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Creative Curriculum for Pre-School
Overview of the Curriculum
The curriculum is one of the widely used curriculum and it was released in the year 1978. There are different editions of the curriculum and each of the curriculums contain a variation from the previous ones due to the various suggestions that are made by different people. The different editions of the curriculum are published by Teaching Strategies for Early Childhood. Since it was first published the curriculum has got six editions and the current one is the 6th edition. One of the common aspects of the curriculum is that it integrates content learning by enabling the children to ask questions about the topic. It is through investigation that the children will understand the topic more and then come up with tough questions about the topic.
In the basis edition, there are studies at the beginning of the year, balls, buildings, trees, clothes and the three environmental management strategies that is reduce, re-use and recycle. On the other hand, the deluxe edition has other aspects or units such as tubes, insects, signs, sand and even simple machines. The curriculum offers an explanation on the learning that takes place in each of the areas and the ways in which the children can engage with the materials in each of the areas to promote their learning experiences. For instance, The Balls Unit is made into five units where the children can explore more on what they are learning by asking questions such as, what are buildings. Which are some of the buildings around my place of residence? How do they look like?
In addition, the curriculum is also based on five core principles which are positive interaction with the adults are a great foundation, Constructive play constitutes essential learning, the physical environment plays a great role in affecting the learning process in children, partnerships between the family and the teachers are good for the learning process of the child. The curriculum also allows the children to use the skills that they have acquired during the active learning process that is reinforced through the daily routine activities carried out by the children. There is also a balance of the program in that the quiet activities and the active activities each has a 60 minutes of break regardless of the length of the program. In the outdoor learning, there are 40-60 minutes given in the curriculum.
Critique of the Curriculum
The foundation of the program is the constructivist philosophy since it is more child-centered and it fosters the development of children emotionally and socially CITATION Car17 \l 1033 (Carol, 2017). The curriculum also encourages the teachers to set up their curriculum in such a way that the children will be able to learn through their own means and through the interactions that they have with the various aspects of learning that are observed in the curriculum. The program also appears to be developmentally appropriate since it takes into consideration the development of the child as it considers the interests and strengths of the child. Furthermore, it captures the cultural practices and beliefs since the parents and the teachers are involved in ...