We also try to foster greater independence and therefore responsibility in the children. An example of this independence includes making all the activities of the classroom available at the same time therefore creating choices for the children to make. However, the children are being held to greater responsibility by requiring them to clean up the messes that they make and packing their work away before making another choice. We are asking you to help us increase this independence in your child by NOT doing things for them that they are capable of doing themselves. This may mean letting them carry their own lunch boxes, hang up their own coat, putting on their shoes, and packing away their own toys before leaving with you to go home.
Research shows that fostering independence also increases the children's self esteem.
You will notice child size hand brooms, sponges and spray bottles in your child's classroom, these were provided to enable them a means of caring for their own environment. Emergent Curriculum Emergent curriculum is a curriculum that takes shape week by week and day by day, with the teachers thoughtfully making plans that draw on the children's interests and activities rather than mapping out everything months in advance. Emergent emphasizes that the planning needs to emerge for the daily life of the children and adults. Envision a spider web in which the center is a broad base theme. In presenting the children opportunities to discuss themselves, the teachers may find that there be a lot of discussions about babies in the family.