Curriculum:

The Illinois State University teachers plan curriculum based on the project approach.

The teachers plan a daily schedule and learning activities with four things in mind: (1) developmental stages, need and abilities of all young children, (2) needs of the age group they serve and their abilities (3) needs of the specific, individual children in their care, and (4) the personal experiences and history each individual child brings to the classroom learning experience.

On a daily basis your child will engage in playful interactions with peers and trained teachers. He/she will participate in large group activities, such as story telling and music, as well as small group activities that explore the language arts, creative arts and drama, sciencing, math, and cooking.

We will provide activities to foster emotional, social, intellectual and physical growth. We stress good self esteem, clear and positive communication, problem solving, decision making, creativity, independence and the ability to work with others.

To read more about our curriculum in action, see "The Hairy Head Project" by Barbara Gallick: A hair project the children completed Spring 1999; the article is published in the Fall, 2000 (Vol. 2, Number 2) issue of the Internet journal, Early Childhood Research and Practice (ECRP).

ISU Alumni Magazine featured our Teachers' national curriculum achievement, check it out! 

Learn about our children's Service Learning at ISU American Democracy Project's web site: