Upcoming Gwinnett County Events!

It's that time of year where we are all looking for ways to get out and do something! This month we are celebrating the March of Dimes (January 14th- 18th) and Volunteer Action Week (January 21st-25th)! These are both incredible ways that you can give back to the community! How can you help?

March of Dimes (January 14th-18th)- Our school will have a collection box located at our front desk. Have your children help collect donations by making it fun! See how many dimes your child can collect by the end of the drive!

Volunteer Action Week (January 21st-25th)- This week we encourage our families to get out in their community to help! Be on the look out for more information regarding how families with young children can help their community!

If you're looking for something more, check out these events in Gwinnett County!

*Lunch and Learn- Financial Seminar- George Pierce Park
        January 24th   11am to 2pm       Free!   18+
            Learn how to navigate through our current market!

*Prom Fashion Extravaganza!- Gwinnett Historic Courthouse
        January 26th    2pm to 4pm      $5 at the door
            Enjoy a fashion show and browse local vendors!

*Spring Art Show- Featuring Christopher Sherry- Gwinnett Historic Courthouse
       January 24th to April 12th    
            Featuring watercolors, oils, and pastels

*Valentine's Day Dinner Dance- George Pierce Park
      February 14th    6:30pm to 9pm     $61 per couple due by February 8th
            Dinner, prizes, live music, and dancing!

Welcome to the New Year!

We hope that all of our families had a fabulous New Year and holiday season! We are so ready to get back into the swing of things! To kick off a new year, we are kicking off our new curriculum! Why are we switching to a new curriculum? Well, we believe that our teachers are our best resources for lesson plans. Creative Curriculum gives our administrators and our teachers the freedom to be more creative in their lesson plans and to cater each lesson to each child's respective developmental level. Each child develops at their own pace, and we believe in fostering each child's growth individually, as well as collectively. We know that you will see a positive change in your child's learning and growth!

What is Creative Curriculum?

       We believe that during Early Childhood play defines how children learn. We believe in preparing children for school and life through well-balanced, hands on activities. Studies have shown that young children learn best through imaginative play and imitating what they are shown, rather than what they are told to do. Our new curriculum keeps in mind your child’s basic needs, as well as academic needs. Creative Curriculum allows our teachers to choose lessons based on your child’s needs and interests. Instead of choosing lessons from one book that generalizes each lesson, through Creative Curriculum our teachers are able to cater each lesson to each child based on the individual development of each child.

Our curriculum is based off of 6 goals and 50 objectives related to the areas of Social/Emotional Development, Physical Development, Cognitive Development, and Language Development. Each lesson is catered to incorporate these goals and objectives. Each lesson plan is approved by management before it can be used to make sure that it covers everything required. We want our students to become curious, independent learners with great self confidence and that can work well with others, as well as work well independently! Please see attached chart to view the goals and objectives.

At the end of the year, your child will have a profile of development from his/her teacher and a conference to let you know how your child is doing in preschool. For our younger children, each assessment will be carried up to the next class. For our Pre-K students, you may take your child’s assessment to Kindergarten, if you wish.

If you would like more information about our new curriculum or a copy of the current lesson plan, please see Kristie or Jamie at any time. Copies of information may take up to 2 business days to process and print; however, we will be more than happy to accommodate you.  

Here are a few resource pages for our parents to check out!

http://www.plan4preschool.org/curriculum/creative_curriculum/

http://www.creativecurriculum.net/