We are now accepting enrollment for the Redemptive Life Academy and preschool for 2009. We are exciting about the upcoming year and would like to welcome you to come in for a tour of the school as well experience the learning environment for your child. We use The Creative Curriculum for preschool in combination with the Abeka Curriculum. 

The Creative Curriculum® for Preschool translates new research and theory from the field of early childhood education into a practical, easy-to-understand approach to working with children and their families. It is a comprehensive curriculum with a clear organizational structure and a particular focus on interest areas.

The organizational structure of The Creative Curriculum for Preschool includes five components:
 

• How Children Develop and Learn
• The Learning Environment
• What Children Learn
• The Teacher's Role
• The Family's Role

These components rest on a solid foundation of research.

The Creative Curriculum balances both teacher-directed and child-initiated learning, with an emphasis on responding to children's learning styles and building on their strengths and interests. This completely updated new edition of one of the country's leading research-based preschool curricula applies the latest theory and research on best practices in teaching and learning and the content standards developed by states and professional organizations. While keeping the original environmentally-based approach of earlier editions, The Creative Curriculum for Preschool clearly defines the teacher's vital role in connecting content, teaching, and learning for preschool children. It features goals and objectives linked directly to our valid and reliable assessment instrument (The Creative Curriculum Developmental Continuum for Ages 3-5).

You'll find:

• Child development and learning theory and how it's applied throughout the Curriculum
• Goals and objectives linked directly to a valid and reliable assessment instrument (The Creative Curriculum Developmental Continuum for Ages 3-5)
• Specific guidance on the teacher's role in teaching content in literacy, math, science, social studies, the arts, and technology throughout the day
• A wide range of instructional strategies--from child-initiated to teacher-directed learning--to best respond to children's strengths and interests and the material being taught
• Guidance on building social competence in children, teaching social problem-solving skills, and responding to challenging behavior
• Strategies for meeting the needs of English language learners and children with disabilities