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Kiddie Academy of Hicksville, NY
132 W John St
Hicksville, NY 11801
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STEM
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We invite you to learn more about our curriculum and then schedule a tour so that you can see for yourself how Life Essentials delivers the best experience for your child.
Curriculum
At Kiddie Academy, we are first and foremost caregivers. We believe care and learning should go hand in hand, and the two should always be balanced with a big dose of fun. Early childhood development is critical, which prepares your child for school. Our goal is to educate your child for life, which is what separates Kiddie Academy from traditional child care. That is the philosophy behind Life Essentials®—Kiddie Academy's proprietary, developmentally appropriate curriculum, supporting programs, methods, activities and techniques that help better prepare children for school and for life. Kiddie Academy's Life Essentials is based on four pillars of education:
Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum
Technology Education
Health & Fitness
Character Education
Our Infant Care Curriculum: New Beginnings
Infants have individual personalities. We help bring them to light.
Early childhood development is critically important.
At Kiddie Academy®, our experienced teachers and staff help facilitate this period of learning, and that's what separates us from traditional child care facilities.
Our New Beginnings curriculum develops and reinforces each infant's individuality within a tight-knit community.
Your child will be assigned a primary teacher to promote a deeper understanding of your child's personality, likes and developmental needs.
Life Essentials® is Kiddie Academy's proprietary developmentally appropriate curriculum and supporting programs, methods, activities and techniques help better prepare children for life.
Life Essentials gives your child a happier, healthier, more well-rounded foundation for the future. In other words, what children learn at Kiddie Academy will help to prepare them for school and for life.
At Kiddie Academy, we understand that infants are constantly learning.
Every time they hear a new sound, they want to know where the sound came from. When they look in a mirror, they want to know who is staring back at them. With our New Beginnings curriculum, infants learn these skills and many others throughout the day as they play and develop.
Kiddie Academy's New Beginnings curriculum is designed to develop and reinforce each infant's individual needs through Life Essentials.
Children participate in sensory-based learning experiences while receiving positive, nurturing guidance from highly qualified teachers.
Areas of Development
The curriculum focuses on six areas of development: Cognitive, Communication, Emotional, Fine Motor, Gross Motor and Social Skills.
Cognitive Skills
Infants are building their memories, learning to develop words and learning to recognize familiar sounds. They're exploring with their hands and mouths. In our infant room, your child will explore different textured materials, play Peek-A-Boo and complete simple wooden puzzles.
Communication Skills
By developing communication skills, infants learn how to express wants and needs to others. We understand the importance of our teachers constantly communicating with your child. Our teachers read books and poems, sing songs and teach your child how to put on finger plays.
Emotional Skills
Emotional development involves infants feeling safe in their environment and secure with the adults in their lives. We help your child build trust and attachments by watching your infant's signals and responding to them. Our teachers hug, cradle and walk your child around the classroom while talking about everything they see.
Fine Motor Skills
Fine motor skills are developed in the small muscle groups like those in our fingers and hands. Our teachers help infants learn to grasp items and help them eat, color and complete other daily activities. We help improve pincer grasp by putting small foods in their hands, then on their tray, so they can feed themselves. They begin to wave hello and goodbye, and explore clay and other objects with their hands.
Gross Motor Skills
Gross motor development is the growth of the large muscle groups, like those in the legs and arms. Gross motor skills for infants include holding up their heads, rolling over, crawling and pulling themselves up. Kiddie Academy teachers speak encouraging words to help your child roll over. We provide your infant with plenty of tummy time, and our infants dance to different kinds of music and take walks around the academy, inside and out.
Social Skills
An infant's social skills consist of smiling, making eye contact, imitating facial expressions and wanting to be close to other people. Kiddie Academy is a place where your child will see many different, yet consistent and familiar faces. Our teachers model good manners and proper social skills to your infant. Your child will travel around the academy to meet others—teachers and children—and will play near friends in her age-appropriate classroom to develop the early bonds of friendship.
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At Kiddie Academy, STEM is integrated throughout our Life Essentials curriculum.
An infant experiences STEM learning through natural curiosity, readiness to repeat actions that have an interesting effect, and the need to explore and make sense of the world around them.
Infants will have opportunities to make discoveries in the classroom and outdoors, use their whole bodies to explore and learn, manipulate objects to see how they work, and begin to develop vocabulary words related to STEM through books, songs, and finger plays.
Our Toddler Care Curriculum: Discovering Me
Toddlers are extremely active. We keep them actively learning.
At Kiddie Academy®, we strongly believe in the formation of trusting bonds between toddlers and their teachers.
Because of the tight-knit community we offer, our teachers will have a deeper understanding of your toddler's personality. Our Discovering Me curriculum is designed to develop and reinforce each toddler's individual needs, so children learn at their own pace.
