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- Early Head Start Education and Early Childhood Development Services
- Head Start Education and Early Childhood Development
Early Head Start Education and Early Childhood Development Services
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- Two program options—Center Base and Home Base
- Qualified staff in the field of Early Childhood Development
- Researched based curriculum with sound child development principles are implemented in each program option
- Creative Curriculum for Infants, Toddlers & Two’s (center base)
- Parents As Teachers-Born to Learn Pre-natal to 3 year olds (home base)
- Both curriculums are practical and easy to understand
- Individualized education plans are developed in partnership with the staff and parents
- Staff continually conduct child assessments throughout the year to meet each infant and toddlers individual needs
- Activities are planned to offer infants and toddlers opportunities to explore and discover the world around them
- A nurturing, safe, clean, attractive and suitable, classroom environment fosters optimum learning and development with age-appropriate equipment, materials and activities available
- Interactions between infants, toddlers and adults are respectful and supportive of their gender, culture, language, ethnicity and/or family composition
- Infants and toddlers have the opportunity to build trust, to develop an understanding of self and the world around them
- Communication between staff and parents about their infant or toddler is open and encouraged
- Home visits and/or parent teacher conferences for infants and toddler are planned collaboratively with parents to support their child’s optimal development
- Parents are supported by staff in their roles as their infants or toddlers "first" teachers
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Head Start Education and Early Childhood Development
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- Safe, nurturing, enjoyable and secure learning environment.
- Help children gain awareness, skills and confidence necessary to succeed in their present environment and to deal with later responsibilities in life.
- Each child is treated as an individual in an inclusive community that values, respects and responds to diversity.
- Varied experiences are provided to support children’s growth and development, which includes physical, social, emotional and cognitive development of each child.
- Daily individual and group activities using a variety of materials.
- Parents are integral partners in developing and implementing curriculum.
- Parents are invited to volunteer in the classroom.
- Home visits and parent conferences are provided to each child and family.
- Highly qualified teachers who receive on-going training.
- Supports children’s emerging literacy and numeracy skills according to the developmental level of each child.
- Daily outdoor and indoor activities to promote physical development.
- Use Creative Curriculum For Preschoolers that is consistent with Head Start Performance Standards and is based on sound child development principles about how children grow and learn.
- Computers are in every classroom.
- On-going assessment of each child’s growth and development.
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