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Lesson plans and observations for daycare

Plan the week once for a room. Families see what their child is doing and can try it at home.

A room's week, with ideas for home. Sample center, made-up names.
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    A week per room

    Copy a plan to several rooms, adjust a day, and keep a staff-only section for prep.

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    Planned for every child

    Each activity can say how it changes for a child who needs support, and carry the key words in the children's home languages.

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    Ideas for home

    An activity can carry a short idea for families. They tap "We tried it" with a line, and the teacher can answer.

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    Observations with goals

    Notes tagged to Head Start's learning outcomes, your state's standards (California, Maine, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania or Texas) or Montessori.

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    A starter curriculum

    Four weeks for a preschool room, 40 activities already tagged to learning goals, added to your library in one step. Your own activities sit beside them.

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    Portfolios

    Pick observations and photos into a portfolio, ask the family to sign it, and keep it with the child.

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    Growth you can show

    Compare a child's or a room's progress on each lesson with any earlier day, on the lesson grid and the learning report.

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    CDC's milestone checklists

    Each child's page opens CDC's checklist for their age. The room and the family both answer it, families are reminded until it's done, and a Not yet gets a follow-up only staff see.

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