Life Essentials® is Kiddie Academy's proprietary developmentally appropriate curriculum and supporting programs, methods, activities and techniques help better prepare children for life.
Life Essentials gives your child a happier, healthier, more well-rounded foundation for the future. In other words, what children learn at Kiddie Academy will help to prepare them for school and for life.
At Kiddie Academy, we understand that toddlers are very active.
They are on the go and their natural curiosity prompts them to constantly explore. Our toddlers participate in sensory- based learning experiences while receiving positive, nurturing guidance from highly qualified teachers.
Our expert teachers guide toddlers while letting them lead the way and make their own choices.
With Life Essentials, what your toddler learns throughout the day reinforces what she is being taught at home. We acknowledge teachable moments as your toddler plays, helping your child learn all day long.
Areas of Development
Our Discovering Me curriculum focuses on six areas of development: Cognitive, Communication, Emotional, Fine Motor, Gross Motor and Social Skills.
Cognitive Skills
Toddlers are learning new vocabulary, perfecting how they move through their environment and making connections with others. The Discovering Me curriculum focuses on establishing these connections through songs, finger plays, books and games. We give toddlers new experiences to build their imagination as we encourage them to name colors, objects and people.
Communication Skills
Toddlers begin to use words to express their needs and to identify familiar people and objects. Kiddie Academy teachers work to improve your child's vocabulary. When your child points to something, the teacher will name the item and ask your child to repeat it. Our teachers model good manners by saying "please" and "thank you, " and by welcoming guests into the room. They encourage your child to do the same. We take advantage of these teachable moments so your child doesn't miss a second of fun and learning.
Emotional Skills
Emotional development involves toddlers feeling safe in their environment. They will establish a strong bond with their teachers and experience a wide variety of emotions. Our teachers talk to your child about his or her feelings and what other people may be feeling.
Fine Motor Skills
Fine motor skills are developed in the small muscle groups like those in our fingers and hands. At Kiddie Academy, toddlers are encouraged to do things by themselves like washing their hands and using a fork and spoon to feed themselves. Toddlers have many opportunities to practice their skills throughout the day. Our teachers encourage them to work at their own speed so they feel successful in the skills they are developing.
Gross Motor Skills
Gross motor development is the growth of the large muscle groups, like those in the legs and arms. Toddlers love to climb, so we provide them with safe climbing structures on our age-appropriate outdoor playground. Our older toddlers work on their throwing and catching skills, and enjoy making their way through obstacle courses that are set up in the classroom.
Social Skills
Toddlers engage in longer periods of play, but still periodically check to make sure you are close by. They are not always ready to share toys and are very sensitive. At Kiddie Academy we developed social skills activities to help your child learn to share and respect others. Your child will learn to take turns stacking blocks, assisting teachers and other children with clean up and playing follow the leader.
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At Kiddie Academy, STEM is integrated throughout our Life Essentials curriculum.
A toddler experiences STEM learning through exploration in the classroom and outdoors, by building a curiosity about the natural world and by learning about how things work.
Toddlers will have opportunities to start comparing objects by size, practice beginning counting skills, explore building and constructing materials, and use their senses to observe and predict as they are experiencing the world around them.
Our Early Preschool Curriculum: Exploring My World
Children need to explore. We give them that opportunity.
At Kiddie Academy®, we believe caring and learning go hand in hand.
That is why our teachers strive to deliver the most comprehensive learning and supportive environment possible. Children will learn throughout the day, including playtime, because the opportunity to learn is always present.
Life Essentials® is Kiddie Academy's proprietary developmentally appropriate curriculum and supporting programs, methods, activities and techniques help better prepare children for life.
Life Essentials gives your child a happier, healthier, more well-rounded foundation for the future. In other words, what children learn at Kiddie Academy will help to prepare them for school and for life.
At Kiddie Academy, children learn from the time they enter our academy until they leave.
Throughout the day, children interact with their peers and teachers in small and large groups. They have the opportunity to learn and to discover in our developmentally appropriate learning centers, as well as outside on our age-appropriate playgrounds.
Kiddie Academy understands that 2 year olds want to be independent.
They want to explore, touch and mimic their peers and teachers. We took all of this into consideration when developing the Exploring My World curriculum.
Areas of Development
The Exploring My World preschool day care curriculum focuses on your two-year-old child's primary areas of development.
Language Arts and Literacy
When they are two years old, children are constantly practicing and increasing their vocabularies. We create ample opportunities for them to sing, chant and participate in finger plays. Children are encouraged to read in the Library center and retell the stories using pictures or felt boards.
Mathematics
Teachers engage children in counting and identifying numerals. They also encourage activities that will help children build one-on-one correspondence, recognize shapes and measure various items with standard (ruler, tape measure and thermometer) and non-standard (paper clips and foot prints) measuring devices.
