2019-20 Winter Program Guide
JCC of Syracuse winter program guide and newsletter. Check out all of our programs/services and upcoming classes!
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Jerome and Phyllis<br />
Charney<br />
Early Childhood Development <strong>Program</strong><br />
How Young Children Learn<br />
Much of what children learn and do in<br />
an early childhood program doesn’t come<br />
home in a backpack. Young children<br />
learn best through hands-on and direct<br />
interactive experiences. This type of<br />
learning happens through play and<br />
exploration.<br />
The Jerome and Phyllis Charney Early<br />
Childhood Development <strong>Program</strong> uses the<br />
Creative Curriculum paired with the NYS<br />
Early Learning <strong>Guide</strong>lines, using a Reggio<br />
Emilia inspired approach to learning.<br />
The Reggio Emilia Approach is an<br />
innovative and inspiring approach to<br />
early childhood education which values<br />
the child as strong, capable, resilient and<br />
rich with wonder and knowledge. Every<br />
child brings with them deep curiosity and<br />
potential, and this innate curiosity drives<br />
their interest to understand their world<br />
and their place within it.<br />
REGGIO-INSPIRED<br />
CREATIVE CURRICULUM<br />
The Reggio-inspired Creative<br />
Curriculum for infants, toddlers<br />
and twos<br />
There is an emphasis on the following<br />
routines and experiences:<br />
Routines<br />
• Hellos & goodbyes<br />
• Diapering & toileting<br />
• Eating & mealtimes<br />
• Sleeping & naptimes<br />
• Getting dressed<br />
Experiences<br />
• Playing with toys<br />
• Enjoying songs & stories<br />
• Imitating & pretending<br />
• Connecting with music & movement<br />
• Creating with art<br />
• Tasting & preparing food<br />
• Exploring sand & water<br />
• Going outdoors<br />
The Reggio-inspired Creative<br />
Curriculum for preschoolers<br />
There is an emphasis on the following<br />
experiences and the teachers intentionally<br />
tie in math, literacy, social studies and<br />
science.<br />
• Dramatic play<br />
• Blocks<br />
• Art<br />
• Sensory experiences<br />
• Read aloud<br />
• Cooking<br />
• Music & movement<br />
• Outdoors<br />
For more information about our<br />
curriculum and approaches to learning,<br />
please visit the Early Childhood<br />
Development <strong>Program</strong> section on the JCC’s<br />
website www.jccsyr.org.<br />
Happy Chanukah!<br />
December brings with it Chanukah, the “Festival of Lights,” and our classroom<br />
Chanukah parties that have become a favorite ECDP tradition! Our Chanukah<br />
parties will be held on Thursday, Dec. 19 for rooms 2, 7, 8, A and B. The boys<br />
and girls will be eating potato lakes and jelly doughnuts. Songs will be sung,<br />
dreidels will be spun, candles on the menorah will be lit and stories of brave<br />
Maccabees told. Each child will also receive a specially decorated goodie bag<br />
filled with a dreidel, Chanukah stickers and chocolate gelt to take home.<br />
If your child will not be scheduled to attend our Dec. 19 Chanukah Party, you<br />
may pay for extra time if space is available. Otherwise, parents may bring in<br />
their child and STAY WITH THEM for the duration of the party. NYS licensing<br />
regulations requires a specific student/teacher ratio be maintained at all<br />
times in every classroom. Ratios vary according to age. Thank you for your<br />
understanding and cooperation with this matter.<br />
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