Curriculum for Infants
Guidelines:
 Curriculum allows for adaptations and modifications to ensure access to the curriculum for all
children.
 Curriculum can be implemented in a manner that reflects responsiveness to family
o home values
o beliefs
o experiences
o language
 Assessments of children’s progress are used to develop lesson plans.
 Materials and equipment used to implement the curriculum reflect the lives of the children and
families as well as the diversity found in society including diversity of
o gender
o age
o language
o ability
 Materials and equipment
o provide for children’s safety while being appropriately challenging
o encourage exploration, experimentation and discovery
o promote action and interaction
o are organized to support independent use
o are rotated to reflect changing curriculum and accommodate new interests and skill levels
o are rich in variety
o accommodate children’s special needs
 Materials and equipment used to implement the curriculum for infants and toddlers/twos encourage
o exploration, experimentation, and discovery
o sensory and motor learning
o their practice of developing physical skills through self-initiated movement
Subjects:
Social-Emotional Development:
 Children have varied opportunities to
o recognize and name their feelings and others’ feelings
o learn the skills needed to regulate their emotions, behavior and attention
o develop a sense of competence and positive attitudes toward learning, such as persistence,
engagement, curiosity, and mastery
Physical Development:
 Children are provided an environment that allows them to move freely and achieve mastery of their
bodies through self-initiated movement.
 Children have multiple opportunities to practice emerging skills in
o
coordination, movement and balance
o
perceptual-motor integration
 Children have multiple opportunities to develop fine-motor skills by acting on their environments
using their hands and fingers in a variety of age-appropriate ways.
Language Development:
 Children are provided with opportunities for language acquisition that
o
align with the program philosophy
o
consider family perspectives
o
consider community perspectives
 Children are provided opportunities to experience oral and written communication in a language
their family uses or understands.
 Children have varied opportunities to develop competence in verbal and non-verbal communication
by
o
responding to questions
o
communicating needs, thoughts and experiences
o
describing things and events
 Children have varied opportunities to develop vocabulary through
o
conversations
o
experiences
o
field trips (include walks)
o
books
Early Literacy:
 Children have varied opportunities to experience songs, rhymes, routine games and books through
o
individualized play that includes simple rhymes, songs and interactive games (e.g., peek-a-boo)
o
daily opportunities for each child to hear and respond to various types of books
o
including picture books, wordless books, and books with rhymes
o
access to durable books that enable children’s independent exploration
Early Mathematics:
 Children are provided varied opportunities and materials to
o
use language, gestures, and materials to convey mathematical concepts such as more and less
and big and small
o
see and touch different shapes, sizes, colors, and patterns
o
build number awareness, using objects in the environment
o
read books that include counting and shapes
 Children are provided varied opportunities and materials that help them understand the concept of
measurement by using
o
standard units of measurement
o
non-standard units of measurement
Science:
 Children are provided varied opportunities and materials to
o
use their senses to learn about objects in the environment
o
discover that they can make things happen and solve simple problems
Creative Expression and Appreciation for the Arts:
 Children are provided varied opportunities to gain appreciation of
o
art in ways that reflect cultural diversity
o
music in ways that reflect cultural diversity
o
drama in ways that reflect cultural diversity
o
dance in ways that reflect cultural diversity
 Children are provided varied opportunities to explore and manipulate age-appropriate art materials.
 Children have varied opportunities to express themselves creatively through freely moving to music.
Social Studies:
 Children are provided varied learning opportunities that foster positive identity and an emerging
sense of
o
self
o
others