Notre Dame Learning Center > Curriculum
All activities at Notre Dame Learning Center follow developmentally appropriate practices and fulfill expectations of the California Department of Education. They are designed to help children acquire qualities and skills that will carry them through life, including:
- a sense of self
- responsibility for self and others
- prosocial behavior
- gross motor skills
- fine motor skills
- learning and problem solving
- logical thinking
- representation and symbolic thinking
- appreciation of reading and writing
Since young children learn through play, Notre Dame Learning Center offers ample opportunities for students to:
- get their whole bodies involved in developing muscle coordination and in learning
- experience delight in observing, exploring and discovering through interesting hands on activities
- experience good literature
- interact with peers
- apply practical problem solving skills and construct mathematical concepts
Both structured and unstructured activities facilitate each child's foundation for fun-filled, life-long learning.
Many activities fulfill the guidelines of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles for Early Childhood Catechesis, developing each child's Faith Formation Readiness and encouraging him or her to:
- develop sense of wonder at the world
- become sensitive to the spiritual
- come to know that God is loving and caring
- have awareness of God's presence
- appreciate themselves as gifts of God
- sense of belonging to Christian community
- experience joy and ease in spontaneous prayer