Connecticut Home School Curriculum

Infant
Infant

The Infant Curriculum is designed for infants aged 6 months to 1 year, focusing on key developmental areas critical for early growth. It emphasizes language development through repetitive sounds and storytelling, while cognitive skills are fostered through exploration and sensory activities. The curriculum promotes physical development with practices like tummy time and guided movement, ensuring infants achieve important motor milestones. Social-emotional growth is nurtured through secure attachments and engagement with caregivers, fostering confidence and social skills. Creative development is supported through sensory play and art activities, while health and well-being are prioritized with routines and hygiene practices. This comprehensive approach aims to create a rich, nurturing environment for infants, laying the foundation for lifelong learning.

Toddler
Toddler

The curriculum provides a comprehensive framework for home educators to support the developmental needs of toddlers aged 1 to 3. It emphasizes key areas including language and literacy, mathematical concepts, science exploration, social studies, physical development, creative arts, and social-emotional skills. Activities are designed to foster communication and literacy through storytelling and interactive play, while foundational math skills are encouraged through counting and sorting tasks. Children engage with their natural environment to promote curiosity in science, learn about social structures and community roles through discussions and storytelling, and enhance physical coordination through active play and self-help skills. Creative expression is facilitated through art and music, and social-emotional growth is supported by helping toddlers build empathy, self-identity, and emotional regulation skills. Overall, the curriculum offers a well-rounded approach to early childhood education that can be adapted to fit various learning styles and schedules.

Preschool
Preschool

This comprehensive preschool curriculum focuses on the holistic development of children through integrated learning across multiple domains. It includes activities designed to enhance English language arts skills such as letter recognition, phonics, and emergent writing, fostering a love for reading. In mathematics, children engage with counting, basic addition and subtraction, and concepts of sorting and geometry to build foundational skills. The science segment encourages curiosity through explorations of the natural world, living and non-living things, and simple experiments. Social studies introduce children to family dynamics, cultural awareness, and community roles, while the arts component promotes creativity through visual arts, music, and imaginative play. Overall, this curriculum provides diverse opportunities for early learners to grow intellectually, socially, and creatively.