Class Curriculum - Caring Hands Early Development and Learning Center

Our Curriculum

Our Center has taken pride in developing and implementing a thorough Standards-based Curriculum built upon the AR Educational Frameworks and Pre-K ELLA principles.

Our literacy program includes:

Phonemic Awareness
Vocabulary Development
Comprehension
Phonics/Beginning Word Study
Writing

We make the most of daily Letter/Sound Identification, Read Aloud, Shared Reading, Journal Writing, Shared Writing, and/or Guided Writing segments.

In the Math portion of our program, we address:

Number Recognition
One to One Correspondence
Counting from 0-10, 0-100
Counting by 2's, 5's, 10's, etc.
General Number Concepts
Graphs
Measurements
Sequence and Patterning

In Science we explore things like:

Weather
Seasons
The five senses
Our bodies
Nutrition
Insects
Reptiles
Mammals
Dinosaurs
Plants

We also like to do experiments and encourage critical thinking skills.

Social Studies includes:

Ourselves, Friends, Family
Character Development
Home and Neighborhood
Town/City
Arkansas
Overview of the United States
Introduction to Continents and Oceans
Acknowledgement of various cultural holidays

Furthermore, our Curriculum includes:

Music
Art
Basic Spanish
Basic Sign Language

We are definitely not all work and no play. We recognize that play is integral to the development of a well-rounded, well-adjusted child. Therefore, we offer a balance of free play as well as structured time each day. When this is added to the academic aspects of our Curriculum, it adds up to a comprehensive program in which we make every effort to accommodate the special needs of each individual child.