Curriculum

What Shapes Every Moment in Our Classrooms

The strength of our curriculum starts with the expertise and care of our educators. Each member of our staff is dedicated to creating a warm, supportive environment where children feel safe, inspired, and ready to grow. Get to know the people who make our center a place families trust and children love!

Wisconsin Model Early Learning Standards

Health and Physical Development

Wisconsin early care and education programs provide developmentally appropriate, diverse experiences to support children's physical well-being. The goal is for children to be healthy and able to manage physical needs independently, with a foundation in health, safety, and nutrition. Physical development includes growth, fine and gross motor skills, and sensory integration. Fine motor skills involve small muscle use for tasks like handling tools and eye-hand coordination, while gross motor skills focus on balance, movement, and body control. Sensory integration helps the brain process input from touch, body awareness, and balance systems. When these systems work well together, children can respond to their environment in coordinated, healthy ways that support overall development.

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Social and Emotional Development

This domain includes children’s feelings about themselves and others, their ability to form relationships, interest in and skills needed to maintain positive relationships with adults and children, ability to understand the perspective and feelings of others, and skills needed to succeed in a group setting. Social and emotional competence is developed from infancy, through the toddler and preschool years, and beyond.

Children’s early relationships are the foundation for social and emotional competence and affect all other developmental domains. Social competence is the ability to achieve personal goals in social interactions while maintaining positive relationships with others.

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Language Development and Communication

This domain refers to children’s developing the ability to understand and convey meaning through language. Language development is reflected in children’s progress toward acquiring skills in the areas of listening and understanding, speaking and communicating, and early literacy. Language development occurs in the context of relationships, encompasses all forms of communication, both verbal and nonverbal, and moves children along the continuum of early literacy.

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Cognition and General Knowledge

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Approaches to Learning

This domain, the one most subject to individual variation, recognizes that children approach learning in different ways and emphasizes the development of positive attitudes and dispositions to acquire information. It honors that children learn within the context of their family and culture.

It is inclusive of a child’s curiosity about the world and the importance that imagination and invention play in openness to new tasks and challenges. It stresses the importance of nurturing initiative, task persistence and attentiveness in learning while encouraging reflection and interpretation. It addresses the important aspect of how we learn as well as what we learn.

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Engaging spaces for play & learning

Two Spacious, Securely Fenced Playgrounds

Large Indoor Gymnasium

Developmentally Appropriate Classroom Arrangements

Quality education & caring environment

4k Through The Appleton Area School District Since Fall 2013

Quality Education & Programing

Ages And Stages Through First 5 Fox Valley

Pyramid Model Fidelity Center

Individualized Curriculum

Family Involvement & Healthy Living

We believe a strong family connection enhances a child’s learning experience, which is why parent involvement is always encouraged. Our commitment to health extends beyond the classroom with nutritious, child-friendly meals and plenty of opportunities for movement and play. Through community events and family engagement, we create meaningful experiences that reinforce learning, play, and well-being both inside and outside our center.