Part 2 of the Flex Learning Program

Earlier this week we began to outline our Flex Learning Program. This blog will continue to outline the elements of Flex Learning and how it can benefit your child.

Optimal Learning Environment that is Creative and Fun:

An Enriched Learning Environment fosters well-rounded, happy and confident learners. Our extensive resources include the creation of a warm, nurturing environment where children can make many supportable choices, independently explore learning materials and develop socialization skills as they interact with others. Toys and equipment are carefully chosen, first for safety and then for how they stimulate young imaginations and help children develop.

Enrichment programs augment the Goddard School’s core curriculum to expose children to the skills necessary to support their active lives, develop positive self-esteem and set the foundation for a healthy lifestyle. These programs include sign language, yoga, fitness, art history, music, sports, world cultures and foreign languages.
Child Centered Learning and Teachable Moments with a Personalized Approach:
Professional, Highly-Trained Faculty make the most of every teachable moment. Our professional educators are intentional in guiding and extending children’s play to ensure key developmental milestones are achieved across the learning domains. Teachers facilitate learning through responsive interactions with children as they learn and have fun! Our teachers skillfully weave in academic and learning objectives as they build upon what the individual children can do and encourage them to try new things.

Goddard Schools’ educators are professionals. They’re provided ongoing training through Goddard Systems University (GSU), a fully accredited, exclusive professional development program…which assures our teachers are constantly at the forefront of the latest in child development concepts, trends and research.

Child-Centered Learning lays the foundation for continuous discovery, academic success and school readiness “Young children who learn through play are more ready to make their own decisions, advocate for themselves and use creativity to solve problems as they grow,” says Dr. Kyle Pruett, a Yale University child psychiatrist and consultant to The Goddard School. Making learning fun is at the core of The Goddard School FLEX Learning Program and, each day, Goddard School children select activities and materials to discover, explore and invent in their own imaginative and creative way. Child-centered learning is absolutely essential to advancing children’s development and their readiness for school.

The FLEX Learning Domain Chart (below) features the core, academically accepted, learning domains and illustrates how the Goddard core curricular and enrichment programs cover these learning areas. These are the standard learning domains that are included in most state guidelines for quality early childhood education. This aspect of the poster helps to reassure parents that their child will receive a well-rounded program designed to bring out their full potential.