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Curriculums to Meet Your Child’s Early Development Milestones

October 21, 2014
Your child’s early development is a journey, and at HoneyTree Early Learning Centers, the Teachers work alongside parents in achieving milestones every step of the way. Each year, HoneyTree invests big in providing nationally-approved curriculums for the children at their ten locations.

HoneyTree uses a curriculum called Pinnacle for their infant, toddler, twos and preschool programs. It is designed to assist Teachers with program planning that encourages children to develop their emerging skills in all developmental areas. It offers activities for both group time and various learning centers, and Teachers have an abundance of ideas to enrich the learning centers in their classroom. The activities meet learning objectives that help children move toward their potential as they explore the materials and activities in the classroom.

Because Pinnacle Curriculum offers Teachers so many ideas in an easy-to-use format, the burden of program planning is lighter and more time is available for meeting the individual needs of each child.

Each month of curriculum contains five weeks of programming, centered on a specific theme and tailored to the development skills for each age group. The Teachers expand on them using their own creativity. From infant through pre-school, the themes grab your child’s attention as they grow their skills.

HoneyTree’s Pre-K program uses Opening the World of Learning (OWL) a comprehensive curriculum that covers all domains of early learning. The content of each unit is built around a carefully crafted daily routine within an activity-center day. Themes, skills, and concepts are developed through quality children’s fiction and nonfiction trade books. The consistent formant and features in every unit makes it easy for teachers to use and children to learn.

Consistent Unit Format & Features Include: Center Time, Small Groups, Conversations with Children, Story Time, Songs, Word Play, Letters, and Let’s Find Out About It.
If you are interested in starting your child in an educational based program, visit any of HoneyTree Early Learning Center’s ten locations or call 540-344-4543 for more information. Full day, partial, and drop-in programs are available to fit specific needs!

A Guide to Milestones by Age
6 – 12 months: copies sounds, begins to sit without support, likes to play with others, responds to own name, strings vowels together when babbling (“ah”, “eh”, “oh”)

12 months – uses simple gestures such as shaking head for “no”, copies guestures, responds to simple spoken requests, says “mama” and “dada”, pulls up to stand

18 months – plays simple pretend such as feeding a doll, points to show others something interesting, knows what ordinary things are for (ex: brush, spoon), says several single words, walks alone

2 years – says sentences with 2 to 4 words, gets excited when with other children, follows simple instructions, kicks a ball, points to things or pictures when they’re named

3 years- copies adults and friends, carries on a conversation using 2 to 3 sentences, climbs well, plays make-believe with dolls, animals and people, shows affection for friends without prompting

4 years – hops and stands on one foot for up to 2 seconds, would rather play with other children than alone, tells stories, draws a person with 2 to 4 body parts, plays cooperatively

Milestones Resource: www.cdc.gov/ActEarly