​​​  Our Rainbow Kids Family ​Child Care

  ​​Curriculum and Activities 

​When a child enters our program, he/she enters with a wealth of knowledge obtained from home - through family, culture, and community.  
​The curriculum is built around the strengths, needs and interests of the individual children.
​The provider and teachers obtain knowledge about child’s development from parents and use it to customize the activities and to what is individually appropriate. 

Staff and Teachers prepare the environment:
• From making observations of each individual child’s interests and developmental levels
• By planning age and developmentally appropriate activities
• To design specific learning activities for small groups
• To reflect the cultures of the children represented and society as a whole
​• By interacting with children in ways, which introduces them to new concepts and continuously build upon prior experiences  

We believe:
• All children share certain needs and can benefit from a comprehensive interdisciplinary program that will foster social, emotional, cognitive, psychomotor and language/linguistic development through a broad range of services.
• In using a child-centered approach
• In providing an environment that promotes learning
• In providing activities based on children’s interests, developmental skills, culture and language
​• The focus of the curriculum must come from the children  

​The Childcare staff helps your child to get ready for school. The educational program and daily activities focus on developing or improving the following skills for school: Literacy, Math, Fine and Gross Motor, Visual Perception, Problem Solving, Social and Communication, Ability to Deal Constructively with emotions, Self-help skills.

​Mixed-age socialization enables children to acquire unique adaptation advantages. We ran a cohesive program for two primary age groups:

Brighter Rainbow, Pre-Primary Group (24mo to 36 mo), is designed specifically to foster social and cognitive development and to lay the foundation for learning in multiple academic areas. Children are carefully guided and encouraged to explore practical life activities, sensorial experiences, math, language, culture and science.

Students in Over the Rainbow, Primary (3 yo to 5 yo) learn to approach new challenges with confidence. They are empowered as readers, writers, critical thinkers and mathematicians to become creative, well-informed, passionate and joyful learners. Respected as individuals, our students think for themselves and are ready to begin their journey of learning and discovery

​Our Rainbow Kids Teachers uses Mother Goose Time comprehensive preschool curriculum www.mothergoosetime.com.  The intensive Pre-K prep materials intentionally imbed child development theories and brain-based research in the curriculum framework as well as social constructivism learning principles and practices. 

​To learn more about skills and standards of the program we learn and apply daily, click here

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Daily Schedule and Activities:

 Circle Time/Preschool Lesson

 Transition time/Bathroom/Diaper Change/Independent Play/Reading Time

 Transition Time / Inside/Outside Free Play/Pick up Time

Field trip to the Library and Playground

 In Small Groups: Free Play/Art Project

 Circle Time/Preschool Lesson

 Bed Time Story/Nap/Quiet Time/Independent Quiet Play

 Elective: French Lesson with Madam Lucy

 Circle Time/Preschool Lesson

 Bed Time Story/Nap/Quiet Time/Independent Quiet Play

 Elective: French Lesson with Madam Lucy

 Circle Time/Preschool Lesson

 Bed Time Story/Nap/Quiet Time/Independent Quiet Play

 Elective: French Lesson with Madam Lucy