A brief and incomplete peek into the experience of Cornerstone Learning Community's early childhood program (pre-k through 3rd grade).

1. Early Childhood at CLC

2. What is “Developmentally
Appropriate Practice?” (DAP)

3. NAEYC:
“DAP is an approach to
early childhood
education that means
teachers meet
individual children
where they are and
help them reach
challenging but
achievable goals that
will support their
development and
learning.”

4. NAEYC
5 Things to put DAP in
place:
1. “Create a caring
community
2. Teach to enhance
children’s development
and learning
3. Plan a curriculum that
meets the needs of the
children
4. Assess children’s
development and
learning
5. Partner with families”

5. What is the “Whole Child?”

6. Dimensions of
“Whole Child”
Well-being:
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Social
Emotional
Intellectual
Physical
Spiritual

7. Source: CASEL

8. Self-management & awareness
Social Awareness & Relationship Skills

9. Responsible Decision-Making

10. Intellectual Well-Being

11. Social Well-Being

12. Listening, Empathizing, Connecting

13. Real World Contexts

14. Experiential

15. Responsive Academics

16. (Owl Pellet)
Exploratory

17. Shared Connections

18. Play-based
(Foundation for ethics, work
ethic, creativity, & more.)

19. Individual interests

20. Student Centered Values

21. Collaborative Creativity

22. Service

23. Integrated Mathematics

24. Artistic Expression

25. Individualized Instruction

26. Meaningfully challenging

27. Shared Growth

28. Cultivating Essential Skills

29. Physically Engaging

30. “Institutionalized” Individualization

31. Joyful

32. Fun

33. CLC, the Ultimate Early
Childhood Experience