State of Illinois Child Development Center

Our center recognizes play as the work of the child. We believe that it is through play that children naturally learn concepts, develop skills, master lifes situations and practice language process. Recognizing each childs uniqueness and individuality, we understand that each childs developmental skills and needs will vary from child to child. For these reasons, we carefully prepare a work/play environment that will stimulate spontaneous activity and explorations, while feeding each childs natural curiosity and individual interests. Our curriculum provides the keys to allow each child to unlock
his/her potential. Each group has weekly lesson plans posted on the parent board. Our curriculum is based from Creative Curriculum and covers the major elements of development.
We focus on caring for themselves and getting a greater sense of independence and self?confidence. Children need to use their senses to learn about the world through hands?on exploration. Social emotional development is focusing on sense of self, responsibility for self and others and pro?social behavior. Cognitive development focuses on learning and problem solving, logical thinking, and representation and symbolic thinking. Language development focuses on listening and speaking, reading and writing. Physical Development focuses on gross motor skills and fine motor skills. All these areas are incorporated in our weekly lesson plans.