Teachers in the Summit Early Learning Preschool program use the Creative Curriculum. This curriculum utilizes the latest child development theory and research as the basis for defining the practices that lead to effective teaching and to meet the needs of all children. It offers a variety of strategies to help children develop knowledge, skills, and behaviors that are predictive of school success.
In addition, Summit Early Learning Center utilizes the Zoo-Phonics Curriculum to introduce children to letters. Children universally relate to animals. The letter is associated with
a picture of an animal. The sound comes through the first initial letter sound of each animal's name. A body "signal" is given to mimic each animal character. Each
Zoo-Phonics animal becomes a friend and a tool for the child to use in developing
reading, spelling and writing skills.
