M & M Early Learning Academy - Programs and Curriculum

	Peeps Classroom (6 weeks-12 months)
	Infant care in a safe, supportive, loving environment.

Infants learn through their own experience, trial and error, repetition, and imitation. Our teachers support this learning by ensuring the environment is safe and emotionally supportive. Our curriculum focuses on cognitive and motor skills, invites play, active exploration, and movement. We provide a broad array of stimulating experiences within a reliable framework through structure and routine. Teachers respect infant’s individual abilities and unique personalities and respond positively as each baby develops.

Teachers speak in a pleasant, soothing voice and use simple language when talking to infants. The teachers frequently talk with, sing to, and read to infants. Teachers listen and respond to sounds that infants make, imitate them, and respect infant’s sounds as the beginning of language.

Teachers adjust to infants’ individual feeding and sleeping patterns to help ensure a smooth transition from home to center.

Daily communication between teachers and parents is essential. Our trained and experienced teachers will prepare and support parents as their infant passes through each of the developmental stages.

	Mouseketeer Classroom (12 - 24 months)
	Our curriculum supports busy and curious toddlers.

Our curriculum supports the active, curious one- to two-year-old toddler by providing a balance of nurturing care and learning activities to motivate the toddler to be involved in the world around him. The trained teacher offers toddlers experiences that support initiative, creativity, autonomy, and self-esteem. Teachers also focus on literacy through singing, finger plays, and flannel board stories.

	Explorer Classroom (24 - 30 months)
	Language flourishes as these two year olds explore their environment and begin to assert their independence.

The curriculum supports these active two-year-olds as their language skills increase by providing sensory, art, and large and fine motor activities. Experienced, trained teachers support the toddlers’ need for independence while guiding their social experiences with their peers. Teachers recognize that self-help skills such as eating, dressing, and picking up after oneself are opportunities to help children learn about their world, acquire skills, and regulate their own behavior.

	Tiger Cub Classroom (30 - 36 months)
	A learning environment that supports independence and lots of guidance in building social skills.

Toddlers are concerned about who they are and who is in charge. Teachers help toddlers find appropriate ways to assert themselves by supporting their individuality, giving them choices whenever possible, and by introducing social guidelines. Our curriculum supports fine and large motor skills, introductory math and reading, literacy, problem solving, and self help skills. Daily lesson plans alternate between teacher-directed activities and child-directed activities. Our learning centers throughout the classroom provide opportunities for learning, language, and social skills.

	Preschool 1 Classroom (3 - 4 years)
	A preschool experience to nurture kids’ educational, social and emotional development.

Curriculum goals address learning in all developmental areas: language, physical, social, intellectual, and emotional. These goals are integrated through weekly themes, projects, and play. Teachers support social development, problem solving, and self-help skills - important components to your child’s early preschool experience.

	PreKindergarten Classroom (4 - 5 years)
	A Curriculum designed to prepare kids for Kindergarten and beyond!

Children are provided multiple and varied opportunities to develop phonological awareness, reading, and writing readiness. Teachers use a variety of strategies to help children develop concepts and skills in math, science, social studies, and health through everyday activities.

	Kindergarten

The curriculum is organized and subject areas integrated so that children acquire deeper understanding of key concepts, skills, and tools of inquiry and are able to apply their knowledge in different areas. The curriculum also includes the development of character and the teaching of ethical behaviors such as honesty, respect, responsibility, caring, and citizenship.

	Kids Club (6 - 12 years)
	A learning environment that supports independence and lots of guidance in building social skills.

Kids Club runs during the school year for children age 6-12 years for full or half days, vacations and before and after school latchkey. Pre-registration required.

	Summer Camp
	Where it's fun to learn

The summer program runs June through September. Children age 6-12 years will develop life skills including leadership, problem solving, decision-making, and cooperation. Multiple weekly activities including swimming and in-center field trips. Breakfast and PM Snack included. For an additional fee, onsite tutoring in math and reading are available onsite.

	Full Day Collaboration Classroom
	Head Start for three- and four-year-olds.