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Campbell, CA
Bright Days Preschool

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Telephone: (408) 378-8422 · Website: www.brightdayspreschool.com

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

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

Director's Comments

Our program is play based and desinged to promote children's initiative and honor their autonomy. This involves presenting children with quality materials appropriate for their level of development in a manner that is aesthetically pleasing, encourages creativity and allows them to build on concepts. Because our teachers see themselves as facilitators, they are very careful not to present models of work to children or ask them for products. All of the activities are process oriented. Creativity is innate, and our curriculum honors that. Child-inititated activities are autonomous endeavors that contribute to cognitive development as children are actively engaged in the processes of making their own colors, balancing their own block structures, pouring their drinks, etc. In their roles as observer, stage manager and mediator, our teachers work to promote resilience and mastery in play. Within the context of a specific relationship, our teachers are extremely thoughtful about how, what and when they speak and act, so that their support of a child is useful.

Social Skills & Work Habits

OVERALL RATING (4.8)
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	-		-	-	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	Social-emotional development and cognitive development are inextricably bound and are key to developing children's skills in coping with and learning from a sense of failure. Intelligence, according to Jean Piaget, is 'an individual's ability to cope with the changing world through continuous organization and reorganization of experience'. Therefore, helping children to cope effectively with and learn from their disappointments as they are engaged in self-initiated activities is a most important part of our curriculum. Our staff values caring relationships and is more than willing to support, help and be present with a child who is experiencing frustration and failure in an activity. We do not alleviate the child's frustration by completing the activity for him/her, because we want the child to learn to solve problems and learn ways to cope with and learn from mistakes, failures and adversity, and to understand that everyone makes mistakes. Instead, we offer comfort, guidance, emotional support, being present in the moments, ask open-ended questions, offer suggestions, validate their feelings. empathize and use meaningful words or phrases to describe the porcess...'it takes practice', 'This is very perplexing to you'...				n/a

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

Director's Comments

Because of our low ratios, no more than 7 children to one teacher, we are able to work in small groups and one-on-one with children in all areas of the curriculum, including social and emotional development. Much of our curriculum planning is based on the daily written observations of our teachers in conjunction with their knowledge of child development and a willingness to collaborate with one another. As such, our teachers are able to facilitate the growth of each child by meeting he/she where he/she is developmentally and individualize the curriculum to support continued developmental growth.

Parents' Comments

Parent #1
At Bright Days, all areas of curriculum are encouraged. There are no formal times to try writing, or try singing. There are different stations set up to allow the child to explore art, writing, touch, cooking, reading, fine motor skills, etc.

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