Academics
Curriculum
Our studies at YLA AT SMYRNA focus on providing children with a good, strong foundation. Research has shown that a “whole child” approach to teaching (an approach that recognizes social-emotional, physical, and cognitive skills as equally important as math and literacy skills) better prepares children for experiences beyond the classroom.
Class Curriculum
- Social/Emotional
- Physical
- Cognitive
- Language
We use the bilingual system of Creative Curriculum® which provides teachers with unit lessons and a wide variety of activities and books in Spanish and English designed to fully develop the child in these domains: cognitive, social-emotional, mathematics, English language acquisition, physical, science & technology, social studies, the arts, literacy, and language.
The Creative Curriculum® includes developmentally appropriate goals and objectives for children within four main categories of interest:
Social/Emotional Stage: helps promote independence, self-confidence and self-control. Within this stage, children learn how to make friends, how to have group interactions and how to follow rules.
Physical Stage: intended to increase children’s large and small motor skills.
Cognitive Stage: associated with thinking skills. Children learn how to solve problems, ask questions and think critically.
Language Stage: deals with communication. Children learn how to communicate with others, listen and participate in conversations, and recognize various forms of print in English and Spanish.
This program equips students with an effective way to develop an understanding of the fundamentals of reading and comprehension. Our program helps increases brain power in a fun and creative way!
Category:
Creative Class
Age Group:
3-5 Years Old
Class Size:
7-10/Session
Fees Cost:
$30/session 3 sessions/ week
Ms. April Collins has mastered the concept of effectively teaching students the fundamentals of reading. April is currently a reading specialist with the Clayton County School District. She will be offering reading services to the students at “YLA” and other students in the Cobb community.