The Creative Curriculum

The Creative Curriculum is developed by Teaching Strategies, and is in its sixth edition. It informs much of what the children will do at here at school. The Creative Curriculum is developed for children as young as infants, and as old as Kindergarteners. The Creative Curriculum covers science, technology, mathematics, social studies, and the arts. The Creative Curriculum encourages understanding through experience. Creative experiences and guided play lead children to meet 38 learning goals that fall within 10 different domains. These 10 domains are: Social-Emotional, Physical, Language, Cognitive, Literacy, Mathematics, Science and Technology, Social Studies, The Arts, and English Language Acquisition.

Judaica

The Judaica curriculum is developed by our resident Rabbi Educator, Rabbi Abram Goodstein. The Judaica Curriculum offers a cultural education. The major components of the curriculum involve a daily meeting called mifgash, where the children are engaged through music and movement through traditional and modern songs. The Itsy Bitsy Spider becomes the Itsy Bitsy Akavish, as the children learn modern Hebrew words that are relevant to their lives and experiences. Mifgash is open for families to attend and sing with each other, strengthening our community.

Our Judaica curriculum draws greatly from books and materials provided to us by PJ Library.
Visit this page by the NAEYC, the National Association for the Education of Young Children, for many resources and articles on how anti-bias education is can be applied in the classroom, and how the presence of diverse cultures in the classroom combat bias, make children feel comfortable, enhance empathy, and more.

Growing Up Wild

The Growing Up Wild curriculum encourages children to explore the nature around them through 27 unique units that are taught through music and movement, stories, guided play, art projects, and math connections.
Growing Up WILD received the 2009 Family Choice Award and the 2011 Renewable Natural Resource Foundation Excellence in Journalism Award.

Children at the JEC are led by their curiousity and are encouraged to explore the unique Alaskan environment. Lessons and activities are tailored to reflect children's everyday experiences while helping them explore life sciences and the natural world.