Curriculum
Beyond Centers and Circle Time
is a play-based curriculum that focuses on the following
aspects of the classroom and the way in which it supports
children’s readiness:
- Planning of Play Experiences
- Organization and arrangement of Play Experiences
- Scaffolding Play Experiences
- Assessing Play Experiences
This curriculum is researched-based and has been
developed and implemented in the Creative Center for
Childhood Research and Training, Inc. in Tallahassee.
Dr. Pam Phelps, the author and Creative Pre-School
director and owner, has provided consultation and
generously allowed the staff of Concordia Lutheran
Preschool to visit this model school. Several trips
to Tallahassee have provided your staff with hands-on
learning and understanding of BCCT.
SCAFFOLDING is the overall concept of this curriculum
and is allows each child a changing quality of learning
support. The assistance given to a child adjusts to
fit the child’s current level of performance…more
support is offered when the task is new; less is provided
as the child’s competence increases.
The focus of BCCT is to integrate language, books
and other literacy experiences into every play activity
area. We will have eight learning areas which each
child will participate on a weekly rotation basis,
for 80 minutes a day. These areas are:
- Discovery (math and science)
- Cooking/art (math concepts, pre-reading and
fine motor)
- Fluid (developmental concepts and social/emotional
development)
- Blocks (spatial concepts, vocabulary and fine/gross
motor)
- Music/movement (gross motor, listening skills
and social/emotional)
- Dramatic (home and community)
- Computer/Spanish/Library
- Language arts (letters and numbers, fine motor
and cognitive/thinking)
Each of these areas will provide enhanced activities
with books, stories and unique literacy opportunities.
The richness of this curriculum is allowing your
child to participate in both intensity and density
of experiences with enhanced resources in each area
and a 10-1 ratio in each activity area. We
invite you to observe, volunteer and participate in
our program. Please speak with your child’s
teacher or school Director for opportunities. |