Curriculum

Comprehensive Learning Curriculum (CLC) that encompasses all of the core components of the Kindergarten and Primary Curriculum Frameworks

To ensure each child is developing skills and having fun at our daycare in Burlington, we employ a Comprehensive Learning Curriculum that focuses on:

  • Language and Literacy – with an emphasis on teaching children to read
  • Mathematics – teaching basic math concepts in areas of numbers and numeration, measurement, patterning, geometry and shapes, and data management
  • Science, Technology and STEM activities – which includes exploration and experiments, computers, Wiz-Tech, Roots & Shoots
  • The Arts – offering visual arts (painting, drawing, etc.), music and movement, dance, and drama
  • Personal and Social Development – teaching manners and ethics, sports, teamwork, life skills, conflict resolution, swimming lessons (for Kindergarten children)

Language and Literacy Curriculum

Language and literacy are the pillars of our Comprehensive Learning Curriculum. It includes a unique Printing Program as well as a phonetically based Learning to Read Program.

Mathematics

Mathematical concepts and principles are a puzzle to many adults. At Brant Children’s Centre, we believe that if basic math concepts are introduced in the early years clearly and in a simple to more difficult sequence, young children can grasp numbers, numeration, basic measurement principles, the importance of patterning and organization or data management.

We use The Learning Carpet as a primary resource in our mathematics program, starting in the Preschool Department.

In our Kindergarten Program, we use a number of Montessori materials to reinforce math concepts and to teach children to problem-solve independently.

Roots and Shoots Program

Roots & Shoots is a global environment and humanitarian educational program developed by the Jane Goodall Institute.

We were one of the first Roots & Shoots groups in Canada.

“The mission is to foster respect and compassion for all living things to promote understanding of all cultures and beliefs and to inspire each individual to take action to make the world a better place for the environment, animals and the human community.” – Jane Goodall Institute

Wiz Tech

“Wiz-Tech is a programming concept that aims to teach children how to be creative and, hence, how to think, to ask questions, and to look at the same situation in different ways. By exposing children to this process, we are helping them acquire the basic building blocks needed to become an intellectual thinker.”

  • Central to Wiz-Tech are challenges that a child or group of children have to meet.

  • Challenges expose children to different technologies and how to use them creatively.

  • The focus of Wiz-Tech is on process, not solution; there could be many different solutions to the problem or challenge.

  • Wiz-Tech is an open-ended, hands-on learning environment.