Science
Children are natural explorers and there is so much to learn! At Kiddie Academy, children are given the opportunity to investigate items that float and sink in the water table and search for buried treasures in the sand table. Kiddie Academy teachers help children recognize the parts of the human body. They discuss the difference between people, animals and plants. Children also learn about the weather, seasons and how things work.
Social and Emotional Development
Kiddie Academy helps children build their independence. This is a vital time for children to interact and play alongside their peers and to begin learning how to solve problems effectively. Your child will love pretending and playing with other children in our dramatic play center.
Gross and Fine Motor Development
Children's independence continues to develop as they practice their motor skills. Their fine motor skills are enhanced by learning to feed themselves with forks and spoons during our family style meals. They also practice writing, using scissors and completing puzzles. The learning continues when their gross motor skills are heightened by playing on our age-appropriate playgrounds. They are able to run and climb outside, jump and walk backwards, and throw and kick a ball. Children also love to dance and have fun with the many musical activities incorporated into Kiddie Academy's daily routines.
Character Education
At Kiddie Academy we believe it is important to introduce children to a wide variety of character traits. Each month we focus on a positive value, such as honesty, generosity or patience, to help children better understand the society we live in and to help them develop into caring adults.
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At Kiddie Academy, STEM is integrated throughout our Life Essentials curriculum.
A two-year-old experiences STEM through natural interactions with materials in the child's classroom and outdoor environments.
Through building with blocks, the children are encouraged to build bridges and ramps, incorporating early engineering and math skills. Technology is utilized in the two-year-old curriculum through the use of simple tools, such as magnifying glasses and microscopes. Outdoor learning enhances STEM education by inviting the children to participate in discovering and experimenting with the natural environment.
Our Preschool Curriculum: I Can Do It
At 3 years old, children discover and create. We encourage them to do it all.
Our I Can Do It curriculum is designed to inspire children to explore and progress at their own pace.
It encourages children to discover their own style as they create opportunities, accomplish tasks and learn new skills. At Kiddie Academy®, children learn throughout the day, including playtime, because the opportunity to learn is always present.
Life Essentials® is Kiddie Academy's proprietary developmentally appropriate curriculum and supporting programs, methods, activities and techniques help better prepare children for life.
Life Essentials gives your child a happier, healthier, more well-rounded foundation for the future. In other words, what children learn at Kiddie Academy will help to prepare them for school and for life.
Kiddie Academy understands that it is an exciting and challenging time for children.
At this age they are naturally inquisitive, take pride in doing things independently and love to be praised for it! They are learning new words, simple sentences and nonverbal communication, as well as developing and refining gross and fine motor skills. When creating the I Can Do It curriculum, we took all this into consideration.
Areas of Development
The I Can Do It preschool day care curriculum focuses on your three-year-old child's primary areas of development.
Language Arts and Literacy
Our curriculum includes many opportunities for 3-year-old children to listen to stories, retell them, sing and say simple rhymes. Music & More, powered by Kindermusik, has been incorporated into classrooms and offers a home-based component. Children are encouraged to ask questions, share ideas, explain feelings and talk about what they are doing as they learn. Children begin to recognize print through the learning center signs and begin to identify letters and their names. Dramatic Play, Blocks and Transportation and the Library center are a few examples that encourage language development through play.
Mathematics
In our curriculum, activities are written to give children the opportunity to sort objects and learn how to sequence items. Children will practice counting beads and blocks, and begin solving simple math problems. Our teachers will also work with the children to identify similarities and differences within a group of objects.
Science
At Kiddie Academy, children are given the opportunity to practice observation and problem solving skills. They will be able to observe what happens when a piece of celery is placed in red food coloring. Children will learn about people, plants, animals and weather. Kiddie Academy teachers will also help children recognize the parts of the human body.
Social and Emotional Development
Kiddie Academy provides an ideal community atmosphere to learn, play, take turns and share with friends. In the learning centers, children have the opportunity to participate in many activities with friends. Kiddie Academy teachers will also be there to help guide children to develop a better sense of self. They model appropriate ways to express emotions so that children will learn how to communicate effectively.
Gross and Fine Motor Development
At Kiddie Academy, there are many opportunities for children to work on gross motor skills. We provide the opportunities to practice walking in a straight line, walking backwards, jumping, throwing, catching, balancing on one foot and hopping. At Kiddie Academy, our teachers will also encourage confidence and support so that children have the motivation to continue to develop new skills. Kiddie Academy teachers also support fine motor development by providing appropriate materials, such as playdough, crayons, markers, puzzles, etc. Children are encouraged to practice scribbling, and some of those scribbles will begin to resemble letters and words. Children are also given the opportunity to feed themselves during our family style meals, zip up or button their coats, and wash and dry their hands independently.
