The Caterpillar Room!
        

The Caterpillar classroom consists of toddlers aged 20-26 months.  In this classroom the Doors to Discovery curriculum is implemented.  The class size for this group is 8 children with a ratio of 1:4.  The teaching team for this class is: Brittney Holcomb and Matt Powell.

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Lead Teacher: Brittney Holcomb, degree in Early Childhood from Free Will Baptist Bible College. Been with High Hopes since September 2006.
Assistant Teacher: Matt Powell

DHS mandated ratio is 1:6
High Hopes teacher to student ratio is 1:4

Development screenings conducted twice a year, once in the beginning of the school year and once in the late Spring, to assess student progress and growth and allowing teachers to assess skill levels and target specific developmental deficits for each child. Daily communication sent home on each child regarding activities, behavior, sleep routines, etc.

Curriculum: Doors to Discovery, a literacy-based curriculum, is designed to develop the five areas identified by the International Reading Association (IRA) and the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) as the foundation of early literacy success: oral language, phonological awareness, concepts of print, alphabet knowledge and writing, and comprehension. Classrooms filled with print, language and literacy play, storybook reading, and writing allow children to experience the joy and power associated with reading and writing while mastering basic concepts about print that research has shown are strong predictors of achievement.

Classroom utilizes a multi-sensory approach to learning, incorporating sensory activities daily.

In regards to discipline, first and foremost, a positive-praise theme is used, in order to foster good behavior within the classroom. Redirection is also used consistently in our classrooms. If behavior issues persist, the teachers work closely with the parents and our therapy staff to create an individualized behavior management/modification plan for the child.

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