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  • About
    • Mission
    • History
    • Board of Directors
    • Honorary Spaces
    • Annual Report
    • Contact
  • Programs + Services
    • Clinical Services >
      • Client Forms
      • Occupational Therapy
      • Speech Therapy
      • Neuro Integrative Clinic >
        • Treatment Models
      • Audiology Services >
        • Auditory Processing
        • Workshops
        • Auditory Interventions >
          • JIAS
          • CAPDOTS
          • Acoustic Pioneer
      • Vision Services >
        • OptomEYES Vision Therapy
      • Insurance Payers
      • Teletherapy Services
    • Neurofeedback >
      • Neurofeedback Rentals
      • Audio-Visual Entrainment
    • Home-Based / PCA's >
      • Get Started
      • Waiver Services
      • Intake Form
    • S.M.A.R.T. / MLRC >
      • S.M.A.R.T. Program >
        • How S.M.A.R.T. Works
        • S.M.A.R.T. at My School
        • S.M.A.R.T. Mentoring
        • Research & Resources
      • Workshops >
        • S.M.A.R.T. Elementary
        • S.M.A.R.T. Pre-K
        • Bridging The Gap
        • Auditory Processing Workshops
        • Hosting a Workshop
        • Graduate Credits
        • Registration Policy
      • S.M.A.R.T. Supplies >
        • Downloads
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    • Turnquist Childcare >
      • Curriculum + Assessment
      • Teen Parent Program
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Curriculum + ASsessment


Meeting a child where they are developmentally
At Turnquist Child Enrichment Center, we use Creative Curriculum®, a comprehensive curriculum based on research and focusing on meeting children's basic needs, fostering secure attachments to caregivers, promoting all aspects of development, supporting cognitive and brain development and preparing children to be successful in school and life. The Creative Curriculum® helps us develop a framework of quality care that teachers and staff apply everyday to give children daily, positive early learning experiences. To read more about Creative Curriculum®, please visit www.teachingstrategies.com. 
​Creative Curriculum® Assessment
We use Teaching Strategies GOLD to continuously assess how children are progressing from birth through kindergarten. To read about this highly credible and researched assessment tool, please visit 
www.creativecurriculum.net.

Ages and Stages Questionnaire
We also use the Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ) to measure your child’s developmental and social-emotional levels from one month to 5 1/2-years-old. ASQ allows us to create a partnership with you to ensure we are the best educational team for your child. To read more about ASQ please visit
 http://agesandstages.com/.
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S.M.A.R.T.
​During your child’s time at our center, he or she will be introduced to S.M.A.R.T., an exciting, movement-based program that stands for Stimulating Maturity through Accelerated Readiness Training. This multi-sensory approach to learning involves brain stimulation activities that help prepare your child learn. It develops visual, auditory, balance, fine and gross motor readiness skills, all of which are all essential for classroom and academic success.

The S.M.A.R.T. activities also improve your child’s physical fitness, strength, coordination and ability to pay attention. Once these readiness skills are in place, your child will have the foundation necessary to succeed in elementary school.
S.M.A.R.T. activities involve a number of purposeful exercises, including:
  • Crawling 
  • Spinning 
  • Rolling 
  • Creeping 
  • Balancing 
  • Overhead Ladder
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The S.M.A.R.T. activities will be integrated into the daily classroom schedule in a fun and positive way to help your child reach his or her learning potential. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact your child’s teacher. For additional information, please visit the Minnesota Learning Resource Center.
Our Mission is to promote the maximum development of the whole child and adult through innovative, individualized and comprehensive brain-centered programs and services.
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1800 NE 2nd Street, Minneapolis, MN 55418
(612) 789-1236 / actg@actg.org
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