Early Childhood (Pre-K3 and Pre-K4)

We are implementing Creative Curriculum® in our program for early childhood because it is comprehensive, research-based, and aligned to the Teaching Strategies GOLD™ Objectives for Development and Learning and Global Citizens School’s approach to teaching. Creative Curriculum® features exploration and inquiry as a way of learning, enabling children to develop creativity, confidence, and lifelong critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Creative Curriculum® has activities and classroom projects on topics that children can connect to their own everyday experiences. While the curriculum topics provide rich learning experiences for students, Global Citizens School will amend, change or replace topics when necessary to support the strengths, needs, and interests of our children. Creative Curriculum® is comprised of six volumes offering digital resources to complement print materials and simplify data collection and planning. The Teaching Guides feature a variety of hands-on, meaningful, and engaging learning experiences for all children, which is critical for dual language immersion programs.

The curriculum includes Special Support strategies that help teachers to individualize instruction for English Learners and dual language learners. Digital resources are also available to complement print materials, which will support with streamlining data collection and planning. It is also important to note that the curriculum is also available in Spanish, which will be used by our Spanish language teachers. Although Creative Curriculum® is not available in Mandarin, our Mandarin language teachers will teach the same curriculum and provide the translation in their lesson plans coupled with Mandarin Chinese books, resources, and materials. Our language teachers will model authentic language through oral, printed, and audiovisual and multimedia presentations. They will use Spanish and Chinese children’s books, songs, newspapers, video clips, signs, ads, and objects that represent the partner culture, such as games, posters, currency, etc.