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Bright Horizons at 75 Rockefeller Center

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neighborhood: 50's · Telephone: (212) 757-2301 · Website: http://centers.brighthori...

General Approach to Learning

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

source: This information was provided by the director This information was compiled by Savvy Source

Director's Comments

At the core of Bright Horizons curriculum are well-planned learning centers that allow for child choice and self-directed play, small groups, and supportive teaching that prepares children for academic excellence. The development of language, mathematical reasoning, and scientific thought is emphasized throughout all the centers. Changes to the learning environment, activities, and projects reflect emerging interests and individual goals. Learning centers offer guided experiences that encompass all the skills and understandings necessary for optimum development and success in school.

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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	-		-	-	n/a
Nursery rhymes, poems, songs	-		-	-	n/a
Storybook reading	-		-	-	n/a
Emerging literacy skills	-		-	-	n/a
Cognitive Development					n/a
Math and number sense	-		-	-	Yes
Time & space	-		-	-	Yes
Sci. reasoning/physical world	-		-	-	Yes
Music	-		-	-	Yes
Visual arts	-		-	-	Yes
Physical activity	-		-	-	Yes
Other subjects taught	Some Bright Horizons centers offer foreign language.				n/a

source: This information was provided by the director This information was compiled by Savvy Source

Director's Comments

The Bright Horizons School curriculum empowers children to become confident, successful, lifelong learners by creating developmentally appropriate environments in which each child learns what the world is like, how it works and what he or she is capable of achieving. Schools offer either The World at Their Fingertips Approach or the Montessori method. Both approaches feature: High expectations for every child Prime times: the importance of adult-child interactions Planned child choice learning environments Emergent curriculum Developmentally appropriate instruction Learning made visible through documentation and display Full parent partnerships 21st century technology

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