Reedemer CDC

Child Development Center, as part of the outreach program of Redeemer Lutheran Church.

Curriculum

Educational Philosophy

The children in Redeemer CDC’s program are able to learn about the world around them and cultivate their independence and creativity through experimentation and observation. As the children play and work together, critical social skills are fostered through communication, cooperation, and problem-solving. Taking turns and sharing toys and responsibilities teaches children self-control and consideration for others. Children are encouraged to make their own choices about where and how to play. 

Play-based activities do not replace intentional teaching; rather, they complement and enhance it. The two work together to develop appropriate peer interactions, as well as strong academic skills.  Our curriculum focuses on reaching developmental milestones while adequately preparing our students for Kindergarten and other future learning endeavors. Each program’s curriculum builds on the one introduced before it, creating a logical progression of skills and expectations. The teacher’s role is to lovingly guide, teach, and encourage the child as they learn and grow. 

Infant Curriculum, 0-7 Months

SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
  • Shows attachment to familiar adults and bonds with caregivers
  • Looks closely at other infants, responding excitedly
  • Reaches to touch another infant, grabs objects held by another infant
  • Laughs when another child laughs
  • Plays beside another child
  • Starts, maintains, or stops social contact through looks, gestures, sounds and smiles that are understood by others.
  • Self awareness:
    • Smiles and points at self in mirror
    • Self soothes
FINE MOTOR SKILLS
  • Feels and explores objects with mouth and hands
  • Reaches for and grasps objects
  • Uses pincher grasp to pick up food
GROSS MOTOR SKILLS
  • Holds head upright
  • Pushes up on hands while laying on stomach
  • Rolls from stomach to back, back to stomach
  • Recognizes, holds and touches own hands and feet
  • Reaches for and holds bottle
  • Sitting up independently
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
  • Is interested in books that are read to them
  • Points to book and pictures
SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT
  • Introducing the love of Jesus through music, art and books

Infant Curriculum, 8-12 Months

SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
  • Shows attachment to familiar adults and bonds with caregivers
  • Reaches to touch another infant, grabs objects help by another infant
  • Laughs when another child laughs
  • Plays beside another child
  • Follows an object with eyes (person walking through a room, object falling on the floor)
  • Self-awareness
    • Smiles and points at self in mirror
    • Self Soothes
  • Language/ vocabulary
    • Communicates using baby signs
    • Can say at least one word
    • Begins to imitate sounds
    • Understands “no”
    • Responds to name
FINE MOTOR SKILLS
  • Uses finger to point
  • Moves things from one hand to another
  • Plays peek-a-boo
  • Uses pincher grasp to pick up food
GROSS MOTOR SKILLS
  • Crawling on hands and knees
  • Pulls up to stand
  • Starts to walk with assistance (walking toy, holding side of table, holding an adults hands)
  • Stands, holding on
  • Can get into sitting position
  • Rocks back and forth to music
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
  • Is interested in books that are read to them
  • Points to book and pictures
SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT
  • Introducing the love of Jesus through music, art and books

Toddler Curriculum, 12-18 Months

SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
  • Making friends and sharking toys (parallel play)
  • Drinks from a cup or straw
  • Finds hidden things (“where’s the ball?”)
  • Follows an object with eyes (person walking through a room, object falling on the floor).
  • Pretend play with toys
  • Self-awareness
    • Puts out arm/ leg to help with dressing
    • Can identify bodyparts by pointing (“where are baby’s eyes, nose, ears and mouth”)
    • Claps for self when teacher says “yay”
    • Recognize their name
  • Language/ vocabulary
    • working towards walking unassisted
    • Can say 1-10 words
    • Responds to spoken requests
    • Follow simple directions like “pick up truck”
    • Makes sounds with changes in tone (“uh- oh”)
FINE MOTOR SKILLS
  • Waves “bye bye” or shakes head “no”
  • Moves things from one hand to another
  • Stacks blocks
  • Plays peek-a-boo
  • Puts things in a container, takes things out of container
  • Feed themselves with a spoon and fork
  • Finger painting
  • Scribbling with a crayon
GROSS MOTOR SKILLS
  • Working towards walking unassisted
  • Explores instruments (shaking maracas, banging drum, hitting triangle)
  • Dances to music
  • Kick a ball
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
  • Is interested in books that are read to them
  • Points to book and pictures
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
  • Is interested in books that are read to them
  • Points to book and pictures
  • Can hand teacher a book to read to them
  • Looks or points at a picture when it’s named
SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT
  • Introducing the love of Jesus through music, art and books
  • Weekly chapel

