Curriculum

At the Richard M. Guon Child Care Center, we believe children learn best through hands-on experiences, exploration, and play. Our curriculum provides opportunities for children to build skills, express their creativity, develop relationships, and discover the world around them in a supportive and engaging environment.

When Your Child Builds With Blocks

They learn to use their imagination to create something from her own thinking.
They have the satisfaction of being able to make something.
They learn about sizes and shapes, weights and balances, height and depth, smoothness and roughness.
They are exercising their body.
They learn to play with others.

When Your Child Paints

They are more concerned with the process they are going through than with a finished product. This is the expected approach for this stage of development.
They learn about colors and how they can use them.
They learn to use their imagination and transfer their ideas to paper.
They get emotional satisfaction from being able to express themself.
They learn how to use small muscle coordination to handle a brush.
They learn how to make choices and decisions.

When Your Child Uses the Outdoor Equipment

They learn how to use their body effectively.
They experience joy in achieving a skill.
They have fun and experience relaxation through bodily movement.
They learn the limitations of their body.
They learn safety and caution.
They learn to take turns and to share a piece of equipment.

When Your Child Plays in the Housekeeping Corner

They learn what the roles of mother, father, and children are.
They understand what it feels like to play at being somebody other than themselves.
They learn how to use their imagination.
They learn how to cooperate with other children.

When Your Child Makes a Gift Out of Paper and Paste

They learn about doing things for others.
They learn how to use materials like scissors and paste.
They learn how to use their imagination to make the kind of present they have in mind. Again, the process, not the finished product, is important to them.
They learn about shapes, sizes, colors, and textures.

When Your Child Plays in the Sand or Water

They find it soothing to bury their hands in sand or pour water in and out of cups.
They are able to relax with these types of media and center their attention on a task.
They have an opportunity to play alone and not have to compete with other children as with some activities. This is especially important to a child who has trouble getting along with others.
They have a great opportunity to learn about size and measurement, experimenting with measuring spoons, cups and different sized containers.
They learn which things float in water.
They are not concerned with the final product, so they do not find it frustrating.

When Your Child Works With Puzzles

They have an opportunity to work alone or together with other children.
They gain satisfaction in completing a puzzle and build their self-confidence.
They have an opportunity to improve their eye-hand coordination.
They will use skills learned in doing puzzles later when they learn to read — putting letters to sounds, making words with letters, and making stories with words.
They learn to play with others.

When Your Child Cooks

They learn to follow directions.
They stimulate and use all five senses.
They learn to recognize colors and shapes from different kinds of foods and kitchen utensils.
They have an opportunity to use different tools and equipment to improve small muscle coordination.

When Your Child Listens to Music, Sings, or Dances

They learn to appreciate music from different countries, cultures, and time periods.
They learn to express themselves and their ideas.
They increase their vocabulary.
They gain satisfaction from participating in an activity that can be fun, physical, and enriching.

When Your Child Uses Manipulative Activities

They explore new concepts, practice emerging skills, and reinforce skills already mastered.
They develop fine motor practice.
They learn about classifying, sorting, predicting, problem solving, and analyzing results.
They develop their knowledge of the world around them using real objects and concrete examples.
They learn how to learn.

When Your Child Uses Technology and Computers

They learn how machines work and how they can help them learn more.
They practice eye-hand coordination, using the mouse.
They are able to learn the processes necessary to use technology.
They learn how to express their ideas through technology and share their ideas with others.

When Your Child Plays With Puppets

They are able to verbalize their feelings using words.
They can begin to understand the feelings of others.
They can role-play and perhaps find solutions to situations that may disturb them.
They stretch their imagination.

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