Early Childhood

ProgramsSettings and Approaches

Elena Kushnerchuk

Head StartSCC Head Start/

Early Head Start Child Care CenterFederal Social Program-Parents don’t have to pay-Provided for low income families-Great for students: accepts children 6 weeks- 5 years -10% SPEDGood healthy environment: Children feel warm and safe-Rules established (hands to yourself, use your words)-Child sized furniture like in the Montessori School. Different sections for playing.-A time for play, eating, and learning. Children know what’s next.

The Teacher

A guide of instruction in order to keep order, teach, and provoke children task questions and further their knowledge

Uses songs, repeated language, varied pitch, explaining instead of demanding (discipline)

Active learning (Projects, drawing in the air, repeating) (songs)

REPITITION

The Student

o Guaranteed greatest amount of success if they listen and participate

o Part of a community of learners, expected to be respectful. (Hands, words)

o Proud to be a helper

Private School

-Summit Christian AcademyRequired Education-Preferably a BAFunding-Tuition, ChurchTeaching Style-More pencil and paper style-less flexibilityCommunity-Chapel-Firefighters-Go out into the community during ChristmasDiscipline

-Praise, Talking it outInclusion-supported

North Montessori SchoolFunding-Tuition basedDifferent working areas

Math, English, Skills, art, kitchen

• Everything is children's sized

• Education: BA,

Montessori degree• Using all senses• Sensitive periods• Not many fieldtrips,

however lots of outside time