{"id":6,"date":"2017-01-04T01:39:06","date_gmt":"2017-01-04T01:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ssc.avctsdd.net\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2025-01-06T19:38:40","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T03:38:40","slug":"curriculum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/smartstartchildren.com\/index.php\/curriculum\/","title":{"rendered":"Curriculum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"style2\" style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">Our classes begin at age 2 and continue until children enter Kindergarten.\u00a0 Curriculum is developmentally based, meaning that new concepts and activities are introduced at the appropriate developmental stage.\u00a0 Our goal is to have each child well-prepared for entry into Kindergarten, and we regularly conduct one-on-one activities to ensure that each child is progressing appropriately.\u00a0 Our curriculum covers the following areas of concentration:<\/p>\n<p class=\"style2\" style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-247 alignleft\" style=\"margin-right: 20px;\" src=\"https:\/\/smartstartchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/school_skills_kids04_076-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"847\" \/><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><strong>Language Arts<\/strong> \u2013 pre-reading skills, letter recognition, letter sounds, early writing, rhyming words, story time<\/li>\n<li><strong>Math <\/strong>\u2013 counting, number recognition, shapes, sequencing, sorting, matching, measuring, graphing<\/li>\n<li><strong>Art <\/strong>\u2013 color recognition, crafts, painting, drawing, coloring, collage, cutting with scissors<\/li>\n<li><strong>Science <\/strong>\u2013 animals\/habitats, color mixing, cooking, environment, water cycle, gravity, weather, various science experiments<\/li>\n<li><strong>Music <\/strong>\u2013 singing, dance, tempo\/beat, musical instruments, music appreciation<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dramatic Play <\/strong>\u2013 encouraging imagination, dress-up, puppet theater, \u00a0role-play,<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gross Motor<\/strong> \u2013 outdoor play facility, parachute play, ball play, jump rope, obstacle courses, teacher-led exercises\/stretching<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fine Motor <\/strong>\u2013 Lacing beads, stacking blocks, worksheet activities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>We offer a full-day(up to 10 hours) or half-day(8:00-12:15pm) program for ages 2 to 5.\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Daily activities are as follows:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"style3\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><u><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-229 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/smartstartchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/cropped-Pixlr_34650614_Hands-Painted-2-1024x614.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"402\" \/><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"style3\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><u>Schedule<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>6:00am \u2013 8:30am . . . . .\u00a0Free Play<\/em><br \/>\n<em>8:30am \u2013 9:00am . . . . . Breakfast <\/em><br \/>\n<em>9:00am \u2013 9:30am . . . . . Circle Time<\/em><br \/>\n<em>9:30am \u2013 10:15am . . . . Outdoor Play<\/em><br \/>\n<em>10:15am \u2013 11:00am . . .\u00a0Learning Centers<\/em><br \/>\n<em>11:00am \u2013 11:30am . . .\u00a0Storytime<\/em><br \/>\n<em>11:30am \u2013 12:00pm . . . Lunch<\/em><br \/>\n<em>12:00pm \u2013 12:30pm . . . Lunch Clean-up\/Nap Preparation<\/em><br \/>\n<em>12:30pm \u2013 2:30pm . . . . Naptime<\/em><br \/>\n<em>2:30pm \u2013 3:00pm . . . . . Nap Clean-up\/Afternoon Snack<\/em><br \/>\n<em>3:00pm \u2013 4:00pm . . . . . Outdoor Play<\/em><br \/>\n<em>4:00pm \u2013 4:15pm . . . . . Circle Time<\/em><br \/>\n<em>4:15pm \u2013 4:30pm . . . . . Learning Centers<\/em><br \/>\n<em>4:30pm \u2013 6:00pm . . . . . Afternoon Childcare<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"page-header-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fns.usda.gov\/civil-rights\/usda-nondiscrimination-statement-other-fns-programs\"><strong>USDA Nondiscrimination Statement<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our classes begin at age 2 and continue until children enter Kindergarten.\u00a0 Curriculum is developmentally based, meaning that new concepts and activities are introduced at the appropriate developmental stage.\u00a0 Our goal is to have each&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7007,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartstartchildren.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartstartchildren.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartstartchildren.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartstartchildren.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7007"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartstartchildren.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/smartstartchildren.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":464,"href":"https:\/\/smartstartchildren.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions\/464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartstartchildren.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}