Debra Rose - Principal
Debra Rose, Principal
Videophone: 951-824-8040
Yvette Vasquez, Secretary
Videophone: 951.824.8111
Greetings from the Early Childhood Education (ECE) Department!
ECE provides a safe and warm environment that supports and promotes an enthusiasm for active learning. ECE is also a critical step for successful learning for youngsters from Parent Infant Program (PIP) to Kindergarten.
Active parental participation is encouraged by teachers who view this cooperative relationship as a positive addition in the home environment. Working together, we establish the foundation for children to grow into caring and contributing adults. In order to meet our children’s language needs, a vital part of our program is the use of an ASL/English approach: ASL in signing and English in print. We want our children to be proficient in both languages as it is critical to their academic success. Our goal is that all children who come to CSDR enjoy learning in a positive environment and we strive as an ECE team to make sure that every child blooms academically each and every day. Come visit our department and I guarantee our youngsters will melt your hearts!
Mission and Philosophy
Family ties and communication are the most important part of a young child’s life. The relationship is one of our main goals to develop a strong partnership between teachers and families that respect, support, and empower the child and achieve the key goals of educational needs.
The philosophy behind our curriculum is that young children learn best by doing. It requires active thinking and experimenting to find out how things work and to learn firsthand about the world we live in.
The Power of Play
Play is a powerful component in the lives of children. It is the natural way a child learns and develops. Play is an important time that allows the child to develop skills and grow as individuals.
Daily Schedules
PIP Daily Schedule
8:00-8:15 Arrival Time
8:15-8:30 Free Play
8:30-9:00 Morning Circle Time
9:00-9:20 Snack Time
9:20-10:00 Activity/Center Play
10:00-10:15 Drop Everything and Read (DEAR)/Storytime
10:15-10:45 Outdoor Play
10:45-11:00 Closing Circle Time
11:00-11:15 Pick up/Teacher Time
Wednesdays: Cooking Activity and Library Visit
Fridays: Field Trip every 2nd Friday monthly
Preschool Daily Schedule
8:00-8:15 Arrival/sign-in
8:15-8:45 Circle Time
8:45-9:30 Centers
9:3010:00 Recess
10:00-10:15 Snack
10:15-10:25 Drop Everything And Read (DEAR)
10:25-10:45 Storytelling and Activity
10:45-11:00 Library (10:15-11:15)
Cooking
Computer Activity
11:00-11:15 Circle time/Wrap up
11:15-11:30 Free Choice/Parents 1 on 1 – Discussions
Pre-Kindergarten Daily Schedule
Monday – Thursday
8:00 – 8:15 Free Choice
8:15 – 9:00 Circle Time
9:00 – 9:45 Reading and Writing
9:45 – 10:10 Recess
10:10 – 10:55 Math
11:00 – 11:45 Lunch
11:45 – 12:00 Storytelling
12:00 – 12:45 *D.E.A.R and Rest Time
12:45 – 1:25
1:25 – 2:15 Physical Education
2:15 – 2:30 Snack
2:30 – 2:45 Wrap Up
*Drop Everything and Read
Friday
8:00 0- 8:15 Free Choice
8:15 – 9:00 Circle Time
9:00 – 9:45
9:45 – 10:10 Recess
10:10 – 10:55 Physical Education
11:00 – 11:45 Lunch
11:45 – 12:00 Storytelling
12:20 – 1:15 Library
1:15 – 1:50 Wrap Up
*D.E.A.R and Rest
Kindergarten Schedule
Monday to Thursday
8:00-8:40 Sign-In and Free Choices
8:40-9:00 Circle Time
9:00-9:10 Storytelling
9:10-9:30 Recess
9:30-10:30 Language Arts
10:30-11:35 Lunch/Recess
11:35-12:30 Mathematics/Mathematics Literacy
12:30-12:45 Snack Time
12:45 – 1:25 ASL (T/TH)
Journal Time/D.E.A.R. – Drop Everything and Read (M/W)
1:25-2:00 Social Studies/Science/Deaf Studies/ASL
2:00-2:15 Wrap-Up
2:15-3:00 P.E.
Friday
8:00-8:40 Sign-In and Free Choices
8:40-9:10 Guest Storytelling Event
9:10-9:30 Recess
9:30-10:15 Library
10:15-11:00 Language Arts Mini-lesson
11:00-11:45 Lunch/Recess
11:45-12:30 Journal Time and DEAR
12:30-1:00 Mathematics Mini-lesson
1:00-1:15 Snack Time/ Wrap Up
1:15-1:55 P.E.
Inside the Early Childhood Education Classrooms
PARENT INFANT PROGRAM (PIP)
PIP serves children from 18 months to 2.9 years old. The goal of PIP is to give little ones all the experiences we possibly can that will enable them to move on to preschool with the language and self-confidence needed in order to have a successful journey.
