.
Linking Letters
The Preschool
Program
North Toronto Early Years Learning
Centre follows The Linking Letters program created by our
Curriculum Coordinator, Catherine Ciardulli RECE.
The Linking Letters program believes that information should be
taught to the children in a specific order to promote full comprehension
and retention: This makes learning holistic and progressive. Through
the use of checklists and assessments we are able to individualize group
program plans and create group and individual learning goals.
Our theme-based programming is modified accordingly to ensure that learning
is organized, objectives are focused, and that information is taught
in a way that makes sense to each child. All of our preschool
classes follow The Linking Letters program to ensure that
all children are being held to the same standards.
Teaching Style:
Our goal is for each child to acquire their full learning potential!
We are able to do this by making children active within their learning,
always building upon previous learnt knowledge, and individualizing
our group program plans through the use of checklists and assessments.
Curriculum Style:
Our curriculum focuses on addressing the question, “How are you smart?”
opposed to asking, “Are you smart?” Because not all children
learn the same way, it is important to us to determine how your child
learns about the world around them. Once we know how your child
learns, we can then utilize that strength and natural ability to foster
lesser developed domains.
Behaviour Management:
Attached information provides more details on our Adlerian Philosophy
and 4 ‘C’s motto.
By incorporating the above
techniques we are then able to really be Adlerian and help children
acquire their 4 C’s. This is because this program teaches children
to realize how competent and important they really are: Which is why
the children in our classes have thrived so much social-emotionally
and academically! Making children active within their learning teaches
children how to speak up and share ideas in a way that’s informative
and purposeful; this is how we build a sense of connection and foster
feelings of importance (count). By teaching children in a way
that makes sense to them, we our helping them realize just how capable
they are. All of this facilitates an environment that shows children
that this is a safe place to learn, grow, laugh and make mistakes; thus
promoting feelings of courage.
Literacy Goals:
Current literacy research links exposure and experiences with these
early literacy skills in preschool to be strongly correlated with later
literacy success:
- The Full Function of Letters (Name/Shape/Sound)
- The Full Function of Print (Concepts of Print)
- Reading Aloud & Shared Reading Experiences
- Shared and Modeled Writing Experiences
The Linking Letters program
incorporates all these experiences within our preschool classes.
© 2010 Catherine Ciardulli RECE Curriculum Coordinator NTEYLC
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Contact us! Phone: 416-544-0133 Fax: 416-544-0437 Email: early.years@bellnet.ca