C5 announces our study focus for the year — The Sublime!

The Sublime is when children make meaning

C5 announces our study focus for the 2015-2016 school year. It will be “The Sublime – Facilitating Making Meaning and Fostering Optimal Development with Infants, Toddlers, Preschoolers, and Pre-Kindergarten Children.”

The C5 staff will be expertly facilitating children in making transitions through the sublime stage when one thing is about to become another… when children are discovering so much and making meaning in so many ways.

We, along with C5 children, parents, and family members, will present our findings and examples of our work on this topic through documentation, displays, postings, discussions, and presentations at various stages throughout the year and especially during our annual Festival of Learning that is held for the entire month of May, 2016.

Our infants are building a strong foundation for early literacy skills at a young age.  The very basics are being practiced throughout the day: holding a book, turning its pages, and watching their teachers reading from left-to-right.  They are beginning to understand how books “work,” how they connect the reader, and how they relate to the listener when read out loud.  When a book is read to them, the infants are developing the cognitive skills required to connect sounds into words and words into meaning.  When they listen to the reader’s changing tone, rhythm patterns, voice inflection, and repeating phrasing, they are learning how language is formed and an essential element of communication.  Infants who are exposed to books, reading, and story-telling at an early age are more likely to develop strong communication skills and a love of books as they get older.  Learn more about our Infant Program.