A Creative Curriculum

The creative curriculum is a carefully designed curriculum based on a well-established understanding of children's intellectual, social, and physical development.

It is based on what children need to learn and what we know about how they learn. The creative curriculum is a pre-kindergarten program designed for children ages 4 thru 5. When implemented, the following are some of the variables which will be observed in the classroom setting.

• The teachers and the environment will provide oppurtunities for children to experiment, solve problems, and make fruitful mistakes.
• Teachers will use an inquiry approach, asking questions designed to help the child develop their problem solving skills.
• Children will be allowed to make choices about learning each day while the teachers monitor.

Preschool Provides a Foundation for a Lifetime of Learning...

Working in conjunction with Southwest Licking's Kindergarten Center, our program has been strategically aligned with the Ohio Department of Education's Early Learning Content Standards, which provides a benchmark of the skills children should master during their preschool years.

Students will learn the critical components of the following subject areas:

• Language Arts: Listening, Speaking, Writing and Reading
• Mathematics: Numbers, Patterns, Measurements, and Data Correlation
• Science: Earth, Life and Physical correlations.
• Social Studies: Families, Heritages, and Different Cultures.

Children's ideas, creations, and discoveries are valued...

Through school-wide activities such as art, music, language and dance children

• Learn to express themselves
• Grow socially and emotionally
• Become more independent
• Gain a greater sense of self-confidence
• Learn to respect themselves
• Learn to interact with individuals outside of their school environment.