Toddler Curriculum, 18-24 Months

SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
  • Engages in imaginative play (i.e.: feeding doll, making truck noise while pushing truck)
  • Plays and gets along well with friends
  • Shows understanding of sharing (not a mastered skill)
  • Shows understanding taking turns (not a mastered skill)
  • Knows what ordinary things are for: spoon, brush, phone
  • Sits sin a chair at the table for meals
  • Sits on carpet for circle time
  • Washes hands with help
  • Self-awareness
    • Puts out arm/ leg to help with dressing
    • Can identify body parts by pointing
    • Can name body parts when pointing
    • Claps for self when teacher says “yay”
    • Can say their own name and names of friends & teachers (end of year)
  • Language/ vocabulary
    • Uses baby signs/ body language and start to name wants and needs – up to 10 words
    • Can say 2-3 word sentences
    • Can follow one step verbal commands such as “sit down”
    • Can follow two-step verbal commands such as “pick up your book, and put it away”
FINE MOTOR SKILLS
  • Points to show other something interesting
  • Scribbles on their own with large crayon
  • Can hold and use a paintbrush
  • Finger-painting
GROSS MOTOR SKILLS
  • Walking, running, marching
  • Pulls toys while walking
  • Explores instruments (shaking maracas, banging drum, hitting triangle)
  • Dances to music
  • Toss a ball
  • Jumps with both feet
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
  • Is interested in books read to them
  • Points to book and pictures
  • Can hand teacher a book to read to them
  • Looks or points at a picture when it’s named
  • Say animal names and corresponding sounds (not a mastered skill)
  • Learns and recites simple poems/ songs
  • Introduction to naming and sorting colors: red, green, white, blue, pink, yellow, purple, orange, black and brown (not a mastered skill)
  • Introduction to shapes: naming and sorting (not a mastered skill)
SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT
  • Learns to fold hands and pray before meals, snacks and circle time
  • Attends chapel to learn Bible stories and sing songs

2 Year-Old Curriculum

FINE MOTOR SKILLS
  • Uses small amounts of glue
  • Scribbles with crayons
  • Paints – with brush and finger
  • Draws a straight line and circle
GROSS MOTOR SKILLS
  • Throws a ball
  • Kicks a ball
  • Jumps with both feet
  • Marches
  • Balances on one leg
  • Walks backwards
SELF-HELP SKILLS
  • Washes and dries hands with little assistance
  • Shows a willingness to begin potty training
  • Puts on hats and mittens
  • Cleans up after self
  • Puts coat on using the “preschool flip”
SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT
  • Daily Prayer and devotions
  • Weekly Chapel
  • Story and music enriched with faith-based books and songs
  • Participation in Servant Events throughout the year
  • Teaching them to love and care for one another
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
  • Recognizes colors and shapes
  • Listens to and recalls details of a story
  • Follows 2-3 step directions
  • Recognizes first name in print
  • Math skills
    • Rote counting 1-30
    • Counts backwards from 10
    • Number recognition 1-10
    • Matches quantities 1-10
    • Joins groups of objects
    • 1-10
    • Graphing
      • Comparing two sets as having fewer, more or the same
      • Able to make one more or less in a set
  • Understands spatial
  • relations – above, under, on, between, etc.
  • Understands sequence of events
  • Recognizes and repeats patterns
  • Recognizes:
    • rhyming words
    • opposites
    • letters
    • letters A-Z,
  • Recites poems, finger plays, and simple songs
  • Knows body parts
  • Knows personal information: first name, full name, age, birthday, address, phone number, and parents’ names
SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
  • Separates from parents
  • Plays well with others
  • Follows directions effectively
  • Respects teacher’s requests
  • Shows familiarity with daily routine
  • Follows school rules (playground and indoors)
  • Maintains an age-appropriate attention span
  • Takes turns and shares responsibilities
  • Shares toys
  • Participates in small and large group activities
  • Displays signs of positive self-esteem
  • Displays good self-control:
    • Keeps hands to self
    • Sits still and quiet
    • Does not interrupt
    • teacher
    • Rests/ reads quietly
    • during friendship time.
  • Uses Manners
  • Speech Development by using:
    • Clear and coherent speech
    • age-appropriate language
    • complete sentences
    • comments that are relevant to the discussion

