Golden Step Childcare & Preschool Curriculum

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Our education-based and play-based curriculum is designed to give them love and accommodate each child's development by providing a diverse learning environment for children to explore, learn, and grow while having fun and having a joyful experience. Golden Step curriculum is inspired by a variety of teaching methods and philosophies like Reggio Emilia, Montessori, Waldorf, and more. At Golden Step children will explore their imagination and learn throughout activities such as:

·  Weather 

·  Rhyme time

·  ABC

·  Reading

·  Math

·  Science

·  Sensory bin activities 

·  Arts / Crafts

·  Colors 

·  Circle time Center

·  Days of the weeks

·  Five Senses

·  Months of the year

·  Basic Shapes

·  Story Time

·  Physical Development

·  Social Development

·  Emotional Development

·  Dramatic Play 

·  Seasonal Parties

·  Birthday celebration upon request from parent 

·  Music

·  Dance

·  Yoga

·  Cooking and Baking

·  Free play with variety of educational toys

·  Bilingual (Farsi (Persian))

·  Outdoor exploration in a very big playground

·  Gardening 

·  Community workers figures play to experience the diversity of working environments 

·  Opposites

·  Vegetables

·  Traffic sign

Arts and Crafts

Children will be educated to indicate a form of creativity by themselves as a result of realizing a new colors, objects, and shapes. By using material such as variety of stamp, dot paints, brushes, paints, playdoh, color pencils, crayons, markers, and much more fun materials to create a creative arts and crafts.

ABC Readiness

We educate every child the letters of the alphabet and reading. Also, we help every child to overcome their shyness, and to learn more English vocabulary each and every day, and develop social skills with our monthly curriculums here.

Math

We introduce children to learn math with fun and enjoyment. Children will learn new things like numbers, objects, measurements, comparing the weight of different types of objects, concepts of tall and short, and less or more. 

Science

Children can observe and explore with their mind about different things in the category of science. We let children to pursue, observe, explore, experiment a blast lab experiments and have fun while learning about new and fun facts about science. Such as playing with water table, sand table, science experiment related to Biology, experimenting with plants, and producing a lot of more joyful experiments for children to experience. 

Story Time 

Children will start to develop and build imagination, literacy skills, listening skills, and to get attracted to love reading books. Story time is a great learning experience for children.

Dramatic Play

Children can pretend to do variety of roles and act them out and use their imagination. Dramatic play allow children to share their feeling about their roles and action. Dramatic play build a child social study, language, social emotional, fine motor skills, gross motor skills, and cognitive development by having an opportunity to practice and improve these skills.

Music 

We introduce children to music during in an early development to helps them learn the sounds and meanings of words. Children will have an opportunity to enjoy singing, moving, dancing, and listening. 

Yoga

We introduce yoga to children at a very young age to helps them to establish a healthy habit. Yoga exercises can strength, balance, coordination, flexibility, builds confidence/self-esteem, reduce their anxiety/stress, and give a sense of calmness to the children.

Cooking & Baking

Cooking and baking can help children to learn, practice, and  encourages them to think, problem solve, and be creative. Cooking and baking also give children the opportunity to use their knowledge and apply it by counting, measuring, and following their teacher directions.

Gardening

Children plant fresh vegetables and they will pick them from the garden. Gardening teach’s children many skills such as problem solving, planning, to be patience, and to enjoy the final result.