In developing our preschool curriculum, we pay close attention to:

• Children's existing knowledge and skills
• Building on prior knowledge and expanding current skills
• Relationships and connections between areas of development and learning
• Children's unique learning profiles and patterns of development
• Application of skills to real life situations
• What we know about how children learn
• Designing experiences for children which provide opportunities for depth and understanding in their explorations.
• The innate passion that children have for exploring their world.

Our curriculum objectives and developmental expectations are based on research, guidelines and standards from sources which include:

• Standards for Developmentally Appropriate Practice, NAEYC (National Association for the Education of Young Children)
• Georgia Early Learning and Pre-Kindergarten Content Standards, Bright from the Start, Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning
• Understanding by Design model of curriculum development
• National Reading Panel's findings on early literacy and learning
• Learning theory, longitudinal studies of human development and brain research 
• Emergent curriculum models: Reggio Emelia, Project Approach