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An Early Learning Program For 4-Year Old Children

An Early Learning Program For 4-Year Old Children. BB4C Partner Sites. This chart compares BB4C enrollments with the kindergarten enrollment of the following year. ( based on third friday count). All Partner Sites:. Have DPI Licensed Teachers

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An Early Learning Program For 4-Year Old Children

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  1. An Early Learning Program For 4-Year Old Children

  2. BB4C Partner Sites

  3. This chart compares BB4C enrollments with the kindergarten enrollment of the following year. (based on third friday count)

  4. All Partner Sites: • Have DPI Licensed Teachers • Have Space and Equipment Specifically Designed for 4 year olds • Meet Requirements for Child Care Licensing • Maintain 9 to 1 Student -Teacher Ratio • District Specified Curriculum

  5. Curriculum • Creative Curriculum • Second Step • Tribes • Handwriting Without Tears • CSEFEL

  6. The Creative Curriculum®for Preschool • The Creative Curriculum is based on the five components of teaching children effectively: • how children develop and learn • the learning environment • what children learn; caring and teaching and • partnering with families

  7. The Creative Curriculum®for Preschool • incorporates 38 objectives for development and learning that are predictors of school success • aligned with Wisconsin Model Early Learning Standards • objectives are assessed three times a year, using an observational assessment tool – “GOLD”

  8. Objectives for Development and Learning • Social Emotional • Physical • Language • Cognitive • Literacy • Mathematics • Science and Technology • Social Studies • The Arts

  9. SECOND STEP • Second Step is a program from the Committee for Children that teaches skills for learning and listening, identifying feelings, managing strong emotions, solving problems, and getting along with others which set the stage for future academic success. • Activities, Brain Builder games, puppets, and partner work keep children engaged and help them practice their skills.

  10. Tribes • Tribes is a process that assures the healthy development of every child so that each one has the knowledge, skills and resiliency to be successful in a rapidly changing world. • Staff and bus drivers have completed Tribes training. • In the Tribes process four specific agreements are honored: • attentive listening • appreciation/no put downs • mutual respect, and • the right to pass

  11. Handwriting Without Tears • Is a pre-handwriting instructional program that engages techniques and activities that help improve a child’s early self-confidence, pencil grip, and body awareness skills • Aligns with the program used by kindergarten classrooms

  12. Assessment (Teaching Strategies GOLDTM ) • GOLDTM is an observational assessment system that helps teachers be intentional in their teaching by accurately pinpointing where children are in their development and learning. • GOLD is directly aligned with the objectives of the Creative curriculum. • The assessments are posted three times a year and shared in parent conferences. The data is also entered into Infinite Campus to assist kindergarten teachers in planning instruction for new students in the Fall.Creative Curriculum Objectives for Development and Learning

  13. CSEFEL • The Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL) is focused on promoting the social emotional development and school readiness of young children birth to age 5. • Two of the BB4C sites (Head Start and Kids USA) have been selected as pilot sites for Wisconsin. • The CSEFEL program consists of evidence-based practices for promoting young children’s emotional competence and preventing and addressing challenging behavior.

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