PCB Academy offers an exceptional educational program that introduces academics through fun activities that not only invigorate the mind of a child but also boost independence, confidence and self-esteem. We challenge our children with a curriculum that captures their imagination, and a learning environment where they can make discoveries, solve problems, and think independently.
We believe that no one method of instruction is all comprehensive, we have taken from a variety of curriculums in order to develop a well rounded program that encourages the intellectual, social, emotional and physical growth of the child. Our main curriculum is High Scope. This curriculum is based on the premise that children learn through hands-on activities, active and direct interaction with materials and with the adults who facilitate children’s learning. In this kind of environment, children naturally engage in "key experiences" that foster developmentally important skills and abilities. High Scope has identified 58 key experiences in child development for the preschool years and a wide range of practical strategies for promoting these key experiences.
The school day is structured to give the child a balance of learning and fun, teacher–and self-directed activities, active and quiet play and individual and group time. In addition, children spend part of their classroom time outdoors, playing and exploring the world around them. A carefully planned consistent program, tailored to the needs of children at each class level, adds to the child's sense of security. Your child will not only make the developmental progress necessary for a successful transition to kindergarten, they will love the activities that get them there!
For more information on High Scope curriculum click the link below.
http://www.highscope.org/Content.asp?ContentId=63
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*High Scope Key Experiences*
~Creative Representation~
Recognizing objects with the senses
Imitating action and sounds
Pretending and role playing
Making models out of clay, blocks, and other materials
Drawing and painting
Relating Pictures, photographs, and models to real places and things
~Language and Literacy~
Talking with others about personally meaningful experiences
Describing objects, events, and relations
Having fun with language: listening to stories and poems, making up stories and rhymes
Writing in various ways: drawing, scribbling, letter-like forms, invented spelling, conventional forms
Reading in various ways: reading story books, signs, symbols, and one's own writing
Dictating stories
~Time~
Starting and stopping an action on signal
Experiencing and describing rates of movement
Experiencing and comparing time intervals
Anticipating, remembering, and describing sequences of events
~Initiative and Social Relations~
Making and expressing choices, plans, and decisions
Solving problems encountered in play
Taking care of one's own needs
Expressing feelings in words
Participating in group routines
Being sensitive to the feelings, interests, and needs of others
Building relationships with children and adults
Creating and experiencing collaborative play
Dealing with social conflict
~Space~
Filling and emptying
Fitting things together and taking them apart
Changing the shape and arrangement of objects (folding, twisting, stretching, staking, enclosing)
Observing people, things, and places from different spatial viewpoints
Experiencing and describing positions, directions, and distances in the play space, building, and neighborhood.
Interpreting spatial relations in drawings, pictures, and photographs
~Number~
Comparing number of things in two sets to determine "more", "fewer", or "same amount"
Arrange two sets of objects in one-to-one correspondence
Counting objects
~Seriation~
Comparing attributes (longer/shorter, bigger/smaller)
Arranging several things one after another in a series of pattern and describing the relationships
Fitting one ordered set of objects to another through trial and error
~Classification~
Exploring and describing similarities, differences, and the attributes of things
Distinguishing and describing shapes
Sorting and matching
Using and describing something in several ways
Holding more than one attribute in mind at a time
Distinguishing between "some" and "all"
Describing characteristics something does not possess or what class it does not belong to
~Music~
Moving to music
Exploring and identifying sounds
Exploring the singing voice
Developing melody
Singing songs
Playing simple musical instruments
~Movement~
Anchored movement: bending, twisting, rocking, swinging the arms
Non-anchored movement: running, jumping, hopping, skipping, marching, climbing
Moving with objects
Expressing creativity in movement
Describing movement
Acting upon movement directions
Feeling and expressing steady beat
Moving in sequences to a common beat
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