PROGRAM

OVERVIEW OF OUR PROGRAM

Dreamland Program & Curriculum

Dreamland program is created to meet the developmental needs of children birth through the entry to the first grade. Providing practices in the areas of cognitive, perceptual, social, emotional, physical, and creative development are the keys to the Child-Centered program that we have established.

Dreamland Daycare is licensed for 14 children with the child/teacher ratio for infant/toddler is 1:4, and the preschool is 1:8. This program is designed for acceptance of children who fall within the parameters of the license regardless of religion, color, race, or nationality/ethnicity origin, and whose needs can be met within our supervision ratio.

The operating hours of this facility are Monday – Friday 7:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Dreamland offers an age appropriate curriculum that helps the children to develop in all areas.

Dreamland Curriculum Offers:
. Reading, Language & Literacy
. Speaking & Listening
. Math, Numbers & Operations
. Science & Sensory
. Social & Emotional
. Music & Movement

DAILY SCHEDULE

Scheduled Activities

7:30 am Arrival
8:00am Breakfast
8:30am Table & Center Activity
9:00am Refreshment
9:15am Circle Time
10:00am. AM Snack
10:15am Outdoor Activities
11:00am Refreshment
11:15am Art & Craft
11:40am Comprehensive Reading
12:00pm Lunch
12:45pm Refreshment
1:00pm Nap Time
3:10pm Refreshment
3:25pm PM Snack
3:40pm Classwork & Center Activity
4:30pm Group & Table Activity
4:50pm Refreshment
5:10pm Outdoor Activity
5:30pm Free Play & Pick up

DAP

Developmentally Appropriate Practice (DAP)

“Developmentally appropriate practice, often shortened to DAP, is an approach to teaching grounded in the research on how young children develop and learn and in what is known about effective early education. Its framework is designed to promote young children’s optimal learning and development.” (DAP, NAEYC). Teachers who use DAP approach to teach students will evaluate student’s developments and consider their background before teaching and they tailor their lesson plans accordingly. DAP takes students culture and their individual development into consideration and works closely with families to provide meaningful, relevant, and respectful learning experiences for students. More importantly DAP is specifically designed to meet the appropriate development of each age group of students and its knowledge helps teachers and school to decide which experience is best for student’s learning. Using DAP to teach young children will help them to develop their personal responsibility, self-direction and logical thinking as they go through major intellectual leaps. The growth in all domains of development such as physical, social, cognitive, and language in DAP approach will promotes a joy of learning in students and prepares them for their future academic challenges.