Happy Kids Curriculum

A holistic approach to development and learning

At ‘Sadhbhavana Happy Kids’ we recognize the every aspect of a child's development and value it. We understand that each one of us have different ways of learning, with individual preferences and abilities. So at our centers, children's learning at every level is focused on knowledge, skills, dispositions and feelings. Children are given the opportunity to explore and experiment with developing their various intelligences

Aesthetics and Creative Expression

At this age, children are naturally spontaneous and enthusiastic in the ways they express their ideas and feelings. Therefore we provide opportunities for children to express themselves freely, as they invent, play, explore and refine ideas and feelings through a variety of media such as dance, music and art.

Environmental Awareness

The focus of activities these are on children's emerging knowledge and understanding of their environment, including both the natural and manmade world. These provide the early foundations for historical, geographical and scientific learning. The aim is that children will recognize, make observations and express their views about their immediate surroundings, gradually extending to the wider environments of our country.

Numeracy

Becoming numerate is an integral part of daily experience. Through the use of manipulatives, pictures and symbols, children notice relationships between sets and groups of things to be sorted, counted, shared, and represented. Hence our activities are focused on hands-on experiences and the acquisition and use of appropriate language such as position words, number words, names of shapes, and so on.

Language Arts and literacy

Language plays a crucial role in the development of children's thinking and learning. To cultivate a positive disposition towards language learning, it is essential that children are exposed to meaningful language arts activities such as role playing, singing, rhyming and reading. These activities will promote children's interactive skills in speaking, listening, reading and writing. Children will also be immersed in language-rich environments, and engaged in activities which foster the use of English in everyday, real situations in order to help them acquire the necessary communication skills to express their needs, thoughts and feelings in English.
Motor Skills Development:

Though motor skills development is a naturally evolving process, most of the times it is taken for granted and ignored. We consider it as crucial to the development of gross muscle and fine motor dexterity, a this will, in turn, affect children's mastery of self-help routines (such as brushing one's teeth) and skills in the other domains (such as writing or painting). Therefore we recognize children's physical needs and provide them with the time and space for unrestricted movement, so that they can naturally develop their sense of balance, physical co-ordination, and awareness of space and direction. We also provide a secure environment where children learn about their limits and build self confidence in risk taking.

Self and Social Awareness

Pre-school years are the critical years in which children learn to make sense of their own 'selves' in relation to the world around them. In order to do this they should be taught the values and rules of the society in which they live, to develop socially and morally acceptable behaviour. They should be taught to be sensitive to the needs of others and develop the necessary social skills to establish meaningful relationships at work and at play. Children should be taught to cope with success and failure and to tackle and overcome their fears and anxieties. These social learning experiences are vital to children's long-term mental health and social well-being and to successful learning outcomes later on.

Assessment

Teachers continually assess the children in their class to make sure they are progressing in all areas of development.

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