“In a world that is increasingly technology driven, with information just a click away, 21st century learners must be able to think critically and creatively. Making connections and synthesizing information will be key to academic and future success. Fostering creativity is no longer enrichment to learning – it is where critical connections, innovation, and meaningful inspiration are developed.
We know that children experience access to the creative-self in their early years more so than at any other time in their lives. Helping children to recognize and become acquainted with the many facets of creative expression can be an amazing experience for the early childhood educator as well. ”
NCC’s curriculum is designed to allow children to learn in their own unique way. As children grow and experience each program offered at NCC, they will build upon previously mastered skills as they participate with familiar curriculum such as Hands Around the World, Handwriting Without Tears or Zoo Phonics. NCC uses a combination of purchased and in-house developed curriculum, to provide programs that are driven by exceptional research based curriculum, setting up each child to achieve personal success. While NCC’s teaching staff introduce concepts and projects as a way of delivering the foundational learning skills, both students and teachers have a hand in determining the direction it will go based on the interest of the students and the observations by the teachers.
“Our job is to provide a protected space for love, safety, and stability in which children of many unpredictable kinds can flourish. Our job is not to shape our children’s minds; it’s to let those minds explore all the possibilities that the world allows. Our job is not to tell children how to play; it’s to give them the toys and pick the toys up again after the kids are done. We can’t make children learn, but we can let them learn.” ~Alison Gopnik”
ENVIRONMENTAL DEVELOPMENT
NCC uses a in-house developed curriculum titled Happy Healthy Me to help children understand the need to make healthy choices for ourselves and our planet. Children are surrounded by fruits and vegetables each day and develop a “green thumb” by participating in caring for our Edible Yard each day. You can read more about our GREEN SCHOOL HERE.