The ECCE Curriculum

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The ECCE Curriculum

What is the National ECCE Curriculum?


The National ECCE Curriculum is a projects, themes and the use of learning centres
comprehensive, research-based document with a variety of materials and resources, which
which facilitates curriculum planning for help to add depth to the curriculum, and four
children three and four-years of age. interactive processes used in implementation.
Themes, projects and activities are based on how
It adopts an integrated approach and caters
children learn and on their expressed or observed
for holistic development of the young child
interests.
with an emphasis on values education and How is compliance to the National
early literacy and numeracy. Curriculum ensured?
The ECCE Division ensures quality in the
ECCE Curriculum is designed implementation of curriculum for both the
according to five strands: public and private ECCE sector. This is done
1. Wellness through intensive monitoring and evaluation
2. Effective Communication by a core curriculum team as well as a
3. Aesthetic Expression progressive training programme for all levels
4. Intellectual Empowerment of staff.
5. Citizenship
Will children learn literacy and numeracy
skills using the curriculum?
How Children learn using this curriculum? Key Components of Key Components of
Through the seven broad principles reflecting Literacy Numeracy
developmentally appropriate practices;
Number/Number
Holistic Learning and Development, Active Oral Language
Operations
Learning, Interactive Learning, Integrated
Phonological and
Learning, Learning through Play, Patterns
Phonemic Awareness
Partnership/Relationship for Learning, and
Alphabetic Knowledge
Authentic Assessment. These principles are Shape
central to quality curriculum for three and Print Knowledge and
four-year old children in early childhood Concepts
Space and Position
settings. Comparison of Measure
including time and
How is the curriculum delivered? Invented Spelling
money
The curriculum is integrated so that children’s Statistics (information
learning in all areas occurs primarily through the gathering/tables/ charts)
in-depth explorations of themes and projects,
which are organized in such a way that they cut
across subject matter lines, bringing together
How parents are involved in the curriculum?
Teachers develop the following partnerships to
various aspects of the curriculum into meaningful
promote children’s learning:
association. For example, children making soup
are learning the names of the vegetables  partnerships with children;
(language), the shapes of the vegetables  partnerships with parents/family;
(geometry), the weight of the ingredients (math),  partnerships with the community;
and the effect of heating up the contents (science)  professional partnerships
not to mention social cooperation in making and These partnerships are built on collegiality, trust
enjoying a consumable product. The integrated and mutual respect and promote ownership of the
curriculum is emergent, incorporating the use of curriculum.

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