Creative Corner
Child Development Center
335 Audrey Ln. Houston TX 77015
(713) 450-3610
Child Development Center
335 Audrey Ln. Houston TX 77015
(713) 450-3610
Creative Corner
Child Development Center
335 Audrey Ln. Houston TX 77015
(713)450-3610
Child Development Center
335 Audrey Ln. Houston TX 77015
(713)450-3610
Creative Corner's monumental success is attributed to the keen design of a well-rounded curriculum. Pamela Humphries has applied her extensive knowledge and expertise in child development to put together an exceptional and unparalleled program, in literacy development, social and emotional competence as well as physical and motor development.
Cognitive, Language, and Literacy Development:
Engaging the Brain
Engaging the Brain
It is our belief that we must meet our students where they are to get them to where they need to be. For this reason, we believe that each child is unique in his or her cognitive, language, and literacy development. Creative Corner provides a sage and enriched environment that allows students to explore and develop interests in and curiosity of the world around them. Our goal in this vital component of child development is to provide our students with a variety of materials and mediums to promote higher-order thinking, developing strong math and problem solving skills, language and reading competencies, and art appreciation.
Our Reading and Language Arts program is implemented throughout all levels of our program. It is designed to provide the range of experiences and instruction necessary to help young children become lifelong readers. Below are some of the major fundamentals of the program.
* At Creative Corner we provide students with a print-rich environment in which books and other visuals support emergent readers.
* We provide read alouds, shared reading, and modeled reading activities discussion. In our school, the exchange of ideas is valued and written communication is encouraged among our students.
*We provide learning centers and equipment that give students extensive opportunities to promote rich pretend play and support the language development of young children.
* We provide read alouds, shared reading, and modeled reading activities discussion. In our school, the exchange of ideas is valued and written communication is encouraged among our students.
*We provide learning centers and equipment that give students extensive opportunities to promote rich pretend play and support the language development of young children.
Social and Emotional Development:
Guiding Goals for Our Little Sailors
We believe wholeheartedly that our classroom management practices shape the social and emotional milestones of our young students. For this reason, we collaborate closely with parents to ensure that our students establish positive self-confidence. Here at Creative Corner we encourage students to self-direct through ample oppurtunties to problem solve and take others point of view; and in so doing, our students increase their capacity for appreciation and cordiality. Our classroom environment encourages students to gain independence in choices and decision making.
Components that help our young students flourish in social and emotional development:
*We implement a predictable and daily schedule to help children develop a sense of time and anticipate appropriately to regular events throughout the course of the day.
*We provide children with opportunities to interact with peers and to participate in cooperative learning experiences.
* We establish an environment where children can nurture a sense of initiative. This environment encourages students to use toys, equipment, and creative materials. These learning materials are engaging and support decision making, sharing and cooperation among our students.
*We provide children with opportunities to interact with peers and to participate in cooperative learning experiences.
* We establish an environment where children can nurture a sense of initiative. This environment encourages students to use toys, equipment, and creative materials. These learning materials are engaging and support decision making, sharing and cooperation among our students.
"To stimulate life-leaving it free to develop, to unfold-here in lies the first task of the educator."
Maria Montessori
Maria Montessori
Enhancing Physical and Motor Development:
Leaps and Bounds for a Healthy Childhood
At Creative Corner one of our most important goals is for our students to move and be active in many different ways as a means to reach their full physical development. We provide a variety of experiences that continuously assist them with motor development. Creative Corner provides a safe,hygienic, and healthy environment with ample opportunities for physical activities, play, music and movement, food, drink, rest, and sleep. We ensure our student's safety with detailed rules of supervision:
* We encourage children to develop large muscle and gross motor skills.Our playground equipment and physical activities help students increase upper and lower body strength and coordination.
* We help students develop fine motor skills through a variety of hand-eye coordination activities such as using pencil, crayons, scissors, stringing beads and doing puzzles.
* We help students develop fine motor skills through a variety of hand-eye coordination activities such as using pencil, crayons, scissors, stringing beads and doing puzzles.
"Little children are not logical-they are motor. To give a child joy, give him something to do."
Lucy Gage
Lucy Gage
Summer Camp
Our summer camp is filled with all the enrichment the school year provides. We continue reading and math lessons so our students do not lose the valuable knowledge they stored during the school year. A passion for learning is instilled in our students 12 months out of the year.
Field trips, sports, swimming, and fun thematic topics are offered in our summer camp. Our campers
always return for more fun each summer and many return to volunteer as teenagers eager to share their previous experiences with our campers.
always return for more fun each summer and many return to volunteer as teenagers eager to share their previous experiences with our campers.
Activities
Each year the children at Creative Corner enjoy performing in a Christmas Program and an end of the yer performance of a childrens' opera based on The Three Pigs, Stone Soap, Red Hen, Billy Goats Gruff, or Tiki Tiki Tembo. The Opera expands the students' knowledge of literature through music and teaches an appreciation for the Opera. In 1985 the performance of Three Piggy Opera was featured on Channel 2 Ron Stone's Scene at Five. The interviewer was amazed that the children enjoyed performing so much and they actually knew what an Overture, Finale, and the Libretto was.
Creative Corner students have power packed days filled with activities that foster friendship and knowledge about the world around them. Music, field trips, holiday parties, special guests, art, cooking, and outdoor play are some of the many activities that provide excellent opportunities for self expression and FUN.
