The early years of life can shape what children believe, how they think, and who they will become.
Our Curriculum
Our curriculum at Blooming Preschool is based on current research that supports developmentally appropriate practices and academics. Developmentally appropriate practices are those that take into account the way children develop and learn. We support the interest of each child through hands-on experiences with materials and concepts. We believe children discover and learn by making the decisions needed to work through activities. Teachers create lesson plans around weekly curriculum themes. Each week, teachers will focus on specific letters, numbers, colors, shapes, and sight words. Blooming preschool practices skills to build healthy social and emotional development, self-control, and have a positive attitude towards life. Each day at Blooming Preschool begins with the mindfulness practice: “May I be thankful, may I be healthy, may I have peace.”
Child Guidance
Guiding children in our program involves patience, safety, routine, and setting clear rules and expectations. Our teachers are passionate, professional individuals who have studied child development at a college level. Each teacher meets state requirements, is fingerprinted, and completes training upon hiring. Teachers are expected to follow their class schedule to maintain consistency and act in a way that represents our mission and values. Our teachers also participate in monthly meetings to stay up to date in the field of early education and licensing regulations. Our staff model appropriate behavior and treat students and families with respect. We comfort children and show them ways to regulate emotions to become self-sufficient at school and at home. Teachers guide children with attention, care, and realistic expectations for their age and stage of development.
At Blooming Preschool, we make every effort to connect school and home together open communication and partnership to meet each child’s needs.
Language and Literacy Development
Children in our program are encouraged to talk, sing, make-up rhymes and listen to stories to improve their literacy skills and oral language skills. Our teachers provide tools and opportunities for children to experience written material, self-expression, storytelling, new vocabulary, and interactions with peers. Blooming Preschool incorporates American Sign Language and welcome opportunities to learn different languages.
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1. Listening Skills
-Music/Songs/Instruments
-Listening & Recall comprehension (understanding and retaining what is being said)
2. Alphabet/Letters/ASL:
-Sounds/Phonics/Songs/Rhymes
-Upper and Lowercase (connection)
-Sight words (advanced)
3. Writing Skills
-Beginning handwriting/free drawing/scribbling (finger placement)
-Tracing & Writing
4. Name: First & Last
-Respond, repeat, write, and recognize name
Cognitive and Mathematical Development
Our program offers activities that include counting, determining more or less, larger or smaller, how many, recognizing patterns, shapes, and developing a sense of time awareness. Teachers encourage students to question, use problem solving skills, use classifying skills, and find ways to explore numbers and what they represent.
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1. Observation: Using the senses.
2. Problem Solving: “Thinking outside the box.”
3. Language: heavy, light, tall, short, round, rectangular, add to, take away, etc.
4. One-To-One Correspondence: For example, one cup to one person.
5. Number Sense: making connections between quantities, counting, more, less, etc.
6. Shapes: 2D, 3D, how many faces, edges, sides, vertices, real examples of shapes.
7. Spatial Sense/Positions: puzzles, inside/outside, left/middle/right, top/middle/bottom, above/below, beside/next to, etc.
8. Comparing: similarities and differences such colors, weights and sizes.
9. Sets and Classifying: make groups of items in a logical way.
10. Patterning: ability to place items in a specific order that repeats.
11. Counting: Rote Counting and Rational Counting.
12. Measurement: volume, weight, length, height, temperature, and time.
13. Parts and Wholes: Parts and Pieces.
14. Numbers and Symbols: <, >, +,-, =. etc.
15. Simple Graphing: Collecting
Physical Development
Physical activities in our program help build strong bodies, boost cognitive function, improve social skills, reduce stress, and promotes better sleep. Children in our program participate in large and small motor skills inside and outside of the classrooms. Our playground is spacious with a variety of safe play equipment.
Teachers encourage students to practice personal health and safety. Activities can be child-initiated and teacher-initiated. They will involve group time games, free choice times, outdoor play, and dancing. Children are provided with appropriate meals, snacks, and rest times to support physical growth.
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1. Improves Brain Function
2. Better Social Skills
3. Help the body relax and reduce stress
4. Improves Sleep
Personal and Social Development
Children in our program are included, seen, and heard. We want students to feel comfortable and confident in their classroom. Teachers work on building trust to improve their ability to connect with adults, their environment, their friendships, and ensure they feel a sense of belonging. Children are encouraged to develop self-concept, self-worth, and self-control while interacting with others and proper conflict resolutions. Our teachers encourage manners, character education, and developmentally appropriate changes in age. Teachers support friendships and positive memories at school.
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2 years, toddlers:
• Copy others, especially adults and older children. Get excited when with other children
• Show defiant behavior (doing what he has been told not to do)
• Know names of familiar people and plays simple make-believe games
3 years, preschoolers
• Show affection for friends without prompting and takes turns in games
• Show concern for crying friend
• Separate easily from mom and dad
• Dress and undress self
• Carry on a conversation using 2-3 sentences
4 years, preschoolers:
• Is more creative with make-believe play
• Cooperate: Would rather play with other children than by himself/herself
• Understand the idea of “same” and “different”
• Play board or card games
5 years, preschoolers:
• Want to please friends and copy others
• More likely to agree with rules
• Show concern and sympathy for others
• Are aware of gender
• Can tell what’s real and what’s make-believe
Emotional Development
Children in our program experience pride, self-confidence, develop independence, self-control, and have a positive attitude towards life. Students and staff start the day with a mindfulness practice of “May I be thankful, may I be healthy, may I have peace.” as they start and end their daily preschool experience.
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Noticing Emotions-Comfort/Discomfort-Trust
-Attachment bond
-Basic Needs
-Face expressions
Expressing Emotions
-Tantrums vs Meltdown
-Experimenting how to express emotions
-Testing Boundaries
-Connecting Feelings with Words
Managing Emotions
-Independance
-Expressing emotions
-Accepting Consequences
-Setting Boundaries
-New Social Settings
-Handling Change
Creative Arts
In our program we encourage children to express their creativity through art, self-expression, dance, music, and dramatic play. Teachers use different tools for activities to allow children to explore their own creativity. Children are exposed to a wide variety of ideas and experiences in the arts indoor and outdoor.
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Creativity: Art allows children to express their thoughts, feelings, and ideas in unique ways.
Fine Motor Skills: Tasks like cutting, painting, or gluing help strengthen the small muscles in their hands.
Cognitive Skills: Art projects often involve decision-making, problem-solving, and planning.
Scientific Thinking
Our program encourages observations, exploration, and experimentation. Children focus on the world they know and understand. They pay attention to how things work and how teachers do things. Our teachers understand that knowledge grows from the child’s innate need to discover. Our teachers find opportunities to show students how the world works through the use of five senses, questioning, measuring, predicting, and analyzing to explore the world we live in.
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Sense of Sight
Sense of Smell
Sense of Hearing
Sense of Touch
Sense of Taste