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 Child Care: Curriculum |
Child Care Curriculum |
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Pennsylvania Early Learning Standards
Over 30 years of research confirms the foundational importance of early education and care for children's school and life success. In collaboration with Pennsylvania Department of Education, the YMCA ECDC incorporates a standards-based approach to pre-kindergarten programs. Children are born with an incredible capacity and desire to learn. It is critical that their first steps are in the right direction. The YMCA creates a positive learning environment to build the foundation or a strong start-one that effectively provides children with skills and gives them the confidence to stay the course.
The YMCA understands that children's individual development and learning is constructed on a continuum that builds on prior experience and knowledge. Each child's unique learning style, ability and experiences join together to support progress along the continuum. Children also learn holistically; physical, social, emotional and cognitive learning work together to create the whole child; each influence the other and none operate independently.
Play is the vehicle through which children build knowledge. Children need opportunities to develop new skills by using active exploration of hands-on-materials. They also need safe and comfortable environments where they can practice these newly acquired skills and build on them to learn new information. YMCA Teachers support individualized learning opportunities by providing meaningful experiences that engage their interests, abilities and culture. Effective classroom learning for young children, then, is a balance of self discovery and supportive and nurturing teachers' constructions of challenging, yet attainable tasks.
Infant & Toddler Standards
PA Early Learning Standards and YMCA Developmental Milestone.
PreSchool Standards
• Approaches to Learning
Language and Literacy
• Program Partnership
• Science and Social Studies
• Creative Arts
• Logical-Mathematical
• Physical-Health
• Personal Social
Kindergarten Standards
• Approaches to Learning
• Health, Safety and Physical Education
• Personal Social
• Environment and Ecology
• Family-School-Community Partnership
• Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening
• Arts and Humanities
• Mathematics
• Science
• Social Studies
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Character Development
Part of the commitment of the YMCA is to promote character development. Children need reinforcement of positive values. Values of caring, honesty, respect and responsibility need to be incorporated into play, learning and social activities. Through consistent teaching, modeling, reinforcing and practice, staff will help children demonstrate and accept positive value.
RESPONSIBILITY (Green) Duty; to do what you should.
RESPECT (Yellow) Regard; to treat others as you would want to be treated.
CARING (Red) Putting others before yourself.
HONESTY (Blue) Integrity; to tell the truth.
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