Curriculum

We recognize that your child will be learning from our staff and from one another just as if they were at home. We strongly believe that good manners, common courtesy, and consideration for others will serve a child well throughout the course of their life. We strive to practice those virtues at all times within our center. We will try to encourage your child toward compassion by being compassionate ourselves.

At Babes on the Square we take pride in our dedication to education. We feel that we have the dual responsibility of creating a safe environment to care for your child while you are working, but also to provide an educational base preparing your child for public or private school. Since your child spends the majority of their day with us we need to assist you, the parent, in encouraging and fostering learning from the earliest years.

To accomplish these goals each class is required to create and implement a developmentally appropriate curriculum. The curriculum incorporated is based on the Delaware Early Learning Foundations, which is a curriculum framework designed by the Delaware Department of Education to help prepare children for Kindergarten. The curriculum will include experiences in eight domains: language and literacy, mathematics, science, physical development and health, social emotional, my family community and world, creative expression, and approaches to learning. Activities will be planned and implemented based on developmentally appropriate practice, observations and assessments of the individual children in the classroom. The daily schedule, which is posted individually for each classroom, includes time for group and individual learning, centers, outdoor play, quiet play, breakfast, lunch and p.m. snack, rest time, structured and free play. The environment encourages sensory motor development and enhances the child’s own natural abilities. Some activities are designed to help the child learn how to care for him/herself and his/her environment. The curriculum is designed to meet each child’s individual needs - no child will remain a step behind if he/she is emotionally, socially, and academically ready - and no child will be rushed forth unless he/she is ready to take the next step. Each child is allowed to advance logically from one concept to the next at his/her own rate and his/her own time.

Each classroom at Babes on the Square operates under a flexible schedule based on themes or core topics to be covered during the year. We welcome any information from your family that you would like to share regarding native languages, cultural foods, clothing, music, etc. that can extend our curriculum, please see your child’s teacher if you are able to contribute! All lesson plans are created by the classroom teachers to encompass the developmental needs of each child in the class. Daily sheets are sent home to keep you informed of your child’s day and progress. Please take a few minutes to review the information the teachers are sending home.

Babes on the Square provides specials to enhance the curriculum. These specials rotate quarterly. Each week we invite into the classroom a trained teacher in one of the following: music, gym, Spanish, science, art, and/or computers into the classroom to enhance our curriculum. We also provide the opportunity for parents to enroll their child in a soccer class and continue with the computer class for a small fee. These specials are for children 2 years and older. We also include field trips and in-house visitors throughout the school year to further enhance our program.


Summer Camp
Babes on the Square has a fantastic summer camp program each year. Our Upper camp children (preschool—school age) enjoy swim lessons, several field trips, in house visitors and lots of fun in the sun all summer long. Our Lower camp children (toddlers and non potty trained preschoolers) enjoy visits from the library, weekly water days, as well as lots of in house visitors! Each camper gets a BOTS t-shirt and tote bag. Summer camp fees are a onetime fee and can be greatly reduced by participating in fundraisers throughout the school year.