Welcome to the Center for Young Children (CYC)! As a laboratory school under the College of Education since 1948, CYC has provided a sound early childhood program for children from 3 to 5 years of age. Our program is grounded in the philosophy of John Dewey who believed in the ability of children to learn from high quality first hand experiences. Children study their world by questioning, hypothesizing, and summarizing information on how the world works. The University community is a rich primary source of discovery for the children.
Our mission is three fold:
- Educating preschool children
- Providing professional opportunities for both pre service and veteran teachers
- Supporting research on how children develop and learn
Please join us to learn more about the CYC.
CYC News:
Dr. Favretto, Stefanie Kain and Kathleen Sayers will be presenting workshops at the NAEYC conference in Washington DC, held November 18th -21st. Dr. Favretto's presentation is "Designing intentional classroom environments." Ms. Sayers and Ms. Kain will be presenting a workshop on "Meeting learning standards through play-based experiences in preschool and kindergarten."
The IT for UM newsletter contains an article about an Honors course that worked with the CYC kindergarten last spring on imagination and visualization.
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