Educational Philosophy
Our educational philosophy is child-centered. Early childhood years are the most formative time in human development. The foundation for self-esteem is laid, and children learn to adapt successfully to the world. We encourage the development of critical thinking skills, creativity, imagination, and self-expression. Curriculum frameworks for each age level provide a consistency in planning, while the daily activities reflect the diverse range of developmental levels within each group.

Daily Program
Our staff plans daily activities designed to foster development in the areas of social, emotional, physical, and intellectual growth. There will be a choice of various activities, such as art, science, dramatic play, language arts, and others. A small portion of the day is set aside for group activities such as music and story telling, but for the most part the children are given the opportunity to interact with their friends and teachers individually and in small groups. We offer a variety of "hands-on" experiences in which the children learn by doing. We stress good self esteem, clear and positive communication, problem solving, decision making, creativity, independence, and the ability to work with others. We are committed to providing an anti-biased, multi-cultural curriculum. The children's developmental needs and interests form the basis for the program.

Children Succeed Right from the Start!
Pasadena Child Care & Homework Center is committed to using the Saxon curriculum for all age groups. The Saxon curriculum is the only major math and phonics programs on the market today that systematically distributes instruction and practice and assessment throughout the year. Rather than concentrating the instruction, practice, and assessment of related concepts in a short period of time - usually in a unit or chapter, this distributed approach ensures retention and students are thus able to gain and retain critical math and phonics skills throughout their learning experience. Key concepts are introduced in related increments, recognizing that smaller pieces of information are easier to teach and easier to learn. Because traditional chapter approaches expose children to key concepts only within the chapter, Saxon's approach is more effective because it provides continual practice of all concepts throughout the entire year and across grade levels.

The Saxon Early Learning Curriculum is a fully integrated, comprehensive curriculum that addresses the educational needs of children ages 3-5 and prepares them for Kindergarten instruction. Early childhood education can change the lives of young children and children who are exposed to high quality settings and educational materials such as Saxon's gain better language and mathematical skills, develop better cognitive and social skills, and cultivate better relationships with classmates than those who do not receive such exposure.

Saxon Phonics and Spelling provides age appropriate opportunities for children to gain and retain essential phonemic awareness, phonics, spelling, fluency, and handwriting skills.

Saxon Math provides age appropriate opportunities for children to gain and retain essential math skills including effective problem solving skills and math fact fluency. The program provides engaging activities so children can develop and/strengthen competence and confidence in their math ability.