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Coppell, TX
Smart Start Early Childhood Education Center
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Telephone: (972) 459-5956 · Website: www.smartstartecec.com
General Approach to Learning
| Play-based | |
| Play-based with some structure | |
| Predominantly teacher-led instruction | |
| Montessori | |
| Waldorf | |
| Co-op | |
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Reggio-Emilia |
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Savvy Source's Comments
"Smart Start's Early Childhood teachers implement a responsive, emergent and negotiated curriculum and assessment system that focuses on the development of the whole child. We are inspired by the Reggio Emilia approach and its use of collaboration among teachers, parents and children on documentation analysis, interpretation, direction and play. Teachers guide children on the development of theories through encounters with materials, the real world, conversations, group discussions and symbolic representations in multiple forms: art, music, movement, dance, drama, constructions, foreign language and writing." -- Excerpted from school literature
Social Skills & Work Habits
| OVERALL RATING (4.0) |
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| This school has increased my child's: | |
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| Ability to listen and follow directions |
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| Ability to sit still for longer periods of time |
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| Ability to be a part of a group of children |
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| Self-sufficiency and independence |
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| Awareness of others’ feelings |
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| Cooperation with other children |
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Curriculum and Teaching Approach
| PLAY-BASED | PLAY-BASED WITH SOME STRUCTURE | MOSTLY TEACHER LED | NOT FORMALLY IN CURRICULUM | CONDUCIVE ENVIRONMENT | ||
| Language | - | |||||
| Oral language | - | - | - | - | ||
| Nursery rhymes, poems, songs | - | - | - | - | ||
| Storybook reading | - | - | - | - | ||
| Emerging literacy skills | - | - | - | - | ||
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| Math and number sense | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Time & space | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Sci. reasoning/physical world | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Music | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Visual arts | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Physical activity | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Other subjects taught | ||||||
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Parents' Comments
Parent #1
The school philosophy is Reggio-Emilia environment using The Project Approach. Parents who research the Project Approach will understand that it is child-centered with teacher as enabler.
Parent #2
I was impressed with the Reggio Emilia approach while our primary teacher was there. After she left, the academics were dismal and we never received any end-of-year feedback on our son's performance.
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