Preschool in Jacksonville, FL 32207
Each of Chappell’s individual early childhood programs establishes its own goals for children as the result of a consensual process. Those goals address all domains – emotional social cognitive and physical – and attend to the development of desirable attitudes and dispositions skills and processes knowledge and understanding.
Our teachers assist children to:
*Develop a positive self-concept and attitude toward learning self-control and a sense of belonging
*Develop curiosity about the world confidence as a learner creativity and imagination and personal initiative
*Develop relationships of mutual trust and respect with adults and peers understand perspectives of other people and negotiate and apply rules of group living
*Respect social individual and cultural diversity
*Know about the community and social roles
*Use language to communicate effectively and to facilitate thinking and learning
*Become literate individuals who gain satisfaction as well as information from reading and writing
*Represent ideas and feelings through pretend play drama dance and movement music art and construction
*Think critically reason and solve problems
*Construct understanding of relationships among objects people and events such as classifying ordering number space and time
*Construct knowledge of the physical world manipulate objects for desired effects and understand cause and effect relationships
*Acquire knowledge of and appreciation for the fine arts humanities and sciences
*Become competent in management of their bodies and acquire basic physical skills both gross motor and fine motor
*Gain knowledge about the care of their bodies and maintain a desirable level of health and fitness
Additional Services:
Full Day Half Day Drop In After School Infant Care Food Served
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Chappell Child Development Center’s curriculum provides each child with active experiences which are extended through language and non-verbal representation. The curriculum represents continuous learning opportunities using a multi-sensory developmental approach in which all activities are appropriate to the development of the TOTAL child. On staff is a full-time Curriculum Coordinator whose responsibilities include coordinating all aspects of the curriculum and to train staff members.
The concepts and skills listed in the Developmental Plans were designed in a consistent manner which will meet each child’s developmental needs and interests for his/her first five years. Only developmentally appropriate materials equipment and activities are used to project these concepts and skills.
Our curriculum reflects the developmental approach to teaching which supports the idea that children learn best when they are actively involved in the learning process. Children must first learn at the concrete level in order for concepts to be internalized. Emphasis is on simple beginnings in the form of hands-on activities; manipulating creating building exploring actively doing! Ideas and concepts which are on the abstract level will follow quite easily for the child who has first explored concrete experiences. Activities are presented in a fun and interesting manner which invite the children to actively involve themselves in learning and to experience success! Our methods reflect an age-appropriate and natural style which result in greater opportunities for success as well as developing positive attitudes towards the overall and continual learning process.