1. Early Childhood Education
Amanda Zeier

2. Background Information
Began in mid-1800s in Kindergarten in private home
Head Start-mid-1960s
Illinois-1985
250 thousand children attend preschool each year
Pre-K in 45 states by 2006

3. Our Mission
“Our primary mission is to meet the developmental needs of the whole child in a warm and nurturing environment. Children are our first priority in anything we do. We make sure the children are happy and ready to learn every day. It is essential to support children to develop skills necessary to construct their own knowledge and prepare them for their next school environment.”

4. Infants 6 weeks to age 3 Parents as teachers
provides parents with child development knowledge and parenting support
Parenting Tips
Reading together builds early literacy and motivation
Babies listen from birth even only 5 months in the womb
Nursery rhymes attract attention
With babies: Pick one or two rhymes to use before bedtime. She will like to hear the same rhyme over and over and will begin to associate it with being sleepy. This will help her go to sleep.

5. Preschool Ages 3 to 5 Preparation: Is your child ready?
Physical, cognitive, social, and emotional
Hands-on approach
Websites for preschoolers
Abc Toon Center m/
Chateau Meddybemps m/

6. Kindergarten
Stimulate children’s curiosity to learn more about the world around them
Literacy
Noticing words in stores, class, and all around them
Math
Counting cubes, number rods, other materials such as cookies and candy to count
Science
Plants, animals, weather, seasons
Social Studies
Rules to get along
Forming opinions and issues

7. First Grade Literacy Math Science Social Studies Print words legibly
Locate main idea and details
Math
Count to 100 by one’s, two’s, five’s, and ten’s
Add and subtract numbers up to and from 10
Science
Observations of the natural world
Weather, plants, animals
Social Studies
Use maps and globes

8. Second Grade Literacy reading without stopping to figure out words
Story writers (personal and 3rd person)
Math
Add and subtract double digits
Understand meaning of multiplication and division
Science
Earth and natural resources
Social Studies
Learn about people and places of their local communities and regions, and compare them to other communities and regions.

9. Third Grade Literacy Maps, webs, venn diagrams
Reports, creative fiction, and personal narratives
Math
Larger numbers, fractions, decimals, odd & even numbers
Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division
Science
Sun, moon, planets
Solids, liquids and gas
Social Studies
Natural environment

10. School Activity For All Ages
Recycling
Recycling can be a fun and easy activity for all ages. Children will learn how they can make a difference in the environment.
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