Oxford Child Care Center has established a series of objectives.

They are the following:
* to help your child develop a positive attitude.
* to provide an environment in which your child will feel safe and secure
* to help your child foster good relationships with his peers.
* to offer a setting where his individual strengths will be recognized and enhanced.
* to offer a variety of learning activities that will enable your child to grow and learn.
* to provide a sound foundation for later learning.
* to increase the parental role as the primary source of your childs development.  

INFANT THROUGH PRE-TODDLER PROGRAM

The importance of our infant through pre-toddler program is to stimulate and enhance your childs growth. Activities for these groups will explore the senses of hearing, sight, touch and taste.
* Strengthen whole body, arms, legs and back with exercise e.g. crawling, standing, walking, climbing, in addition to walkers and swings
* Exploration of body-using games, mirrors, floor toys " Use of appropriate toys - e.g. busy boxes, rattles, push toys, teething toys, soft blocks and balls, puppets, stuffed animals and picture books
* Caregivers talk and sing songs
* Listen to tapes of music and stories
* Finger plays, peek-a-boo, bubble blowing
* Read stories
* Interaction with other children and adults

In addition to the above program, developmentally appropriate activities are planned for the pre-toddlers which includes:
* Arts and crafts - including paints, crayons, etc.
* Sand and water play
* Exercises
* Puzzles and games

TODDLERS PROGRAM

Socialization Skills
* Learn interaction skills: sharing, taking turns, conversations, etc.
* Learn to work independently and with the group, Learn to express needs and wants
* Learn acceptable behaviors to show anger, disappointment, frustration

Language Arts and Math
* Develop and strengthen language
* Develop good listening habits and ability to follow directions, Develop memory and attention skills, Introduction to the Alphabet, Numbers, Shapes and Colors

Physical Education
* Indoor and outdoor play which includes gym time, playground time

Art
* Holiday and Seasonal projects
* Use of many mediums with a stress on the process not the product e.g. paints, paste, crayons, markers, yarn etc.

Social Studies
* Community Helpers
* Transportation
* Family
* All about ourselves
* Holidays

Science and Health
* Animals
* Our Five Senses
* Good Nutrition
* General Cleanliness
* Safety- Stranger Danger and Poison Prevention

Cooking
* Food Preparation
* Clean up

Music
* Songs, Records, Cassettes, Musical instruments

PRE-SCHOOL PROGRAM

Language Arts and Math
* Develop attention and memory skills
* Develop vocabulary
* Introduce and reinforce Alphabet, numbers, shapes and colors
* Enhance good listening habits

Socialization Skills
* Cooperation with peers
* Self-help skills such as dressing, toileting, feeding oneself and general cleanliness

Physical Education
* Indoor and outdoor play - gym and playground time

Arts
* Develop coordination through cutting, pasting, drawing, etc.
* Encourage creativity through coloring, drawing, etc.

Music
* Develop an appreciation of music
* Introduce instruments
* Learn melody and rhythm
* Sing songs and listen to records and cassettes.
 
PRE-KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM

Socializatlon Skills
* Learn to express ones needs and feelings
* Learn how to relate to others
* Learn how to share objects and ideas with others
* Learn how to work independently
* Develop and enhance listening skills
* Enhance self-help skills - dressing, toileting, general cleanliness

Language Arts
* Develop memory and listening skills
* Expand attention span
* Develop visual perception
* Develop fine motor skills through the use of scissors, pencils, markers, crayons
* Introduce and reinforce alphabet recognition and beginning sounds

Math
* Introduce numbers and shapes
* Learn to count
* Simple measuring

Science
* Seasons
* Weather
* Animalsand their environment
* Plants and growth
* Five senses
* Magnets
* Insects
* Mixing colors

Social Studies
* Community Helpers
* Holidays
* Transportation
* Family Unit (cultures and customs)

Art
* Holiday and Seasonal projects using different mediums - paint, crayons, clay, paste, glitter, yarn, felt, etc.

Cooking
* Introduce nutrition and food groups
* Actual cooking and measuring
* Clean Up

Music
* Develop appreciation for different kinds of music
* Introduce instruments
* Learn Rhythm and melody

Physical Education
* Indoor and outdoor - gym and playground time

KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM

Language Arts
* Introduction of letters and their sounds
* Printing upper and lower case alphabet
* Use knowledge of letter sounds to create words
* Acquire basic vocabulary
* Hands on activities to reading, writing, listening and speaking
* Library visits
* Journals - Literacy Activity Books - Phonics Workbook
* Introduction to computers with developmentally appropriate learning games

Math
* Recognizing counting and writing of numbers to 20
* Understanding one to one correspondence and matching
* Understand concepts of more or less
" Identifying and copying patterns
* Classifying and sorting objects
* Apply simple measurement
* Ability to utilize math tools
* Introduce time and money
* Addition and subtraction of numbers up to 10

Science
* Understand simple scientific concepts
* Hands-on classroom experiments
* Utilize scientific tools
* Demonstrate thinking and reasoning for cause and effect
* Science Fair

Social Studies
* Study our environment, in particular our community and Philadelphia
* Learn our address and phone number
* Recognize famous and historical places and people

Arts and Crafts
* Develop fine motor skills through cutting, pasting, writing, etc.
* Encourage creativity through drawing and coloring

Physical Education
* Indoor and outdoor - gym and playground time

Music
* Develop an appreciation for different types of music
* Recognize instruments
* Learn rhythm and melody
* Sing songs accompanied by piano, cassettes, etc.

In addition to the above curriculum, Oxford Child Care Center provides the following enrichment activities:

Physical Education - Provides opportunity for development of muscles and coordination

Music - an appreciation of music through songs and activities

Dance - offered once a week, taught by a professional dance instructor introducing self-awareness, tumbling, pre-ballet, training, partner dancing, coordination and rhythm.
 
 For questions, email us at oxfordccc@aol.com