Character Education
Kiddie Academy believes it is important to introduce children to a wide variety of character traits. Each month we focus on a positive value, such as honesty, generosity or patience, to help them better understand the society we live in and to help children develop into caring adults.
At Kiddie Academy
At Kiddie Academy, STEM is integrated throughout our Life Essentials curriculum.
The children will be encouraged to learn about the world around them by using hands-on experiences that promote scientific thinking, analysis and reasoning skills, and creativity.
Our curriculum focuses on encouraging children to predict what might happen next, and by exploring and participating in hands-on experiences. Children are invited to ask questions about the STEM experiences, to encourage problem solving and increase vocabulary development. STEM occurs in our Preschool classrooms by allowing the children to play, discover, and explore the natural environments around them.
Our Pre-K Curriculum: Ready, Set, Go
At 4 years old, children are preparing for school. We get them ready to go.
Kiddie Academy® is a tight-knit community where we prepare your growing 4 year old for kindergarten.
Our Ready, Set, Go curriculum is designed around monthly themes with hands-on activities. Children learn math, science, vocabulary and social skills. Everything your child learns each day is reinforced and extended throughout the year to prepare him for school.
Life Essentials® is Kiddie Academy's proprietary developmentally appropriate curriculum and supporting programs, methods, activities and techniques help better prepare children for life.
Life Essentials gives your child a happier, healthier, more well-rounded foundation for the future. In other words, what children learn at Kiddie Academy will help to prepare them for school and for life.
At Kiddie Academy, we continue the learning process throughout the entire day.
Your child will interact with peers and teachers in small and large groups. Through our Life Essentials curriculum, children will work at their own pace. They will have the opportunity to discover in our learning centers, as well as outside on our age-appropriate playground.
Kiddie Academy understands that 4 year olds are eager to learn new things.
They are enthusiastic to make new friends and are able to do many more tasks independently. We take all of this into consideration when developing the Ready, Set, Go curriculum.
Areas of Development
The Ready, Set, Go preschool day care curriculum focuses on your 4-year-old child's primary areas of development.
Language Arts and Literacy
At 4 years old, children begin to realize that they can put letters together to make words, and words together to make sentences. Your child will practice writing skills while writing his name and simple words. All 4 year olds love to sing, recite poems and share stories about their lives. We let your child lead the way as our expert teachers give encouragement to help your child along.
Mathematics
In the Ready, Set, Go curriculum, your child will count and compare objects and groups of objects. Your 4 year old will participate in making graphs, completing patterns and measuring things with conventional and nonconventional measuring tools.
Science
At 4 years old, children are naturally inquisitive, so we created the science portion of the Ready, Set, Go curriculum to meet their needs. Children make observations, chart weather daily and identify differences in the seasons. They plant seeds and record the growth, learn the importance of keeping the earth clean and how to recycle at school and home.
Social and Emotional Development
Children begin to understand the meaning of friendship by the time they're 4 years old. They hug each other or sit with their arms around one another as they read a book. They begin identifying their feelings. At Kiddie Academy we encourage children to discuss their emotions, to tell friends why they are special and to share enthusiasm for new people and new things.
Gross and Fine Motor Development
At 4 years old, children have good control of their fine motor skills. They use crayons to turn scribbles into letters and words. They can zip, button and snap their own clothes. During Family Style Dining, 4 year olds will serve themselves, passing food to others and use forks and spoons to eat. At Kiddie Academy we know that learning happens all the time, not just in the classroom. When your child is outside on our age-appropriate playground, the learning continues. Your child will chase friends, climb up the ladder and slide down the slide, walk like a gorilla and jump like a kangaroo.
Character Education
At Kiddie Academy we believe it is important to introduce children to a wide variety of character traits. In order to further your child's character development, we focus on a positive value each month; such as, honesty, generosity and patience. This helps children better understand our society and helps them develop into caring young adults.
At Kiddie Academy
At Kiddie Academy, STEM is integrated throughout our Life Essentials curriculum.
Our Ready-Set-Go curriculum focuses on the natural curiosity of young children.
STEM experiences encourage our children to explore, observe and inquire, to increase their foundation in scientific learning. The children will be invited to participate in activities focusing on Earth and Space, Physical, and Life Sciences, promoting an increase in their investigation, discovery, and inquiry skills. Technology and Engineering skills are taught through activities and experiences that encourage the children to find out how things are constructed and work. Technology in also incorporated in our Four-Year-Old classrooms through the use of computers, tablets, and Smart Boards. Engineering experiences focus on solving practical problems through the development of technology, and children will be encouraged to engage in activities that focus on designing, building and testing solutions through play. Mathematics experiences promote increasing logic and basic math skills through play with blocks, hands-on materials, and activities designed to help children learn one-to-one correspondence, ordering and classification skills.
Our Kindergarten Curriculum: On My Way
Five year olds are about to take on the world. We give them the tools to do it.
