PROGRAM OVERVIEW

As parents ourselves, we understand that choosing an early childhood program that you are comfortable with can be a difficult task. We would like to take a moment to assure you that it is extremely important to us that you and your child are satisfied with our services.

It is also very important that your child feels loved and respected while at our center, and at the same time understands that there are rules established for his/her safety and for the well-being of all the children at the Center. In addition, children are encouraged to be respectful to their peers in each classroom.

Our International Curriculum was exclusively designed for our school following some of the “Creative Curriculum” guidelines. The Creative Curriculum enhances social, emotional, physical, cognitive, and language development. The learning environment is the structure of the classroom that sets the context for teaching and learning.

Knowing how children develop and learn is the basis of planning our program, selecting materials, and guiding children’s learning.

Our curriculum is specifically designed to support the needs of the children at each of their developmental stages. The curriculum is based on hands-on experiential learning since younger children learn best through doing. We give our students an opportunity to explore and learn through inquisition and natural curiosity. Meeting the needs of each unique child is our overall goal while establishing healthy boundaries through a variety of learning activities and experiences.

Our goal is to expose your children to the world. While exposing them to a variety of languages, there are monthly themes incorporated throughout the school starting with the very young in our infant room, and will be incrementally designed to challenge each level of learning all the way through our Kindergarten class. A well-loved children’s book author will be featured each month. Diversity is celebrated through international holidays and celebrations.
Our Kindergarten Classroom exceeds the minimum standards defined by the Department of Education.

An important part of our curriculum is our enhancement programs. During the week we have guests that visit our program on a weekly basis. Shelley Toon Hight, Art Children’s Program Director, at Columbia Center for the Arts, teaches art every Thursday. www.columbiaarts.org. Victor Johnson, famous Children musician, brings his music to our center every Wednesday.

Our Hood River Center has been architecturally designed to specifically enhance the environment for children aged 3 months to twelve years. The windows are at eye level for all age groups to peer outside and the school environment is scaled to size. We have an infant area, a toddler area and a separate area of the buildings scaled to Preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten children. Although the building is beautiful and spacious, each room has a homey feeling with an intimate setting. We have two separate playgrounds: one for infants and toddlers and one for preschool through Kindergarteners. These specifically designed playgrounds support the physical needs of the child at his/her developmental level. Each play area allows for freedom of movement in a safe, specifically designated area for each age group.

We are delighted to be part of your child’s life during these amazing years.

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Love and Logic
Our discipline method is based on the “Love and Logic” curriculum. Love and Logic is a philosophy founded by Jim Fay and Foster W. Cline, M.D., and is based on the experience of a combined total of over 75 years working with and raising kids. It provides simple and practical techniques to help teachers and parents have less stress and more fun while raising responsible kids. Love and Logic offers many useful techniques that teachers and parents can begin experimenting with immediately. Here are some examples:

• Locking–in sadness or empathy before delivering consequences
• Setting limits with enforceable statements
• Sharing control through lots of small choices
• Building relationships with the One Sentence Intervention
• Neutralizing arguing with the Brain Dead technique
• The Anticipatory Consequence

"Love and Logic is easy to use, raises responsible kids, and changes lives."

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