Morningside Presbyterian Church Children's Center, Fullerton

Our program is based on knowledge of child development. The curriculum is based on the age span of children within the group and is implemented with attention to the different needs, interests, and developmental levels of individual children. Appropriate curriculum planning is based on teachers’ observations and recordings of each child’s special interests and developmental process. Our curriculum aligns with the California Department of Education’s Pre-school learning Foundations. Since our philosophy focuses upon the developmental process of the child, we provide programs that include growth in all areas. This means providing learning experiences to promote language and literacy, math and science concepts, social development and self-help skills. For example, children participate in interest areas such as building with blocks, creating with art materials, manipulating toys and objects that promote reading and math comprehension; working and playing with dramatic play, science, reading and sensory centers. Available are experiences with sand, cooking, water, literature, art and music appreciation, and creative movement.