At Kiddie Academy®, the skills and concepts learned in our classroom are reinforced and extended throughout the year.
Our educators always deliver the most comprehensive learning and supportive care possible. Your child will learn throughout the day, including playtime, because the opportunity to learn is always present.
Life Essentials® is Kiddie Academy's proprietary developmentally appropriate curriculum and supporting programs, methods, activities and techniques help better prepare children for life.
Life Essentials gives your child a happier, healthier, more well-rounded foundation for the future. In other words, what children learn at Kiddie Academy will help to prepare them for school and for life.
Five year olds are eager to discover and learn new information.
They love to plan and enjoy playing with their peers. The Kiddie Academy five-year-old curriculum, On My Way, provides learning and social activities to meet your child's needs.
At Kiddie Academy, children learn from the time they enter our academy until the time they leave.
Throughout the day, your child will interact with peers and teachers in small and large groups, learn and discover in our developmentally appropriate learning centers, explore outside on our ageappropriate playgrounds, and participate in our family style dining.
On My Way is a comprehensive, integrated curriculum, aligned with the state standards for English Language Arts and Literacy, History/Social Studies, Science and Mathematics.
Areas of Development
The On My Way curriculum focuses on your five-year-old child's primary areas of development.
Language Arts and Literacy
Children are introduced to a variety of fiction and nonfiction children's literature. Through these books, children begin to recognize common sight words, such as will, we and see. They continue to identify upper and lower case letters, as well as letter sounds. Children will begin to decode words in print, start combining letters to make words, and eventually combine words to write sentences and stories. Children will explore content-rich literature, and expand their vocabulary tremendously throughout the year.
Mathematics
When you visit our five-year-old room, you will see students actively engaged in mathematical thinking. They'll be interacting in small and large groups using manipulatives to solve problems, making graphs out of data they collected, or comparing and classifying shapes and objects. They practice numbers in daily routines by counting the children who are present, or the number of days that have passed in the month. They begin adding, subtracting, and estimating numbers by giving proper change to their customers in a restaurant in the Dramatic Play center, or by figuring out how many more blocks are needed to complete a structure in the Blocks and Transportation center.
Science
The natural curiosity of five year olds is the basic ingredient in the On My Way science program. Children explore, observe and question. They learn to appreciate nature and science through hands-on activities. They discover plants and their needs, and learn about taking care of themselves, animals and the earth.
Social Studies
Our social studies units involve children as individuals and explore their roles in the classroom, academy and the larger community. Throughout the year, children learn about citizenship, rules, working together and basic government. Children have an opportunity to explore their local community, geography, American history and symbols.
Character Education
At Kiddie Academy, we believe it is important to introduce children to a wide variety of character traits. Each month we focus on a positive value; such as, honesty, generosity or patience, to help children better understand the society we live in and to help them develop into caring and responsible young adults.
At Kiddie Academy
At Kiddie Academy, STEM is integrated throughout our Life Essentials curriculum.
Our Five-Year-Old curriculum focuses on experiences designed to promote thinking, reasoning, teamwork, creative, and investigative skills that the children can use throughout their day.
Science activities are focused on encouraging the children to experience their natural environment through hands-on experiments, group projects, and open-ended exploration. Technology in also incorporated in our Five-Year-Old classrooms through the use of computers, tablets, and Smart Boards. The children will participate in Engineering activities that focus on helping children to identify a problem to creating and developing a solution. Mathematics skills are integrated with other science and technology activities, to increase the children's knowledge about numbers and number sense, organizing data, geometry, operations and algebraic thinking, and patterns and number relationships.
Our School Age Programs Curriculum: Creative Explorers
School-age children are exploring the world. We help them decipher it.
Kiddie Academy® will give your elementary school–age child a community in which to learn and thrive with convenient care both before and after school, during school breaks and during most school closi
Our teachers encourage children with a fun and nurturing atmosphere. Throughout the day we focus on their educational and continued learning.
Life Essentials® is Kiddie Academy's proprietary developmentally appropriate curriculum and supporting programs, methods, activities and techniques help better prepare children for life.
Life Essentials gives your child a happier, healthier, more well-rounded foundation for the future. In other words, what children learn at Kiddie Academy will help to prepare them for school and for life.
Kiddie Academy understands that school-age children spend most of their time at school juggling assignments, friendships and extracurricular activities.
When they are not in a classroom, they crave the freedom to discover the things that interest them most and need the structure to build the essential skills for their futures. Learning continues at Kiddie Academy.
Areas of Development
Language Arts and Literacy
Kiddie Academy understands how important it is for schoolage children to improve their reading comprehension skills. We include numerous theme-related books, as well as reflective activities, to engage the children in thinking about what they heard and read. Our school-age children participate in the Kiddie Academy Pen Pal Program, allowing them to correspond with children at other academies around the country. They learn important writing skills, such as the parts of a letter and the importance of clear writing. They also learn about different parts of the country and how they are similar and different.
