Principle 4
A purposeful designed curriculum that capitalizes unlimited curiosity and intrinsic motivation.
During early childhood, children learn how to learn. Our children learn through active engagement, activity, observations, experimentation and social interactions with others. They construct knowledge through physical activity, social interactions with others and their own active thinking. Children practice the tools of learning: how to plan, monitor, revise, reflect, investigate and solve problems; and to see and exchange points of view with others. Through observation and action, children form their own hypotheses, try them out, find out what happens and formulate their own answers. Children develop learning strategies from first-hand actions with objects in their world and from exchanging points of view with peers and adults.
As they develop an understanding about themselves and others, they learn to regulate their emotions, attend to what is important, and to make plans – all based on the cultural values and practices embedded in their social and physical environments. A purposeful planned curriculum will support children’s interactions with other children and adults and respect those values and practices.
During early childhood, children learn how to learn. Our children learn through active engagement, activity, observations, experimentation and social interactions with others. They construct knowledge through physical activity, social interactions with others and their own active thinking. Children practice the tools of learning: how to plan, monitor, revise, reflect, investigate and solve problems; and to see and exchange points of view with others. Through observation and action, children form their own hypotheses, try them out, find out what happens and formulate their own answers. Children develop learning strategies from first-hand actions with objects in their world and from exchanging points of view with peers and adults.
As they develop an understanding about themselves and others, they learn to regulate their emotions, attend to what is important, and to make plans – all based on the cultural values and practices embedded in their social and physical environments. A purposeful planned curriculum will support children’s interactions with other children and adults and respect those values and practices.