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Early Childhood Curriculum - Te Whāriki

The Freckles programme is based on the principles of Te Whāriki – the Early
Childhood Curriculum that provides guidance for early child educators.
Our curriculum encourages courage, playfulness, trust, perseverance and curiosity,
as we:

• EMPOWER children to learn
• See children as HOLISTIC learners who will be developing and learning a
wide range of new skills and knowledge through many different experiences
according to their own interests, at the same time.
• Acknowledge the important and influential role FAMILY AND COMMUNITY
play in the provision of the curriculum.
• Allow children opportunities to be involved in RESPONSIVE, RECIPROCAL
RELATIONSHIPS.

Moving Smart

At Freckles, Moving Smart is a part of our daily programme – developed by Gill
Connell to encourage children to move to help with brain development.
Movement is at the very core of how children develop intellectually, emotionally,
socially, and of course, physically. That's why Moving Smart fosters children's
natural, move-to-learn style, while helping parents and teachers understand the
comprehensive benefits of all that wiggling!

Experience is the greatest teacher, and for young children, experience comes
from the body and their physical and sensory interaction with everyday life. That's
because, as little ones move and explore, the brain takes in sensory information
– organising it through new neural pathways, and storing it in memory for future
reference. In other words, movement grows the brain!
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