GIVE YOUR CHILD THE DESIRE AND SKILLS TO LEARN, ADAPT, COMPETE AND EXCEL
The most important years in the development of your child’s brain occur from infancy to age five.
Our commitment to each Crème family is to make the most of these years. We have developed a best
practices approach – from our facilities and unique methodology to our programs, staffing and
training – all to powerfully enhance your child’s learning experience. We strive to make Crème a
home away from home, a place where a child wants to be – every day – where the focus is on
developing a strong learning to learn foundation. For parents who want to bring out the best
of the best in their child and provide a long-term advantage at a very early age, take a look
at Crème.
Our curriculum includes emergent reading, math,
science,social studies and virtues, and is
enhanced with enrichment classes in
creative movement, art, music,
second language and computers.
The Curriculum
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.
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.
Children, ages 2 and older, begin their day in their homeroom. They are encourage to select from
a menu of child-initiated activities as they socialize with their peers and with their primary teacher.
Choice is a critical component of the Crème classroom. Choices allow children to match their
instructional goals with their personal goals and provides them with a strong motivation
to participate. It allows children to feel more positive about their work. Positive feelings result
in an increase in body chemicals that then increase the potential for memory. We want
children to remember what they learn.
When children leave their homeroom to participate in enrichment activities in the theme-based rooms, the
primary teacher moves with them. This ensures continuity and familiarity.
In the theme-based rooms, the children will participate in a teacher-directed lesson lead by the
enrichment teachers. Children are allowed to practice and reflect on what they have learned before
moving to another room. According to Dr. Pam Schiller, practice and reflection are critical steps
in learning. Each step plays a role in assisting the brain in its attempt to process information
and store it in long term memory.
Crème de la Crème facilities, curriculum, and programs may change from time to time and may vary by location.
