DLM Early Childhood Express . . .
Your Route to Learning Success!
The DLM Early
Childhood Express
is a holistic, child-centered program that nurtures each child by
offering carefully selected and sequenced learning
experiences. It
provides a wealth of materials and ideas to foster the
social-emotional, intellectual, and physical development of
children. At the same
time, it nurtures the natural curiosity and sense of self that can
serve as the foundation for a lifetime of learning.
The lesson plan
format is designed to present information in a way that makes it
easy for children to learn.
The cycle is modeled on knowledge gained from the latest
neuroscience research.
Intelligence is, in large part, our ability to see patterns and
build relationships out of those patterns, which is why
The DLM Early Childhood
Express is focused on helping children see the patterns in what
they are learning. It
builds an understanding of how newly taught material resembles what
children already know.
Then, it takes the differences in the new material and helps the
children convert them into new understanding.
Every aspect of
The DLM Early Childhood
Express is designed to make learning instinctive.
Circle Time at the beginning and end of each day helps
children focus on the learning process, reflect on new concepts, and
make important connections.
The practice portions of the lessons are designed to allow
children to apply what they have learned.
Neuroscience research reveals that unless knowledge is
applied within twenty-four hours of its introduction, it will
probably have to be relearned.
The early years,
birth to age six, are the most fertile years in an individual’s life
for developing language skills.
So lessons in The DLM
Early Childhood Express are focused on language acquisition and
those all-important early reading skills.
With the right foundation, reading success is only a matter
of maturation.
For children to grow intellectually, they must feel confident in their abilities and secure in their relationships with teachers, family members, and peers. The DLM Early Childhood Express addresses social-emotional development in a number of ways. It is included in every lesson, built into content connections, and inherent in the way families are actively involved in The DLM Early Childhood Express classrooms.