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Battery Park City Day Nursery

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neighborhood: Battery Park City · Telephone: (212) 945-0088 · Website: www.bpcdaynursery.com

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

Director's Comments

We use a thematic approach in a developmentally appropriate environment where learning is exploratory and fun. There is individual choice time as well as small and large group activities. Teachers challenge the children by exposing them to information about the world they live in. Our eclectic approach to education allows us to adjust the program to the child rather than forcing the child to adjust to one philosophy. We follow the expectations and positions established by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). These practices may be reviewed in the book, 'Developmentally Appropriate Practices in Early Childhood Programs.'

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	Battery Park City Day Nursery encourages social development. Children are taught to use manners, be polite and help each other. They are taught to use developmentally appropriate self-help skills. Toddlers are encouraged to drink from 'sippy cups' and later from open cups. Children first learn to put on their own jackets, and as they mature, they learn to fasten zippers, buttons & snaps.				n/a

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

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