Weekday Early Education (WEE) Learn, a division of Child Development Education Alliance (CDEA), is dedicated to educating and protecting children. WEE Learn Curriculum is a developmentally appropriate weekday curricula for Christian settings designed for young children ages birth through Pre-K.
WEE Learn is grounded in evidence-based practices. Programs using the WEE Learn philosophy and curriculum work to support children and families. Children’s individual differences and learning styles are considered, as they learn through play and interactions with supportive early childhood teachers to maximize each child’s learning potential.
WEE Learn is a curriculum that supports best practice and has been cross-referenced with multiple State’s Performance Standards. This curriculum not only offers cognitive challenges to the young children exposed to their framework, but also incorporates individual and age-appropriate practices.
The WEE Learn curriculum is solidified on its base of concrete experience and focus on relationships, communication, and exploration of the environment. It is clearly evidenced that the curriculum is thoughtfully planned, comprehensive, cohesive, and integrated across each domain.
The WEE Learn curriculum provides systematic learning opportunities in language and early literacy, mathematics, science, social studies, the arts, physical development, and personal and social development. The curriculum is relevant to children’s everyday experiences and highlights the importance of the family’s role in linking a child’s early experiences to the world around them.
The WEE Learn curriculum has several comprehensive and firm examples woven into daily activities that promote and encourage healthy practices and safe environments for children. For example, to ensure that children can perform oral hygiene routines, teachers can introduce the activity of painting with a toothbrush or sing with the children about brushing. Children are also taught about unhealthy snacks, as well as, involved in learning healthy alternatives such as making a fruit salad.
The WEE Learn curriculum has several comprehensive and firm examples woven into daily activities that promote and encourage healthy practices and safe environments for children. For example, to ensure that children can perform oral hygiene routines, teachers can introduce the activity of painting with a toothbrush or sing with the children about brushing. Children are also taught about unhealthy snacks, as well as, involved in learning healthy alternatives such as making a fruit salad.
The WEE Learn curriculum is designed to guide teachers in ensuring that children’s growing social and emotional needs are supported and fostered. There are several activities rooted in the importance of exposing children to their expanding social and emotional worlds, as well as, supporting their unique needs. Teachers are encouraged to implement units entitled I make friends at preschool, I can express my feelings, and Being thankful.
The WEE Learn curriculum provides for several opportunities for teachers to incorporate a variety of language and communication experiences for children. Throughout the day teachers can involve children in storytelling with puppets or engaging in active listening games. Children have exposure to books and can experience music in a variety of activities focused on the importance of this domain.
The WEE Learn curriculum provides for several ongoing and daily activities grounded in the importance of children’s emerging literacy skills. There is guidance for incorporating a book and listening center. Activities include talking about books and looking at books with a range of subjects and domain-specific lessons.
Several components of the WEE Learn curriculum incorporate important cognitive-relevant areas to ensure children have opportunities to exercise their cognitive development. Children are encouraged to explore their environments and be inquisitive through a variety of activities in units such as I can discover spring, Outdoor fun, and Signs and symbols. Children are encouraged to play memory games, work puzzles, identify familiar faces in their families, sort patterns, and play guessing games.
The activities embedded in the WEE Learn curriculum allow for many opportunities for children to move, jump, climb, play, and interact on a physical level that promotes their motor development.
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