3 Year-Old Curriculum

FINE MOTOR SKILLS
  • Cuts simple shapes with scissors
  • Holds crayons/ markers with fingers (not with fist)
  • Uses small amounts of glue
  • Paints using a brush and finger painting
  • Traces simple shapes
GROSS MOTOR SKILLS
  • Cuts simple shapes with scissors
  • Holds crayons/ markers with fingers (not with fist)
  • Uses small amounts of glue
  • Paints using a brush and finger painting
  • Traces simple shapes
SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT
  • Daily Prayer and devotions
  • Weekly Chapel Story and music enriched with faith-based books and songs
  • Participation in Servant Events throughout the year
  • Teaching them to love and care for one another
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
  • Recognizes colors – black, white, brown, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink
  • Recognizes shapes – circle, square, triangle, rectangle, oval, heart, star, diamond, octagon
  • Shows a growing understanding of the world around them:
    • Understands the changing of seasons
    • Shows familiarity with the life cycle of a butterfly
  • Math Skills
    • Rote counting 1-20
    • Counting backwards 10-1
    • Number recognition 1-10
    • Sort objects by color and size
  • Puts together simple puzzles
  • Follows 1-2 step directions
  • Recognizes body parts
    • eyes, ears, mouth, nose, arms, hands, fingers, legs, feet, toes, chin, elbow, knee, shoulder
  • Recites poems, finger plays, and simple songs
  • Recognizes patterns
  • Recognizes opposites
  • Recognizes names in print
  • Recognizes letters A-Z
  • Able to spell name verbally
  • Understands relationship terms (on, in, under, above, etc.)
SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
  • Separates from parents
  • Plays well with other children
  • Listens to and respects teacher’s requests
  • Shows familiarity with daily routine
  • Follows school rules
  • Maintains age-appropriate attention-span
  • Takes turns
  • Shares toys
  • Displays good self-control
  • Uses manners
  • Participates in small and large group activities
  • Displays signs of positive self-esteem
  • Develops speech:
    • Clear and coherent
    • Communicates wants and needs
    • Uses age-appropriate language
    • Engages in simple conversations

PreK Curriculum

FINE MOTOR SKILLS
  • Cuts simple shapes and holds scissors correctly
  • Traces & copies simple shapes
  • Uses small amounts of glue
  • Draws a person with detail
  • Holds a crayon/ pencil with fingers, not with fist
  • Writes first name (last name optional)
GROSS MOTOR SKILLS
  • Stands on one foot for 10 seconds (both feet)
  • Hops on one foot
  • Jumps with both feet
  • Walks backward
  • Walks in a line
SELF-HELP SKILLS
  • Dresses self
    • Zips, snaps, buttons
    • Puts on own coat
  • Takes care of personal/bathroom needs
  • Responsible for personal belongings
  • Cleans up after self
SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT
  • Daily Prayer and devotions
  • Weekly Chapel
  • Story and music enriched with faith-based books and songs
  • Participation in Servant Events throughout the year
  • Teaching them to love and care for one another
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
  • Recognizes colors and shapes
  • Listens to and recalls details of a story
  • Follows 2-3 step directions
  • Recognizes first name in print
  • Math skills
    • Rote counting 1-30
    • Counts backwards from 10
    • Number recognition 1-10
    • Matches quantities 1-10
    • Joins groups of objects 1-10
  • Graphing
    • Comparing two sets as having fewer, more or the same
    • Able to make one more or less in a set
  • Understands spatial relations – above, under, on, between, etc.
  • Understands sequence of events
  • Recognizes and repeats patterns
  • Recognizes:
    • rhyming words
    • opposites
    • letters
    • letters A-Z,
  • Recites poems, finger plays, and simple songs
  • Knows body parts – heels, ankles, jaws, shoulders, elbows, hips, wrists, waist
  • Knows personal information: first name, full name, age, birthday, address, phone number and parents’ names
SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
  • Separates from parents
  • Plays well with others
  • Follows directions
  • Respects teacher’s requests
  • Shows familiarity with daily routine
  • Follows school rules
  • Maintains an age-appropriate attention span
  • Takes turns and shares responsibilities
  • Shares toys
  • Participates in small and large group activities
  • Displays signs of positive self-esteem
  • Displays good self-control:
    • Keeps hands to self
    • Sits still and quiet
    • Does not interrupt
  • teacher
  • Uses Manners
  • Speech Development by using:
    • Clear and coherent speech
    • age-appropriate language
    • complete sentences
    • comments that are relevant to the discussion