Our Curriculum

Saddleback Children's Center is an accredited, developmental program and offers age-appropriate learning activities in a center-based classroom. We have adapted programs such as Zoophonics, Handwriting Without Tears and Jumpin' Numbers & Shakin' Shapes to our curriculum to offer a well balanced program for children. 

We provide an environment that supports children's learning by offering hands on activities and material that promotes the development of:

• Fine and Gross Motor Skills
  
• Receptive and Expressive Language
  
• Comprehension and Reasoning Skills
  
• Cognitive Skills
  
• Social and Emotional Skills
  
• The Arts
  
• Spiritual Awareness
  

On a daily basis the teachers intentionally set the classroom centers and activities to include:

• Literacy - Books, library, writing, reading readiness, rhyming and everyday conversation
  
• Math - Counting, number recognition, sorting, measurement, geometric shapes & blocks
  
• Science - Exploration of the world including questions and predictions, life-cycles and seasons
  
• Art - Creative opportunities for critical thinking, self-expression and relaxation
  
• Music & Movement - Songs, instruments and dance
  
• Dramatic Play - Teaches life skills through role-playing
  
• Group Circle: Greeting, calendar, daily theme, review color, number, shape, bible verse, share time, songs and games.