Our preschool program is aligned to the Illinois Early Learning Standards, which help guide our curriculum (knowledge, skills, and dispositions to be taught), classroom setup, and teaching strategies.
Below, you will find links to the Early Learning Standards, as well as to the curriculum models we use to assist children to accomplish important learning goals.
Illinois Early Learning Standards:
( link will be provided soon! )
Everyday Mathematics: Pre-Kindergarten
http://everydaymath.uchicago.edu/parents/pre-k/goals/
Rowland Reading Foundation: Happily Ever After
http://www.superkidsreading.org/happily-ever-after/index.php
Articles on the Importance of Play in the Life of a Young Child
Play in the Early Years: allianceforchildhood.org, May 2007
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets/importanceofplay.pdf
- EC Team
- Early Childhood Policies and Procedures (opens in new window)
- Classroom Routines and Learning Centers (opens in new window)
- Creative Curriculum Letters to Families (opens in new window)
- Learning Letters at Home (opens in new window)
- Reading Aloud to Young Children
- Writing Progression in Early Childhood
- Early Childhood Links (opens in new window)
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