Curriculum
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Core

TOTs - Activity Centers (free play), Music, Hand Wash/Snack, Large Motor, Closing

Children and parents explore the room together. This is an opportunity for children to experience being in a large group and to participate in a limited amount of structured activity during music circle

TWOs - Activity Centers (free play), Music, Hand Wash/Snack, Large Motor, Closing

For a number of children this is their first opportunity to work on separation issues. Some of the children are moving from parallel to interactive peer play thus providing beginning opportunities for social development. Art activities will continue to be process rather than product oriented, there will be exposure to more songs in music circle and children are encouraged to continue their room exploration.

THREEs - Opening, Activity Centers (free play), Music, Sharing, Hand Wash/Snack, Large Motor, Closing

Children are at a level where weekly themes and somewhat more directed activities are appropriate. Social interaction is in full swing, so the opportunities to encourage assertiveness, negotiating, and problem-solving skills are abundant. Children are advancing in their art skill levels and their creative play

FOURs - Circle, Sharing, Lunch, Activity Centers (free play), Music, Large Motor, Story

Children are capable of participating in discussions and decision-making. They are often able to deal with peer confrontations without adult intervention. Their creative play has reached new levels, they are interested in projects that span longer periods of time, and they like sharing new knowledge and skills. Although social development is still our primary goal, there is time spent on more focused pre-academic skill development through patterning, graphing ,oral dictation, and group work on letter and sound recognition. As in each preceding class, the art, activity and music levels continue to increase as the children's interests and abilities develop.

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Enhancements

The Queen Anne Coop boasts an impressive Enhancements program that includes extra-curricular learning both in and outside the classroom.

During the 2006-2007 school year the older children (Threes & Fours classes) learned Spanish, yoga and creative dance from guest instructors, and a local singer/songwriter entertained the Twos class. Field trips and activities for the older classes included:

• a guided tour of the woods of Discovery Park during Forest Animal Week
• an insect safari while learning about bugs
• trip to a concrete factory while learning about construction
• a visit to a glass blowing studio during a unit on art
• instruction from a circus and acrobatics school in preparation for the circus that the 4s class hosts each year
• a traditional Japanese tea ceremony while studying about Asia

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Parent Education

As a member of the Queen Anne Cooperative Preschool, you are enrolled in the Seattle Central Community College's (SCCC) Parent Education Program. You will not earn college credit. The benefit you derive from this affiliation is that a Parent Educator attends your monthly parent meetings and will periodically be available in the preschool classroom.

Parent Educators are experts in the area of child development. At parent meetings they answer your questions and facilitate group discussions on a wide range of topics. Examples include: how to teach your child the skills that define emotional intelligence, recognizing how different parenting styles can affect your child's self esteem, what to expect at various age levels, and how to teach your young child basic personal safety skills.

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