Science
Kiddie Academy knows that children learn best when engaged in hands-on activities. That's why we let the children lead their experiences with guidance from our expert teachers. The Creative Explorers science activities encourage children to ask why or how something happens and then help them figure out how to get the answer. What kind of paper airplane flies the highest or farthest? Who holds the world record for climbing Mount Everest the quickest? This helps children develop concepts and learn how to discover things in ways they may never have before.
Creative Arts
The Creative Explorers curriculum provides ample opportunities for children to expand their imaginations through integrated learning experiences. It's all part of our Life Essentials approach. Some children may choose to create a treasure map or to participate in a "United Nations Peace Talk, " where they role play as representatives of different countries. Other children may choose to make advocacy buttons to help save endangered animals or to create a memory collage using photographs and other art mediums.
Technology
We strive to blend technology into the day as a natural extension of learning. Classrooms may be equipped with interactive white boards, tablets and computers all under the direction of the teacher.
Health and Fitness
Before and after a day at school we reinforce healthy habits including nutritious snacks and physical activity. Healthy choices now empower children to make healthy decisions later in life.
Character Education
Character education is integrated into the Creative Explorers curriculum. Activities often encourage cooperation among the children. Our small group environment allows teachers to guide children individually and in groups toward the completion of their projects. Each month, we focus on positive values such as honesty, generosity or patience. We help children better understand the society we live in, so they can develop into caring adults. Our teachers initiate discussions on respecting others, being helpful and encouraging community involvement within their community.
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At Kiddie Academy, STEM is integrated throughout our Life Essentials curriculum.
Our School-Age curriculum focuses on learning through interactive experiences and exploration during After School Club Programs.
The Scientific Domain is incorporated through several clubs, including the Discovery Club and the Environmental Science Club. The children are encouraged to be scientists as they practice critical thinking, scientific inquiry, exploring, cooperative teamwork, and problem solving. They will also be invited to explore their natural environment, identify environmental concerns, and develop solutions to protect their environment. Technology is promoted through the Photographers, Publishers, and Web Designers Clubs. The children will be invited to learn how to use a camera, download and edit pictures, utilize Microsoft Word, Publisher and Power Point, and how to create their own website. Engineering is the focus in the Architectural, Mechanical and Civil Engineers Clubs. Mathematics is integrated throughout the Clubs, with an emphasis on number sense, geometry, fractions, and problem solving.
Our Summer Camp Curriculum: CampVentures
All day adventures. All summer long.®
At Kiddie Academy, ® we aim to make your child's summer as educational as it is fun.
Our CampVenturesSM program and curriculum do exactly that through themed events, activities and trips. From preschool through elementary school, your child will enjoy playing developmentally appropriate games. Throughout the summer we reinforce what your child has learned in school. With CampVentures, your child's ordinary summer vacation is transformed into a fun and strong foundation for the future.
Life Essentials® is Kiddie Academy's proprietary, developmentally appropriate curriculum and supporting programs, methods, activities and techniques that help better prepare children for life.
Life Essentials gives your child a happier, healthier, more well-rounded foundation for the future. In other words, what children learn at Kiddie Academy will help to prepare them for school and for life.
Kiddie Academy's CampVentures turns your child's ordinary summer vacation into a summer of exploration.
Our program inspires imagination through exciting activities, field trips and special visitors, while balancing the individual needs and interests of each child in our care. CampVentures awakens a world of fun, learning and friendships for your child.
CampVentures provides age appropriate activities
In CampVentures, children do so much more than play - our campers create, explore, construct, design, investigate and invent. We invite you and your child to discover a summer full of adventure at Kiddie Academy!
2-year-old programs
Kiddie Academy knows that even our smallest campers want to have fun exploring! Our activities foster your child's creativity and build on skills he or she already knows, while recognizing the need for young children to use their bodies as they explore new skills. The youngest CampVentures participants will enjoy many hands-on activities relating to familiar themes: My Neighbors and Me, Active Me!, Tell Me a Story, Laugh With Me, Show Me, and I'm Going on Vacation. Teachers use fingerplays, songs, movement activities and quality children's literature - including books that promote sign language and Spanish - to enrich the summer camp experience for our 2-year-olds.
3- and 4-year-old programs
Kiddie Academy preschoolers take an in-depth look at real-world topics that are relevant to them, such as Boats or Airplanes, Ice Cream or Pizza, Insects or Flowers, or Summer Sports or Camping. Children participate in activities focusing on language arts, math, science, technology, creative arts, drama, music, movement and character education throughout each theme, and extend their learning through the summer months. The Project Approach is a great way to involve children in directing their own learning, and investigating topics that they help to choose. Teachers have flexibility and are encouraged to follow the children's lead as they plan fun and interesting activities for summer learning.
