University Of Wisconsin Gesell Institute - Study Early Child
Preschool in Stevens Point, WI 54481
To provide a facility in which education students and related majors may observe the development process in young children.
To provide opportunities for students in teacher preparation programs to observe a master teacher and then apply principles discussed in teaching method classes to real life situations.
To give students opportunities to interact with parents and to observe parent-child interactions.
To provide a quality program for children two to five years of age.
To provide support and informational programming for parents.
To serve as a demonstration center for other programs in the community.
To serve as a research facility for UWSP faculty and graduate students.
To provide university students, in various fields of study, direct experience working with children ages two to five years.
University students are teacher assistants in the Gesell classroom, implementing developmentally appropriate activities and encouraging positive socialization, between members of the preschool group
- Child Ages:
- 3 years - 5 years
- Licenses & Accreditations:
- Wisconsin Department of Children and Families
- Preschool:
- Yes
- Hours of Operation:
- Mon-Fri 9:20AM - 3:20PM
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The program is developmentally based, utilizing several principles set forth by Arnold Gesell:
All children proceed through the same sequence of development, but all vary in rates of development.
There is an inner timetable which determines the childs rate of development. Trying to teach activities ahead of that timetable will at best result in only minor, temporary growth.
A favorable environment helps to insure the realization of a childs potential.
Each child is unique in temperament and growth style. The culture should try to adjust to each childs uniqueness.
Other theories upon which the program draws include those of Erik Erikson, Lev Vygotsky, and Jean Piaget. These theories provide us with a set of developmental expectations which allow us to plan appropriate activities and develop behavioral guidelines for children
