Grandma's Arms Child Care & Development Center

Serving Children Ages 6 Weeks through 13 Years

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Grandma's Arms Child Care & Development Center

Our center is committed to providing the absolute best early childhood education for young  children.  We  understand  that  we  are  preparing  children  for  the  variety  of experiences ahead of them, not only in school, but in life. Current research in early childhood  education  and  neuroscience  teaches  us  that  the  best  way  to  do  so  is  to focus on the simultaneous development of the whole child. It is our goal to provide opportunities and support for children to develop their identity within the domains of social-emotional, fine, and gross motor, language, imaginative, and cognitive skills. We do this by providing an enriching and intentional environment in which children can  wonder,  learn,  and  grow.  Together  with  the  children,  teachers  serve  as  co-researchers, exploring the many questions young children have about the world in which they live. A cornerstone of our program is our belief in children’s natural creativity. We know children get great pleasure from being involved in the arts, and so we encourage this at every age. Children learn skills and gain immense self-esteem when given diverse opportunities to create. Art is an integral part of our program, and we provide a wide array of materials for creating.

Social-Emotional Skills

Social-emotional growth of the children is the key element of  our  curriculum  because  we  know  that,  without  strong  social-emotional  skills, children will not be successful in the world around them. We foster this development by  building  relationships  amongst  children  and  adults  through  warm,  respectful communication  and  modeling.  We  help  each  child  develop  a  strong  sense  of individual  self-worth  and  build  a  community  which  appreciates  the  uniqueness  of each adult and child.

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Physical Skill Development

The development of strong fine and gross motor skills is vital to many experiences, children  will  have  in  their  future,  both  in  and  out  of  school  (such  as sitting at a desk, playing on the playground, participating in sports, riding a bicycle, exercising, and self-regulation). We support the development of fine motor skills by providing a variety of hands-on experiences including writing, drawing, cutting, clay-work, painting, and the creation of 3-dimensional art. We also provide a wide variety of  sensory-rich  experiences,  knowing  that  the  more  surfaces  children  touch,  the more their sensitivity to texture solidifies and the more their hand-eye coordination increases. Faculty incorporate a variety of opportunities to develop their gross motor skills throughout the day by running, jumping, climbing, skipping, dancing, climbing stairs, and hanging from the monkey bars.

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Language Skill Development

Young  children  develop language  skills  at a  remarkable  rate, and we  provide  opportunities  to  help  them  do  so.  We  facilitate  the  growth of  spoken language through speaking with the children and through actively encouraging them to speak with each other. We ask for their opinions, model patterns of conversation, ask  them  questions,  and  utilize  descriptive  language  to  help  them begin  to  label items  and  feelings.  We  encourage  the  development  of  pre-literacy  skills  through reading to children regularly, and through making books and the discussion of books an important part of their daily experience.

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Cognitive Skill Development

In  today’s  world,  where  Google  can  answer  any  question  and provide you with any fact, our primary focus is teaching children how  to  think, not what to think. We  encourage  children  to  not  only  ask questions,  but  to  help  find  the  answers themselves.   We   conduct   research with   the children by collecting data and determining  next  steps  in  a  project.  We  allow  our  investigations  to extend  over periods of weeks, and sometimes months, so that the children have time to physically process  the  information  and to  create  connections  in  their  minds, literally  building their own knowledge. Our research investigations incorporate all the developmental areas  as  children  analyze,  work  together  in  a  social  group,  establish  pride  in  their own work, document their observations, create, and learn new vocabulary related to their studies.

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HAPPY KIDS

Every parent loves to see his or her children happy. So do we!

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