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Little Feet The perfect place for your toddler through Pre-Kindergarten! Little Feet Preschool began as a dream of Serina Coppola-Cordova's while she worked at Babies Business, Mill Valley California 1997-1999. After being inspired, and wanting more children of her own Serina opened Little Feet Preschool-Child Care in Sacramento. Little Feet was established in 1999 and has grown over the years into a well known and respected preschool. Little Feet Preschool has enjoyed the privilege of serving over 57 families from Sacramento and the surrounding area over the past 10 years. We strive to provide the best possible care available, while meeting the changing learning needs of your child. Here you will find a developmentally appropriate, traditionally play based preschool environment in a warm, friendly family setting. You and your child will be delighted with our large outdoor playground, our grassy area for summer picnics, and resting underneath the clouds. Incorporated into our preschool program we offer art, science, cooking, blocks, library, discovery, music and movement, dramatic play, outdoors and sand and water. We know that finding care for your little one(s) can be among toughest decisions you face during there early years. We strive for you to have, "Piece of mind while you're not present". Our Philosophy At Little Feet Preschool we believe that children learn through repetition, consistency, positive encouragement, love, and respect. Children learn best in a structured, stimulating, and fun, playful environment where they are able to be themselves and have the benefit of learning while enjoying being a child. Socialization and friendships are extremely important during the first 6 years. Some of a child’s most important first lessons come from early friendships, peer groups and your child’s preschool teachers. The social aspect children gain from being part of a group at an early age will both benefit and impact later learning. It is a joy to watch kids and families grow, learn, and thrive together. Even at the preschool level lifelong friendships are made! |
Curriculum The most important part of preschool is PLAY! Our parents, and staff learn how to read into a child's play experience and foster growth that's developmentally appropriate. Our children learn to read, write, use their imagination, and develop cognitive skills without worksheets! SAMPLE OBSERVATIONS This 5.1 year old child was using the Tinker Toys to build a tower. She arranged the colors, sizes and ability to move. Skills developed & mastered: Observes objects and events with curiosity Shows persistence in approaching tasks Explores cause and effect Applies knowledge or experience to a new context Classifies objects Compares/measures Arranges objects in a series Recognizes patterns and can repeat them Shows awareness of time concepts and sequence Shows awareness of position in space Uses one-to-one correspondence Uses numbers and counting Takes on pretend roles and situations Makes believe with objects This 2.5 takes the paint from the paint can to the easel. He does not change brushes :). He mixes the colors with his paint brush. No longer paints himself. Ask's us to hang picture when he's done. Beginner and Emerging Skills: Learning Print Concepts Demonstrates basic fine motor skills Understands how objects can be used Shows a beginning understanding of cause and effect Shows a beginning understanding that things can be grouped Uses problem-solving strategies CreativeCurriculum.net is an online curriculum-based system that integrates ongoing assessment of children's development with reporting, program planning, and parent communication tools. It is linked with The Creative Curriculum® for Preschool, a comprehensive early childhood educational system that has been shown to promote the cognitive, language, social/emotional, and physical development of young children. The assessment system is based on a valid and reliable instrument, The Creative Curriculum Developmental Continuum for Ages 3-5. The instrument meets all of the assessment standards of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and the National Association of State Early Childhood Specialists in State Departments of Education (NASECS/SDE) and has adequate assessment properties. It is an excellent tool for program planning and for analyzing and documenting child progress. It also meets federal and state reporting requirements, such as those of Head Start and the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP). As of July 2006, CreativeCurriculum.net also includes infants, toddlers and 2’s. For these younger children, the system is based on The Creative Curriculum Developmental Continuum for Infants, Toddlers & Twos, which is linked to The Creative Curriculum for Infants, Toddlers & Twos. The Reliability and Validity of The Creative Curriculum® Developmental Continuum for Ages 3-5 In order for an assessment instrument to properly document children's developmental progress and accurately report child outcomes, it must be both reliable and valid. Reliability is a measure of the extent to which different assessors of the same child reach the same conclusions about the child when using the instrument. Validity is a measure of the extent to which the assessment items actually measure what they are intended to measure. Dr. Richard Lambert, of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, conducted reliability and validity tests of the Developmental Continuum for Ages 3-5 on a sample of over 1,500 low-income children. He concluded that the Developmental Continuum has adequate assessment properties. Click here to review Dr. Lambert's technical report. The Reliability and Validity of The Creative Curriculum® Developmental Continuum for Infants, Toddlers & Twos. The Creative Curriculum Developmental Continuum for Infants, Toddlers & Twos underwent an extensive content-validation process, with more than forty experts reviewing the scope and content of the objectives, steps, and examples. A field test was conducted to determine the reliability and validity by using a sample of hundreds of children from across the country, including dual language learners and children with disabilities. The field test is almost complete. A report on the psychometric properties of this assessment tool, also written by Dr. Lambert, will be available in September 2007. Come Play… Come Learn… Be Silly and Dance! "Peace of mind while you're not present." |
