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Coppell, TX
Creme de la Creme

Parents at this school would recommend this school to other parents.

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Telephone: (972) 462-9064  · Website: www.cremedelacreme.com

• Summary
• General Info
• School Philosophy
  & Day-in-the-Life
• Curriculum &
  Teaching Approach
• Quality of
  Teaching
• Home/School
  Connection
• Discipline,
  Health & Safety
• Ages, Schedule
  & Tuition
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  Admissions
• Kindergarten
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General Approach to Learning

	Play-based
	Play-based with some structure
	Predominantly teacher-led instruction
	Montessori
	Waldorf
	Co-op
	Reggio-Emilia

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Social Skills & Work Habits

OVERALL RATING (4.0)
This school has increased my child's:
Ability to listen and follow directions
Ability to sit still for longer periods of time
Ability to be a part of a group of children
Self-sufficiency and independence
Awareness of others’ feelings
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					Yes
Oral language	-			-
Nursery rhymes, poems, songs	-			-
Storybook reading	-			-
Emerging literacy skills	-			-
Cognitive Development
Math and number sense	-			-	Yes
Time & space	-			-	Yes
Sci. reasoning/physical world	-			-	-
Music	-			-	Yes
Visual arts	-			-	Yes
Physical activity	-			-	Yes
Other subjects taught

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Savvy Source's Comments

"Our curriculum supports emergent reading, math, science, social studies and character building skills. Enrichment classes in creative movement, art, music, second language and computer enhance these skills by integrating them into meaningful and real life experiences. Though focused on skills, our curriculum addresses the needs of the total-child and his or her physical, intellectual, social, creative and emotional development." -- Excerpted from school literature

We incorporate activities and use educational materials that are appropriate for the age and developmental stage of each child. Our time-tested, research based educational programs incorporate a variety of engaging and enriching activities that will benefit children throughout their school years.

At Crème de la Crème, we subscribe to critically acclaimed and nationally recognized curriculum for each of our age groups. The curriculum used in each age group supplements the proprietary, theme-based Crème Core Curriculum. Additionally, weekly-themed curriculum is used in the enrichment classrooms.

Rotations

Children’s attention spans are short. They need a constant exchange between passive and active activities. At Crème, children move between theme-based classrooms that help to maintain attention. Brain development research findings indicate that the brain is more receptive to information and pays closer attention to information when things are new and different. When the brain grows accustomed to a particular activity, or space, it has a tendency to tune it out. It blocks learning. According to Dr. Gold Scheible, Director of the Brain Research Institute at UCLA, unfamiliar activities are the brain’s best friend. Researchers believe that children placed in novel and stimulating environments, but not over-stimulating, are more focused and more likely to process the information they are learning. Our theme-based classrooms are designed to encourage learning.

Dr. Kay Albrecht, author and advocate for quality care and education says that children benefit from a wide variety of experiences: child-initiated, teacher-directed, large group, small group, indoor, outdoor, quiet and active. Crème de la Crème’s unique approach to early childhood education offers children all of this, in a highly enriched environment.