Methodology
Our Teaching Philosophy
At Happy Hearts, children are grouped by age. Each age group has age-appropriate programs that are geared towards fulfilling not just a child’s emotional and physical development but also laying a foundation of a very strong academic base.
Pinnacle Learning Curriculum
At Happy Hearts we follow Pinnacle Learning Curriculum. Pinnacle® Curriculum is a research-based early childhood curriculum, designed with both teachers and students in mind. Based on the works of Piaget, Gardner, and Erikson, Pinnacle® provides early childhood educators with lessons that engage children in developmentally appropriate activities.
Pinnacle® is published in an easy-to-use, reusable format that includes lesson plan guides, activity enrichments, and long-range goals linked to key standards. Developmentally appropriate curriculum programs are offered for Infants, Toddlers, Two’s, Three’s, Four’s, and Pre-School-Age children.
What We Teach
Our curriculum is kindergarten-based. Children are grouped by age and our teaching is age-appropriate. We follow Pinnacle Learning method. We start at the toddler level and go all the way to pre-school level.
2’s: As the toddlers grow to the 2-year mark, they are moved to the 2’s room. There they get to do more hands-on activities, more arts and craft and start to get into learning alphabets and numbers.
3’s: When the 2’s move to the 3’s room, their teachers guide them to get engaged and challenged in several different ways, for example, in academics and through small motor activities. Those activities are, by design, developmentally appropriate for their age group.
4’s: Once the kids are in the Pre-K (4’s) class, their academic learning takes a flight. Since they, by now, have a solid foundation in numbers, colors, shapes and have started writing letters and numbers, we take them to another level. At this stage we make sure that each child is reading and writing four-letter words, knows
