THE ICRI WAY: Early Childhood Education & Development
The ICRI Way in Emergent Curriculum
ICRI's curriculum approach is an advanced blend of high-quality, research and evidence-based curriculums globally recognized over the past 70 years. With extensive experience in various curricular approaches and developing best practices, ICRI offers unique insights and nuances in early childhood education.
For the past two decades, ICRI has refined a curriculum acknowledged for its exceptional quality and effectiveness in nurturing children's innate curiosity and creativity. This approach is grounded in contemporary research on children's brain development and worldwide observations of top early childhood programs. ICRI has developed a set of standards, methodologies, and curricular approaches constantly evolving with new research and knowledge. This "living" curriculum caters to the needs of infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and their teachers and parents.
ICRI's program goals are rooted in Anti-Bias and Emergent curriculum principles, utilizing Developmentally Appropriate Practice. These are further enriched by the diverse "Funds of Knowledge" from families and teachers. At ICRI, the belief is that learning is a lifelong process best facilitated through natural play, exploration, and self-discovery. Play allows children to integrate various developmental aspects, organize experiences, and make sense of their world. It includes opportunities for exploration, creativity, hypothesis formation, testing, and discovery.
The challenge in ICRI schools is to leverage children's inherent learning desire, offering an environment conducive to growth. This environment encourages learning through senses, feelings, and intellect. ICRI teachers guide children's development by creating nurturing environments, providing relevant information, posing thought-provoking questions, meticulous planning, and modeling positive behaviors.