DMUSD recognizes all children grow and develop an their own pace.  Our very experienced staff seeks to support children where they are while building the desire and confidence needed to explore and grow.  Early childhood education is about providing "intentional" play-based opportunities, where social-emotional and kinder readiness skills are embedded into play-based experiences. Developmentally appropriate hands-on experiences are designed by teachers with close attention to children's interests support skill development within specific modalities.   Our program believes in utilizing the classroom environment as the third teacher. Our classrooms are inviting and comfortable spaces that are creative yet not over stimulating.  

 

Daily small-group instruction provides multiple opportunities for children to be actively involved in learning, developing skills with teacher modeling, guidance, immediate feedback, and support. Small group lessons focus on the most predictive skills: phonological awareness, alphabet recognition, and mathematics.