Numu Turetuu Early Childhood Development Center (Opening Soon)

• Provide care for children 6 weeks to 12 years old
• Breakfast, Lunch and Snack served daily
• School Transportation to certain schools in close proximity (call for more info)
• Family Engagement Activities and Conferences
• Off-site Learning Activities and Field Trips

Curriculum and Learning Philosophy:

Our curriculum is based on a variety of developmentally appropriate learning activities that promote the 7 major areas of development:

1. Communication and Language Development
2. Physical Development
3. Personal, Social, and Emotional Development
4. Literacy Development
5. Mathematics
6. Understanding the World
7. Expressive Arts and Design

Oklahoma Early Learning Guidelines (ELGs)

Our Educators follow the Oklahoma Early Learning Guidelines when creating lesson plans. These guidlines reflect current research on growth and stages of development, appropriate program planning, learning outcomes for children, and best practices in early education.

Emergent Curriculum

We use Emergent Curriculum. Emergent curriculum is based on the principle that children learn most effectively when they are engaged in experiences that are meaningful and relatable to their own lives. In this method, the educator closely observes the children and creates a curriculum that evolves them from their observations to their inquiries and fascinations. The goals of Emergent Curriculum are to inspire delight, curiosity, celebration and inquiry in the classroom, build intrinsic motivation and a long-term love of learning in children, and to help children craft an internal compass to guide them as a learner, rather than relying on instruction and direction from others.

Enhancement Activities

Enhancement activities promote basic skills and higher-level thinking. Enhancement activities are conducted routinely throughout the year. They must be documented on lesson plans and may be rotated based on children’s needs and interests. 

Our programs implement four or more of the following, but not limited to, enhancement activities: 

• Additional outdoor interest areas
• Additional indoor interest areas (Language & Culture; Quiet Corner)
• Invitations to play helping children reflect on and extend their learning
• Nature-related activities
• Social Studies
• Community Involvement
• Health and Physical Wellness
• Nutrition
• Foreign language (Comanche)
• Theater
• Sign language
• Child or adult-led clubs
• Cooking lessons
• Science, technology, art and math (STEAM)
• Life Skills
• Activities promoting Native American culture and language

Adventurous Play and Appropriate Physical Risk-Taking

Our program believes that adventurous, highly physical play adds to a child’s overall development. This type of play helps children to develop self-regulation and a sensitivity to others. Children practice problem-solving and experience cause and effect. They develop and refine their nervous system and strengthen overall physical wellness. While we believe that experiences with appropriate risks are necessary, your child’s safety and well-being are our greatest concerns. Staff are trained in the supervision and support of this vigorous, challenging play. Our outdoor and indoor environments have safe surfaces to reduce the risk of injury during adventurous play. We teach children how to listen to and trust their own bodies.

Comanche Culture and Language

We encourage all staff and families to engage in Comanche culture and language. We begin introducing the Comanche language in the Infant Classroom and continue to advance with each age group. We implement cultural practices and activities in our Centers. 

Development Screenings using ASQs and Focused Portfolios

Development Screening is early identification of children at risk for cognitive, motor, communication, or social-emotional delays. These are delays that may interfere with expected growth, learning, and development and may warrant further diagnosis, assessment and evaluation. We require Developmental Screening Authorization Forms to be signed by a Parent/Guardian at the time of enrollment. 

ASQs (Ages and Stages Questionnaires: Social-Emotional) was developed to help home visiting, early intervention, Early Head Start, Head Start, child welfare agencies, and other early childhood programs accurately screen and assess infants and young children to determine who would benefit from an in-depth evaluation in the area of social-emotional development. 

Focused Portfolios is an assessment tool we use to observe and accurately document children’s growth and development by observing them in the midst of their everyday activities. 

Discrimination Policy:
Our Centers do not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, culture, sexual orientation, gender or identity, or handicap condition.
Children with a handicap condition will only be accepted if care accommodations can be met and maintained. However, if a child’s handicap condition requires special therapy and care needed by a trained specialist, we cannot accept them due to not being able to meet their daily care and safety needs.