PIP Booksharing!
The early years in a child’s life are a very important time since this is where the foundation is laid for all future learning. Learning to enjoy books and stories is a valued gift for children. Booksharing, the sharing of stories in books through storytelling and book experiences, promotes language development by providing new and exciting vocabulary in a fun way! It also encourages an interest in books and motivates children’s learning. Children will not only have stories told to them, but they will also have personal experiences with books during DEAR (Drop Everything and Read) time. It is a time for children to look at books, share books and observe adults as they model book reading.
PIP Circle Time
Circle time provides opportunities to develop good listening and language skills through thematic lessons and discussions. New ideas and concepts are introduced to develop pre-academic skills necessary for preschool and kindergarten readiness. It allows a time for the child to develop the understanding of where important information comes from. Children are exposed to books, lessons and activities that lead to discussions encouraging the child to freely express themselves.
PIP Cooking
Cooking plays a big part in the learning experiences for our PIP students. They develop new social skills, cognitive skills, and motor skills. They learn to work cooperatively by taking turns, sharing, and passing utensils. They use their critical thinking and learn what it takes to make something. They learn to mold, knead, and stir as they develop both large and small muscles. Cooking involves eye-hand coordination, too. There is so much they can learn from just cooking alone. This is why we recommend that families and parents work closely with their child at home even by cooking together!
PIP Math
The First Years
- Math is not just about numbers and counting.
- Math helps us see how things are the same and different.
- Math helps us organize information.
- Math is a way to understand quantity (how much), patterns, space, and shapes.
- Math provides us with a sense of order, a way to predict outcomes, compare things, and solve problems.
- Math is everywhere and is already a part of every child’s world
Math Right From the Start
Math for babies
Learning the difference between adults they know and those they do not know.
Math for one-year-olds
Asks for “more” crackers and cries when “one” is taken away.
Math for two-year-olds
Holds up two fingers to represent age
Math for three-year-old
Shows understanding of shapes and space when turns and stacks blocks to make a tower.
PRESCHOOL
Preschool includes the fundamental learning skills used in signing, reading, writing, and math that will carry a child into adulthood and into success. Our program uses a combination of Developmentally Appropriate Practice (DAP) and Creative Curriculum. These are framework guidelines that promote children’s cognitive and language development in order to prepare youngsters for more advanced lessons when they begin Kindergarten.Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten use California’s Standards-Based Education which provides a strong foundation for learning in the subject areas of literature, math, science, social students, the arts, and technology through a variety of classroom experiences.
KINDERGARTEN
Kindergarten Inside Our World
In Kindergarten we support the theory of Multiple Intelligences. By using these teaching techniques, we provide students enriching opportunities to for learning in a variety of areas such as language development, creativity, and social/emotional development.
Kindergarten makes learning fun. We host exciting events throughout the school year. For example, one of the many events we celebrate is an entire week honoring Dr. Seuss with an emphasis on the importance of literacy. We also provide students with storytelling using a variety of deaf individuals signing the stories in ASL to expose students to positive role models and enhance their deaf identity. We also guide students through adventures of some popular fables and review the morals of the story.
At CSDR we believe that kindergarten is many times the student’s first step in their education journey and we strive to make it a positive and productive experience.
SPECIAL PROGRAMS
ECE Art Festival
In June 2009, we made our longtime dream come true by establishing the First Annual Art Festival. The Art Festival gives parents, teachers, and others in the deaf community an opportunity to see and enjoy the artwork that has been done by our little cubbies. During the Art Festival, children get an exciting opportunity to participate in hands-on ART activities.
As a fundraiser for ECE, children are given a personalized tile to decorate, and each personalized tile will be posted in the wall mural in the ECE department. All funds raised from this project will go to the ECE Fund for ordering educational supplies.
We are looking forward to doing more festivals like this in the future!
ECE American Sign Language Class
The ECE department this year provides ASL classes that focus on first language acquisition, a fundamental right for our deaf children. Our ASL teacher will work with all students in the afternoons. ASL lessons and activities involve playing with the language, including handshapes, facial expressions, classifiers, body shifting, all important elements for students’ story retellings. The students will provide four theatre productions a year, and participate in video-taped sessions of their language development over the year’s course, which will culminate in a DVD final product for the students to take home.
ECE Literacy, Laughter, and Learning
The ECE department this year provides ASL classes that focus on first language acquisition, a fundamental right for our deaf children. Our ASL teacher will work with all students in the afternoons. ASL lessons and activities involve playing with the language, including handshapes, facial expressions, classifiers, body shifting, all important elements for students’ story retellings. The students will provide four theatre productions a year, and participate in video-taped sessions of their language development over the year’s course, which will culminate in a DVD final product for the students to take home.
Other special ECE programs include ECE/Elementary ASL Showcase and Class Performances.
Photo Galleries