5-year-old and School-aged programs
CampVentures for older campers takes a project approach, which empowers children to direct their learning based on their interests through authentic experiments and activities. Teachers prompt children to use their imaginations, create their own solutions, and investigate themes as they facilitate and guide the learning process. The children arrange a culminating event or project that not only displays their work but celebrates their achievements. Throughout the summer, the children may plant a garden, perform a play, organize a museum, or plan a sports or water day. The possibilities are endless when the children become involved in making decisions about their learning!
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At Kiddie Academy, STEM is integrated throughout our Life Essentials curriculum.
At Kiddie Academy, STEM is integrated throughout our Life Essentials curriculum.
Through the Project Approach, our children are encouraged to be scientific thinkers through hands-on experiments that allow them to discover the natural environment around them. Technology skills are enhanced though interactions with simple and scientific tools, as well as individual and group participation with interactive Smart Boards, classroom computers, and tablets. Engineering is the focus when the children are using critical thinking and problem solving skills to engage in projects that promote team work and discovery of how things work and real world engineering problems. The children are invited to participate in mathematical activities that encourage them to solve problems, increase their number sense, focus on geometry skills, practice measurement skills, and improves knowledge of spatial relationships.
Our STEM Curriculum: Making amazing thinking possible with STEM.
STEM is a fundamental part of Kiddie Academy's Life Essentials® curriculum
The curiosity young children have about our increasingly automated and globally interdependent world is natural and powerful. The science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) skills required to excel in that world have launched a renewed spirit of exploration. Our Life Essentials® curriculum is the ideal springboard for beginning STEM education from an early age. It's the product of Kiddie Academy's commitment to nurturing the next generation of physicians, engineers, computer scientists, mathematicians and critical thinkers.
We're using STEM to build great thinkers.
Because early learning themes naturally relate to scientific exploration, we instill STEM education throughout our proprietary Life Essentials® curriculum. Our teachers go beyond basic activities by questioning and encouraging children to independently explore, discover, manipulate and experiment. While they're playing and solving problems, they're being challenged to put their thinking into words.
Science
This is where the natural world comes to life. Time is spent observing and exploring, using the senses, studying plants, animals, health, the human body, seasons and weather.
Technology
Children investigate a range of digital and non-digital tools that meet the essential human demand to make life simpler. They demonstrate and interact with simple technology and more advanced tools, devices and equipment to complement a variety of learnings .
Engineering
How do the things that shape our everyday world operate? Children interact with a variety of materials to design, create and take apart, while building an early understanding of how things work, and how to make them work better.
Math
Children interact with patterns, numbers and quantities—organizing data, interpreting and comparing sizes and shapes. Additionally, they absorb the concepts that give relevance to time and money.
Choosing Child Care
We make choosing the best environment for your child an easy choice. We realize the tremendous level of trust you place in a childcare provider. You want your child to thrive in an environment that's as safe and nurturing as your home. Kiddie Academy sets the standards for safety, education and trust. Still Undecided on Your Childcare Options? Put our more than 36 years of experience to work with our Choosing Child Care Checklist. We have included all of the criteria, considerations and even concerns you may have about selecting a child care facility to help you determine if a particular program or location is right for your family. At Kiddie Academy, we have given all of these aspects of child care a great deal of thought. The development of our Life Essentials curriculum, character education standards and security measures were all influenced by a parents perspective.
Child's Experience
While on the playground are the teachers and staff interacting with children?
Does the center encourage use of outside area for learning activities as well as free play?
Is the schedule of daily activities posted and current?
Are children allowed to make choices throughout the day?
Do children seem occupied and engaged by their activities?
Are the teachers handling conflict among the children in a positive manner?
Is there a music program as part of the curriculum at no cost to parents?
Classrooms & Programming
Are there learning centers in the classrooms that allow for different types of play such as; art, library, blocks, dramatic play, science, technology, etc.?
Is the children's work displayed at their eye level?
Is there a curriculum being used?
Is the children's work creative and individualized as opposed to all looking the same?
Equipment and Supplies
Is the center secure?
Is the outdoor play equipment sturdy and in good condition?
Is there adequate shade available outside where the children play?
Is there a variety of developmentally-appropriate toys and materials?
Are there enough books, toys, games and materials so that children don't have to wait to use them?
Are there separate outdoor areas for infants/toddlers that include a variety of equipment?
Parent Partnership
Is parent feedback sought and used in making program improvements?
Is there a daily method of communication between the teachers and parents?
Does the center encourage parents to drop in and visit at any time?
Do the hours of operation and holiday schedule accommodate your work schedule?
Are conferences held with parents?
Health, Safety & Cleanliness
Does the facility appear to be orderly and clean, void of clutter?
