Our Magical Curriculum
Curriculum
The Magical Years Early Learning Center Inc., uses the Frog Street Curriculum as its main learning tool. This comprehensive curriculum is the perfect fit for every age and stage.
Frog Street is a high quality, researched based curriculum organized into ten skill domains that support integration of curriculum and builds connections between and among all disciplines. The Frog Street curriculum also integrates “Conscious Discipline” strategies to support social and emotional intelligence which in turn supports the cognitive performance of children.
Frog Street’s early childhood programs are built on four key cornerstones:
- Early Brain Development Research
- Developmental Learning Domains
- Intentional Instruction
- Social and Emotional Development Emphasis
- Early Brain Development Research
- Developmental Learning Domains
- Intentional Instruction
- Social and Emotional Development Emphasis
In addition, Frog Street focuses on the following learning domains:
Language Development
- Language-rich environment
- Opportunities to sing, read, and talk
- Skill development in phonological awareness, alphabet knowledge, print awareness, vocabulary and comprehension
Social & Emotional Development
- Building trust
- Forming healthy attachments
- Developing impulse control
- Enhancing social interactions
Cognitive Development
- Understanding cause-and-effect
- Thinking critically and creatively to solve child-sized problems
- Skill development in classification, patterns, one-to-one correspondence, order and sequence, and numeration
Physical Development
- Fine motor and gross motor skill development
- Balance, coordination, and control
Approaches to Learning
- Curiosity, persistence, attention, and communication are woven in and throughout all domains.
Lively Letters
Our Preschool and Pre-K classrooms use Lively LettersTM a research-based and clinically-proven, multi-sensory reading program that turns plain, abstract letters and sounds into livey characters. Created by Nancy Telian, MS, CC-SLP, forty-seven letters and letter combinations are embedded into colorful pictures that show Students what to do with their mouths when making the letter sounds.
The Lively LettersTM program addresses multiple targets, simultaneously training students in the critical skills of:
- Phonemic awareness
- Phonics
- Speech production
The oral kinesthetic (mouth cues) feature of the Lively LettersTM Program helps set it apart from other multi-sensory programs, as students are taught what to do with their mouths in order to produce the sounds. This is done in a fun and engaging way as students are introduced to mean-ingful letter characters that are strategically embedded right into the letters.
The Magical Years also has a supplemental curriculum developed by the owner,
Darcy Kennedy, M, Ed. This supplemental curriculum focuses on strong literacy based activities and incorporates developmentally appropriate activities and goals in each learning domain.
Halifax
933 Plymouth Street (Route 106)
Halifax, MA 02338
(781) 294-9292
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Pembroke
212 Schoosett Street
Pembroke, MA 02359
(339) 793-2889
themagicalyearspembroke@gmail.com
Kingston
142 Pembroke Street (Route 27)
Kingston, MA 02364
(781) 585-3842
themagicalyearskingston@gmail.com
Plymouth Center
109 South Meadow Rd.
Plymouth MA 02360
(508) 747-5437
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