All Curriculum is developed by myself using all eight learning styles.
It is a professionally developed preschool curriculum that nurtures the whole child and supports the child's social, emotional and intellectual growth. Our curriculum is intentionally designed to meet a range of preschool skills. All tools are based on research and best practices. This document outlines the tools, associated skills and the research basis that has guided the curriculum development.
My curriculum supports the social (which includes diversity), emotional and cognitive skill development for young children.
I add phonics, several sets of flash cards as we do daily, letter recognition, sound recognition, sight words, word clusters, how to use picture clues and learning videos. I believe in teaching manners and respect. I do this in a fun and loving way. Our teachers at Kozy Kids are also taught this way too.
This is what we teach here:
Everyday we are listening to Mozart, Beethoven and lots great kids songs and finger plays.
The Benefits of Music for kids who grow up hearing music, singing songs, and moving to the beat are enjoying what experts call "a rich sensory environment." That's just a fancy way of saying they're exposed to a wide variety of tastes, smells, textures, colors, and sounds. And researchers believe this forges more pathways between the cells in their brains.
Musical experiences are an important way to help create these pathways, also called neural connections. And while listening to music is certainly key to creating them, it's when kids actively participate in music that they make the strongest connections.
Songs, fingerplays, stories, Spanish, movement activities, games all related to a weekly theme. We also spend some time working on a social skill every week.
Shaving cream, mix colors, textures, beans, rice, raw oatmeal, dry pasta...the possibilities are endless.
Preschoolers are PRE-readers and PRE-writers. Children are provided with activities that give them the skills they need BEFORE they learn to read and write. These skills strengthen small muscles, reinforce left to right eye movement and build language skills. Puzzles, pattern blocks, file folder games, magnetic numbers and letters, matching/memory games, geoboards, lacing buttons, and many more unstructured activities are available to children. We also work on classification, sorting, patterning, counting, and recognizing numerals.
The creative art projects the children do encourage self-expression. Our activities are process-oriented (rather than product-oriented) and open-ended.
Our science and discovery activities revolve around our weekly theme. Children are able to experience things like a butterfly hatching from its chrysallis, watching a tadpole become frog, and watching seeds grow into plants. The children may also experiment with magnets, making a cyclone in a soda bottle and discovering flubber.
Each week, the children learn a new letter. The children are involved in various activities that incorporate their senses. For example, we might do crayon rubbings over a sandpaper S or glue beans on a B.
Several times a week, we work on using scissors.
The children learn about reading and writing by being involved in several activities such as shared reading, following recipes, morning message, making books, journal writing, rhyming games, show & tell and using various materials to be involved in writing.
The children are taught to treat everyone as they would like to be treated. Respect everyone through the “how would you feel?” method. We go through the neighborhood and clean the streets with gloves for earth day. We have the fire department and police come over to teach us how they help the community. We encourage for the children to solve problems on their own with our guidance and we help with their vocabulary.
We use a positive discipline method. No time-outs here; which cause self humiliation, insecurity and low self esteem. Here again, we learn to communicate our issues to solve problems. This develops life skills for the real world.
7:30am to 8:30am..........................Kids arrive
8:30am to 8:45am..........................We all sit together for Breakfast
9:00am to 9:15am..........................Circle Time
9:15am to 9:45am..........................Creative Art
9:45am to 10:00..........................Snack
10:00am to 10:30am..........................Letter/Math Activities
10:30am to 11:00am..........................Science and/or Sensory Activities
11:00am to 11:30am..........................Outdoor Play
11:30am to 12:00pm..........................Lunch
12:00pm to 12:30pm..........................Free time in our library
12:30pm to 1:00pm..........................Story Time
1:00pm to 3:00pm..........................Nap/Quiet Time
3:00pm to 3:30pm..........................Snack
3:30pm to 4:30pm..........................Outdoor Play (Nature is a huge learning tool)
4:30pm to 5:30pm..........................Goodbye Circle
Every month I send out a statement that contains the days your Child is at school, days that may be closed, events that are coming up such as Holidays, Birthdays, vacations, closures and payment reminders. These are great calendars to put on your Fridge. At the end of the year I send out an end of the year statement, this is for tax purposes.
As a special gift at the end of each year (Jan-Dec.) I put together a DVD or photo book of your child. This is so you can see and share all the great moments he/she talks about while at Kozy Kids.
Good nutrition plays an important role in the health of your children and contributes to their mental attitude and behavior. At Kozy Kids, your child will be provided with well-balanced, nutritional meals, which include whole grains, fresh organic fruits, organic vegetables (which they grow in our garden), and sometimes juices. A minimal amount of sweets are served. All snacks and meals are included in your tuition.
If your child will be arriving after breakfast or morning snack is served--please make sure your child has eaten at home before arriving. If they have not eaten and the meal/snack has already been served, they will have to wait until next meal/snack time to eat. For children under 2 years old, meals are on a more flexible schedule as they are not yet ready for certain meal times.
Is there a deposit? Yes, a one week non-refundable fee. This is a start up fee for supplies and commitment to the Kozy Kids program.
What is the tuition? Below you will find the daily rates. You have two payment options: Monthly or Bi-monthly.
What if my child doesn't attend one day? The days you pick for your child, is the rate you will pay each week, even if your child is absent. If your child is sick or we are closed due to holidays, you are still required to pay the days that you have picked for your child to attend. We are holding this spot for your child.
Our tuition includes: daily art materials, journals, organic food for breakfast, lunch and an afternoon snack, butterflies, ladybugs, praying mantis, vegetable starters new equipment, what ever the season may bring and lots of free hugs and one-on-one attention. Plus, our curriculum program is included in the rates below.
Children under 4 years of age: Please, call for current rates.
Children 4 years of age and older: Please, call for current rates.
Full time is 5 days a week.
Part time is anything less than 5 days a week.