Presented by:

Ronald M. Quileste, MAEd

Assistant Instructor V

School of Education

Xavier University – Ateneo de Cagayan

City of Cagayan de Oro

Designing the

Early Years Curriculum

Topic Outline

Definition of Terms

Elements of A Good Curriculum

Kinds of Preschool Curriculum

K-12 DepEd Preschool Curriculum

Objectives-Learning Activities-Evaluation

connections

Curriculum Designing

Workshop

QUESTION #1

WHAT ARE SOME

TERMINOLOGIES USED

IN CURRICULUM

DESIGING?

Definition of Terms Curriculum - the subjects comprising a course of study in a

school or college.

Goals – an aim or desired result.

Objectives – a desired result after a given instruction.

Learning Activities - Activities that enable the student(s),

through observation or participation, to achieve the learning

objectives. Examples include lecture, discussion, films, skills

demonstrations and practices, role-plays, small group activities,

reading and writing assignments.

Definition of Terms Learning Standards - are elements of declarative,

procedural, schematic, and strategic knowledge that, as a

body, define the specific content of an educational

program.

Lesson Plan - is a teacher's detailed description of the

course of instruction for one class. A daily lesson plan is

developed by a teacher to guide class instruction.

Assessment - the evaluation or estimation of the nature,

quality, or ability of someone or something.

QUESTION #2

WHAT ARE SOME

PRESCHOOL

CURRICULUMS USED

WORLDWIDE?

Kinds of Preschool Curriculum Montessori

Parents as Teachers

Project Approach

High Scope

Leap Frog Curriculum

Bank Street

HOSO Math/Science

HIPPY Program

Kinds of Preschool Curriculum

Reggio Emilia

Anti-Bias Curriculum

Waldorf

Open Court Reading Program

Constructivist Teaching

Sesame Street Curriculum

Kinds of Preschool Curriculum

Protect Zer0 (Multiple Intelligences)

Arts-Based Curriculum

Path-Social Emotional Curriculum

High-Reach Learning Program

Creative Curriculum

QUESTION #3

WHAT ARE THE

ELEMENTS OF A GOOD

CURRICULUM?

Elements of A Good Curriculum

Aim (Vision and Mission)

Goals and objectives

Audience and pre-requisites

Description of subject-matter

Instructional plan

Materials

Plans for assessment and evaluation

K-12 DepEd Preschool Curriculum

QUESTION #4

WHO ARE THE PEOPLE

INVOLVED IN THE

DEVELOPMENT OF THE

CURRICULUM?

They are…

THE ADMINISTRATORS

THE TEACHERS

QUESTION #5

WHAT ARE THE THEMES

AND DOMAINS IN THE

DEPED KINDERGARTEN

CURRICULUM?

FILIPINO

CHILD

QUESTION #6

WHAT IS A VISION AND

MISSION STATEMENT?

A VISION STATEMENT IS…

The schools’ idea or dream for

the learners of a certain

institution or a learning center.

Goal oriented and stated

generally.

A MISSION STATEMENT MEANS…

What is to be done and why:

Concise

Outcome-oriented

Inclusive

Examples of Vision Statements

"Healthy children"

"Healthy babies"

"Caring parents"

"A community of hope"

"Teen power"

"Caring relationships"

Examples of Mission Statements

Building a healthy community through a comprehensive initiative to promote jobs, education, and housing.

Promoting adolescent health and development through school and community support and prevention.

Workshop

Directions: (Group 1)Write your own

vision statement in no more than three

sentences and mission statement with

the same number of sentences. Use

clear action words.

Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD)

Learning Standards

Social Skills

Motor Development

Language/Literacy

Representational Development

Mathematics

Scientific Processes

Personal Health and Safety

Workshop Directions: (Group 2) Given the learning standards, write one (1) specific learning goal. (Groups 3 and 4) With the learning goal, write three (3) learning objectives.

Example Learning Standard: Social Skills

Learning Goal: Develops Self Awareness…

Learning Objectives:

1. Demonstrate personal preferences…

2. Demonstrate knowledge of personal information…

3. Demonstrate emotional well- being…

QUESTION #7

WHAT ARE LEARNING

ACTIVITIES?

Learning Activities These are meaningful classroom experiences that serves as

evidences of your learning objectives.

These activities should tackle the whole child and should be

creative.

Example:

Learning Objective: Follows transitions in daily routines

Learning Activities:

1. Falling in line properly during arrival

2. Circle time

3. Cleaning the classroom

Workshop

Directions:

(Groups 5-7) Think and write creative

classroom activities for each of your

learning objectives. Write only the name

of the classroom activity.

In Summary reflect on this saying…

“It takes a whole

village to educate a

child.”

Thank you and

Namaste!

References

Aguirre, Roderick Motril. (2014). Kindergarten Curriculum and Instruction. Department of

Reading and Literacy, College of Languages, Linguistics and Literature, Philippine Normal

University, Philippines.

http://cuip.uchicago.edu/wit/2000/curriculum/homeroommodules/curriculumTerms/elemen

ts.htm

http://www.asu.edu/cfa/wwwcourses/art/SOACore/syllabus_definition.htm