Tennessee Guiding Principles
Tennessee Early Learning Developmental Standards Pre-Kindergarden
Creative Arts
Visual Arts
Express self and represent what the student knows, thinks, believes, and feels through visual arts.
PK.CA.1. Experiment with a variety of media and art materials for tactile experience and exploration.
PK.CA.2 Create artistic works with intent and purpose using varying tools, texture, color, and technique.
PK.CA.3 Present and respond to visual art created by self and others.
Music
Express self by engaging in musical activities.
PK.CA.4. Engage in musical activities having different moods, tempos, and rhythms by listening, singing, or performing.
PK.CA.5. Create and perform using voice, traditional instruments, and/or non-traditional instruments.
Creative Movement & Dance
PK.CA.6. Respond to feelings through dance or creative movement.
PK.CA.7. Perform different characteristics of movements in spontaneous and imaginative ways (e.g., sway, twist, wave, use of ‘props’).
Theatre/Dramatic Play
PK.CA.8. Participate in a variety of dramatic play activities (teacher-guided or child-initiated) to represent fantasy and real-life experiences.
PK.CA.9. Respond and react to theatre and drama presentations.
Cultural Differences
PK.CA.10. Participate in artistic activities (music, visual art, theatre, and dance) representing different cultures.
Source: Tennessee Department of Education
The kids learn to read & write after learning to speak and listen actively
- Listening comes first-by listening to others the child learns to identify speech.
- Speaking-Listening is followed by speaking
- Reading – Reading comes much, much, later after the child masters the ‘look and say’ method of identifying letters and words and begins to read.
- Writing (This comes last) – It starts only after the child is able to hold a pencil or crayon. We seem , as a country to place a lot of importance on writing, even before the child has mastered listening, speaking and reading skills.
Achievement
The Mastering of the spoken word, identification of letters, numbers, alphabet, word pictures, and other objects are necessities for development.
Leaps N Bounds Academy utilizes over 360 spoken language activities, 250 written language activities and 225 identifying sound activities.
These activities assist children in learning basic skills with repetitiveness in order to master more difficult skill.
What others are saying...….
I have known Priscilla for many years. There is no one more I would trust with my infant or child than her. We worked together in the Newborn Nursery at River Park Hospital years ago. -Stacy Brown
Priscilla DunnRegistered Nurse and OwnerKristie used to work at the Manchester Rec Center in the daycare and Nursery in Manchester TN while she was going to school. My kids loved Kristie. When she became a teacher at the Middle School my kids were so excited to see Kristie at school. -Jeanette Wilson
Kristie MorrisonProfessional Teacher and Owner
Leaps N Bounds Academy
The Pedagogy of Childcare
Pedagogy is the academic discipline that deals with the theory and practice of teaching and how these influence student learning.
Pedagogy informs teacher actions, judgments, and teaching strategies by taking into consideration theories of learning, understandings of students and their needs, and the backgrounds and interests of individual students.
Pedagogy includes how the teacher interacts with students and the social and intellectual environment the teacher seeks to establish. Its aims may include furthering liberal education (the general development of human potential) to the narrower specifics of vocational education (the imparting and acquisition of specific skills).
The Teaching Methodology