Are all teachers and staff trained in and following safe sleep?
Does the cost of care include nutritious meals and snacks? Are menus posted?
Does the program encourage physical play and activities to help children maintain a healthy body?
Do teachers follow hand washing procedures after diapering/toileting?
Are toxic substances, such as cleaning supplies, kept away from children?
Staff
Do staff members seem to relate well to children, families and each other?
Does the center have low staff turnover?
Does staff appear lively, smiling and interacting in a positive manner with children?
Do staff members have Degrees in Child Development/Education?
Is there an opportunity for ongoing professional development?
Why Accreditation is Important
Kiddie Academy is focused on preparing children for school and for life, and holds each of its locations to high standards of care and education.
Each independently owned and operated franchise location is supported and encouraged to secure accreditation from one or more nationally recognized organizations.
Becoming a nationally accredited daycare is a goal worth working toward and local and/or national accreditation is achieved by each child care location.
Our Life Essentials® philosophy and programs
which encompass the whole range of physical, social, emotional and cognitive skills that children need to thrive in a school setting, are aligned with the National Association for the Education of Young Children's position statement on School Readiness. Additionally, our curriculum meets or exceeds the learning standards set forth by each state.
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AdvancED
AdvancED is creating a global accreditation system throughout the United States, the Navajo Nation, Department of Defense Schools, and in 65 countries around the world. AdvancED is delivering unified quality standards for education through its accreditation divisions – North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement (NCA CASI), Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Council on Accreditation and School Improvement (SACS CASI). Through accreditation, schools and districts receive an external mark of quality; become part of an international network of 27,000 schools and districts; and gain access to a wide range of resources, professional development, and tools to assist them with continuous improvement. www.advanc-ed.org
NAEYC Accredited Program
The National Association for the Education of Young Children, founded in 1926, has nearly 90,000 members worldwide. The National Association for the Education of Young Children is one of the nation's premier organizations for early childhood professionals–setting research-based standards and providing resources to improve early childhood program quality, enhance the professional development and working conditions of program staff, and to help families learn about and understand the need for high quality early childhood education. Though position statements, work with other organizations, and its national voluntary accreditation system, NAEYC is a leader in promoting excellence in early childhood education for all your children from birth through age 8. www.naeyc.org
NECPA National Early Childhood Program Accreditation
The National Early Childhood Program Accreditation has been supporting educational programs strive for excellence since the early 1990's. This non-profit organization was created to promote the availability of high quality early education programs for children and families. As an independent and nationally recognized program, the NECPA is maintaining its pursuit for excellence by delivering its reliable, researched accreditation philosophy to early childhood programs across the country. Providers are encouraged to call or visit the NECP online for more information on how to become accredited". www.necpa.net
Our Life Essentials® program prepares children for school by providing this foundation.
These four pillars of our Life Essentials program gives children the tools necessary to succeed in school and in life. Life Essentials philosophy and programs are aligned with the National Association for the Education of Young Children's position statement on School Readiness.
Our developmentally appropriate, standards-based curriculum ensures that children have the classroom opportunities to develop academic skills.
Our Character Education curriculum concentrates specifically on the development of social and emotional skills.
The use of technology as a support in our program not only enhances the classroom environment but gives parents the opportunity to extend learning into their home.
Our focus on Health and Fitness teaches children the importance of healthy food choices and exercise.
State Standards
Our curriculum meets or exceeds the learning standards set forth by each state in which we operated, and are aligned with the standards of each new state in which we open. Click on your state below to see a snapshot of how we prepare children for school success. Each download will show a comparison between the state standards and the Life Essentials 6 weeks to 36 months curriculum and the Preschool/Pre-K Curriculum.
Alabama
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Arizona
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California
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Colorado
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Connecticut
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Delaware
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Florida
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Georgia
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Illinois
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Indiana
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Maryland
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Massachusetts
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Michigan
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Missouri
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Nevada
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New Hampshire
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New Jersey
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New Mexico
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New York
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North Carolina
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Ohio
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Oregon
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Pennsylvania
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South Carolina
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Tennessee
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Texas
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Virginia
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Washington
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Washington D.C.
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Hours
Monday:
6:30am - 7:00pm
Tuesday:
6:30am - 7:00pm
Wednesday:
6:30am - 7:00pm
Thursday:
6:30am - 7:00pm
Friday:
6:30am - 7:00pm
Saturday:
Closed
Sunday:
Closed
About Us
Our academy was set up in the belief that the days of a child ought to be fun-filled, informative, and safe. With nutritious, family-style meals and day-to-day educational activities, we create an environment kids love and parents trust to keep their children thriving and safe. We understand the degree of trust that you put in your childcare provider. From safe entry systems to easy access webcams for parents, we create and nurture the kind of place where children are safe and parents enjoy peace of mind.