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Our Curriculum

The Linden Hills Child Care curriculums are based on the nationally recognized Creative Curriculum program.

​The Creative Curriculum is based on the belief that children learn best by doing and that true learning requires active participation, critical thinking, and experimentation. It’s designed to balance student-initiated learning with teacher-directed learning by placing play as the foundation upon which academic learning is built.

This model guides our Infant, Toddler and Preschool classrooms.


Infants and Toddler Creative Curriculum

The most important goal of our Infant and Toddler curriculum is that children become enthusiastic learners.

In their early years, children explore the world around them by using all of their senses. In using real materials to explore their ideas, children learn about sizes, shapes, and colors, and they notice relationships between things.

In time, they use one object to stand for another. This is the beginning of symbolic thinking.  Gradually children become more and more able to use abstract symbols like words to describe their thoughts and feelings. 

There are five routines and eight experiences that are essential to the development and learning of children birth to three years.  At Linden Hills Child Care, we incorporate these routines and experiences into our daily schedules and curriculum for Infants and Toddlers. We maintain a 1 teacher to 4 infant ratio with a class size no larger than 12 and a 1 teacher to 7 toddler ratio with a class size no larger than 14.
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Routines

Hellos and goodbyes
Diapering and toileting
Eating and mealtimes
Sleeping and naptimes
Getting dressed 
Circle Time 



Experiences

Playing with toys
Imitating and pretending
Enjoying stories and books
Connecting with music and movement
Creating with art
Tasting and preparing food
Exploring with sand and water
Going outdoors


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Preschool Creative Curriculum

Linden Hills Child Care’s Preschool program encourages children to be active and creative explorers.  Our goal is to help children become independent, self-confident, and inquisitive with good learning habits and a positive sense of themselves. 

At LHCC we plan activities, organize our classrooms, select toys and materials, plan monthly and daily schedules designed to accomplish the goals of our curriculum and give children a successful transition into kindergarten and beyond. We maintain a 1 teacher to 10 preschool ratio with a class size no larger than 10.

The Creative Curriculum Model for Preschool focuses on developing social, emotional, cognitive, physical, and language skills.

Weekly Themes      Weekly Activities

Literacy                               Spanish                                                Mathematics                        Music
Science                                Library
Social Studies                      Tumbling
Art
Technology
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Linden Hills Child Care Center
4201 Sheridan Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55410

612-922-4501
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