General Curriculum
Marty's Center provides a rich and nurturing learning environment that enhances every child's development of language, cognitive, and social abilities. Our program equips children with pre-academic and academic skills necessary to be enrolled in a mainstream elementary school setting. The program has a comprehensive pre-readiness academic curriculum that includes other subject areas such as math, art, science, and social studies which are incorporated into the language-based curriculum. Children with and without language impairments are encouraged to reach their optimum potential through hands-on learning in a nurturing environment.
Individualized Program
Children learn as they respond to the environment around them. The way a child processes social, emotional or physical stimuli is their learning style. There are three basic learning styles: auditory learners, visual learners, and kinesthetic or tactile learners. Auditory learners remember by talking out loud and may like to have things explained orally. Auditory learners may talk to themselves when learning something new or repeat everything a person may say. Visual learners prefer pictures or visual means of activities to see what they are learning. They often remember visual details. Kinesthetic or tactile learners prefer hands-on activities to learn about them and like to move around when talking or listening. All three learning styles are used during the activities to ensure that each child understands the concept being taught.
Funshine Express Curriculum
Marty’s Center uses the Funshine Express Curriculum, a curriculum and standards based educational program, which aligns with the Tennessee Early Childhood Early Learning Developmental Standards (adopted by the Tennessee State Board of Education). It is an integrated, thematic curriculum in which instructions are presented in a variety of modalities and activities, with the goal of increasing the child’s base of vocabulary, knowledge and experiences. Each theme has four subthemes in which the teacher selects based on the children’s learning style, needs, development levels, and interests. Using this approach, teachers develop units of study that incorporate critical areas of development and incorporate them throughout the day.
The program provides a nurturing learning environment that enhances the child’s development in the following areas:
This program equips children with pre-academic and academic skills necessary to be enrolled in a typical Kindergarten and elementary school setting. Through both child-directed and teacher-directed activities, children of all abilities learn through routine, natural exploration, and active
involvement in the school environment.
All children in Marty’s Center are provided with daily activities using the FunShine Express Curriculum and typically developing children are provided with access to curriculum and resources that the hearing-impaired and speech/language impaired children have (Total Program, Achieve Red and Blue Curriculum, Speechviewer, Auditory Training, SPEECHercise, Phonics, and Earobics).
The program provides a nurturing learning environment that enhances the child’s development in the following areas:
- Speech & Language Development
- Auditory Stimulation & Discrimination
- Cognition & Early Literacy
- Math & Science
- Social Studies
- Creative Arts - Music, Art, Dramatic Play
- Social/Emotional Development
- Physical Development - Gross Motor, Fine Motor & Self Help Skills
This program equips children with pre-academic and academic skills necessary to be enrolled in a typical Kindergarten and elementary school setting. Through both child-directed and teacher-directed activities, children of all abilities learn through routine, natural exploration, and active
involvement in the school environment.
All children in Marty’s Center are provided with daily activities using the FunShine Express Curriculum and typically developing children are provided with access to curriculum and resources that the hearing-impaired and speech/language impaired children have (Total Program, Achieve Red and Blue Curriculum, Speechviewer, Auditory Training, SPEECHercise, Phonics, and Earobics).