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Curriculum
Bucky Beaver offers a complete, holistic curriculum, which includes:
Art
Activities in the Art Center offer an abundance of learning
opportunities. Children gain social skills as they share and cooperate
with the use of materials.
Music
Through music activities, children learn to hear differences in sounds,
discover rhythm, and increase vocabulary.
Dramatic Play
Through dramatic play, children integrate what they are learning about
the world around them and how they feel about themselves in that world.
Whole Language
This program provides children with opportunities to listen, act out,
and make puppets and mini books for a variety of stories. Children are
given daily opportunities to develop and improve their ability to
communicate — in listening, thinking, speaking, writing, and reading.
"Second Step"
The goal of this program is to build your child's social skills and
self esteem by giving them tools to solve everyday problems. Second Step
lessons are divided into three areas:
- Empathy training — Children
learn to identify feelings in others, predict what feelings their
actions might cause, and show others that they care.
- Impulse control — Children
learn to think creatively to solve problems, and they learn social
skills such as sharing and taking turns.
- Anger management — Children
learn how to calm themselves and redirect their feelings in more
positive ways.
Work Jobs
Work jobs are specially designed projects that promote reading
readiness, math readiness, and visual perception. Work job materials are
chosen for each child's ability, and encourage growth in fine-motor
skills, thinking skills, and socio-emotional skills. Daily work jobs teach
each child the value of beginning and finishing a task — an important
ingredient in building self esteem.
Math
In addition to math-related computer games and individual work jobs,
another approach to stimulating a child's inquisitiveness is through large
or small group activities. These help develop the strong listening and
independent learning skills needed to succeed in a traditional mathematics
classroom setting.
Science
Science projects promote the intellectual growth of children by
stimulating their curiosity. Children are given hands-on, real-life
activities involving the theme for the month.
Enrichments
On enrichment days, one subject is covered in-depth, and stories,
crafts, and dramatic play center around the enrichment topic. For example,
topics may include snow, Native Americans, dinosaurs, space, Hanukkah,
pioneers, and Earth Day.
Field Trips and Activities
Each month classes go on field trips. These trips provide a wonderful
opportunity for children to experience and learn from new environments,
and for them to learn how to have good manners in public places.
Other activities held throughout the year include:
- Back-to-school picnic
- Curriculum Night
- Dad and child Halloween party
- Parents and child holiday party
- Valentine's Day party
- Mother's Day party
- School picnic
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