| Placement
options:
The C.H.O.I.C.E.S program partners with four Pre-K programs located
in Bath: YMCA childcare,
Family Focus,
Bath Regional Vocational Center (BRVC),
and Head Start.
All four programs are accredited or are in the process, meet DHHS licensing
requirements, and follow Maine Early Learning Guidelines. |
Creative Curriculum
The focus of the Creative Curriculum is to help children become enthusiastic
learners. The curriculum identifies goals in four areas of development:
Social: To help children feel comfortable in
school, trust their new environment, make friends, and feel they are part
of a group.
Emotional: To help children
gain pride and self-confidence, develop independence and self-control,
and have a positive attitude towards life.
Cognitive:
To help children become confident learners by letting them try out their
own ideas and experience success. The Creative Curriculum aids children
in acquiring learning skills enabling them to solve problems, ask questions,
and use words to describe their ideas, observations, and feelings.
Physical: To help children increase their large
and small muscle skills and feel confident about what their bodies can
do. |
Tools of the Mind Curriculum
Tools of the Mind is a comprehensive curriculum including content that
meets all state and national standards. It is based upon a specific
set of beliefs about how children learn. Mature intentional make-believe
play forms the foundation of cognitive and emotional self-regulation
development.
In a Tools preschool:
Practice in self-regulated learning is embedded in all activities. Tools
instructional interactions are planned to scaffold each child’s
learning and to help teachers be effective in identifying specific teachable
moments. Teachers focus on helping children become intentional and reflective
learners, creating a classroom in which instruction in literacy, mathematics,
and science reflects each child’s learning capacity. |
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FAMILY FOCUS
Family Focus offers a 4-year-old program designed to assist children
in successfully entering kindergarten. During the year children develop
strong social, emotional, physical and cognitive skills. The Family
Focus Bath Early Learning Center utilizes a child’s natural inclination
to play, to imitate, and to experiment in order to teach social competence
and school readiness. Daily activities include free choice, small group
and large group experiences.
Family Focus uses the Creative Curriculum and the
Tools of the Mind Curriculum to observe and assess
children and thoughtfully plan the environment to assist children in
their development. Daily activities take place in creative arts, early
language and literacy, health and physical education, mathematics, science,
and social studies.
This site offers morning sessions to CHOICES students from 8:45-11:45,
four days a week. Additional childcare is available for a fee.
Accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children.
For More Information Contact:
Julie Gilliam
julieg@familyfocusme.org
386-1662
2 Davenport Circle
Bath, ME 04530 |
HEAD
START
Head Start is a comprehensive child development program which serves
preschool children and their families. It is child-focused with the
overall goal of increasing social competence of children of income-eligible
families. Head Start services are family-centered, following the tenets
that children develop in the context of their family and culture and
that parents are respected as the primary educators and nurturers of
their children.
Children who attend Head Start participate in a variety of educational
activities through the Creative Curriculum to help
them grow mentally, socially, emotionally, and physically. They also
receive free medical and dental care, have healthy meals and snacks,
and enjoy playing indoors and outdoors in a safe setting.
This site is offered to income eligible students. Hours are 8:30-2:30.
Accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children.
For More Information Contact:
Chris Rallis
Chris.M.Rallis@Maine.gov
442-7963
34 Wing Farm Parkway
Bath, ME 04530 |
| YMCA
The YMCA enrichment program offers a safe, caring environment where
each child is encouraged to learn new skills, express him/herself freely
and explore the environment. Through the Creative Curriculum
teachers facilitate independence, self-esteem and problem solving skills.
The environment is designed to promote social-emotional, language, cognitive,
and physical skills. Children learn risk-taking and build self-confidence
through the use of process oriented activities.
Individual and group activities as well as free and structured playtime
comprise our day. Teachers observe, write anecdotal observations, and
interact with children daily. The goal is to maintain a stimulating
environment and meet the needs of each child at his/her own level of
kindergarten readiness.
This site offers morning sessions to CHOICES students from 8:45-11:45
four days a week. Additional childcare is available for a fee.
Accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children.
For More Information Contact:
Mark Ferguson
mark@bathymca.org
443-4112, x20
303 Centre St
Bath, ME 04530 |
BRVC
The Pre-K program at Bath Regional Vocational Center (BRVC) is
located at Morse High School in collaboration with the Early Childhood
vocational program. The program is taught by certified teaching staff
and serves as a lab school for BRVC high school students. The Tools
of the Mind Curriculum is the foundation of the program with the focus
on the development of both cognitive and social-emotional self-regulation.
Opportunities for mature, intentional play are delivered in a warm,
caring environment. Content is presented in an integrated, developmental
way so that instruction in literacy, math, and science forms a coherent
whole. Instructional strategies include child directed activities as
well as teacher directed activities. The program encourages family communication
for the benefit of its participants.
This site offers morning and afternoon sessions. 8:00-11:30 and 11:30-3:00
three days a week.
Seeking accreditation by the National Association for the Education
of Young Children.
For More Information Contact:
Rosalie Perkins
rperkins@rsu1.org
443-6601
39 Andrews Rd
Bath, ME 04530
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