Family Oriented Home Centered Education
Kenworth W. Moffett, Ph.D. and Cynthia Horvath-Moffett
256 Strawberry Hill Avenue Stamford, Connecticut 06902
Tel. 203-356-9813
Kenworth and Cynthia Moffett founded and direct Tender Loving Care Academy (TLC) formerly known as Little Angels Preschool, a family run business for twenty-five years. TLC has received numerous awards and a great deal of recognition for innovative educational techniques utilizing state of the art, pre-kindergarten, technology and materials. Cynthia was one of three directors in Broward County to receive the "Golden Seal" Award of Excellence.
Kenworth Moffett, Ph.D., Art History, Harvard University and former Professor at Wellesley College also Directed and Curated at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA and the Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale. Ken makes a special study of children's art and its crucial effect on their intellectual development. Ken partners with his wife Cynthia to provide a more complete roll model in a home centered educational environment.
TLC Academy is a new facility located in the entire first floor of a Tudor Style home near the heart of downtown Stamford. This clean, intimate learning environment is a safe place where your child can grow mentally and physically indoors and outdoors. A large variety of fundamental educational and exercising equipment, materials and supplies such as; playhouses, tricycles and touch screen computers are all part of a hands on living classroom environment where children are encouraged to learn.
Cynthia grew up in the family business helping her parents with Little Angel's Preschool and later studied early child development at Nova University and Broward Community College. Cynthia also served as a volunteer in the children's ward at Memorial Hospital, Hollywood, Florida while attending special courses on early childhood development to keep up with the latest research and technology. She takes all the best working features from all the main curriculums such as, High Scope, Waldorf, Montessori and Spectrum combining them to create a highly innovative and successful learning program.
Each child is a unique individual with their own personality, learning pattern, pace, temperament and intellectual ability. Personal attention and exposure to a wide range of mentally stimulating activities helps bring out each child's strengths and in turn helps developing a more complete individual.
TLC's curriculum focuses on your child's developmental needs through a combination of carefully planned objectives providing continuous learning experiences. TLC is totally committed to the discovery and creative exploration within each and every child.
Developmental Program
Curriculum focuses on six interrelated areas of competency; Critical thinking. Creative expression, Kinesthic skills, Cooperation, Concept development and Communication.
Critical Thinking is the development of problem solving strategies including; Classification, Serialization, Numeration and pattern identification. Academic readiness skills include the ability to focus attention and complete a task, to recognize and correct differences while interpreting signs and symbols.
Concept Development refers to the acquisition of knowledge and basic principles related to the social and physical environment. It includes hands on science activities and experiences designed to promote community, environmental and multicultural awareness.
Communication Skills involve the ability to understand, interpret and express the meaningful exchange of information, ideas and opinions.
Kinesthetic Skills Eye hand coordination, the development of motor movements, stretching and balancing.
Creative Expression is a special mental ability that encompasses originality, divergent thinking, imaginative expression and mental perception from different perspectives.
Social Skills are the developmental training of our societies social graces. Positive reinforcement and cooperative activities provide children with opportunities to share, work together, develop compassion and lasting friendships.
Special Education
Computer Curriculum is based in a special learning center where interactions through creative multimedia projects children become familiar with fundamental learning programs. Through sight, sound and touch children learn more about language development, problem solving, critical thinking and social interaction, introduced and positively reinforced as a fun learning experience.
Musical Education is a large part of TLC's program. It is believed that music has a powerful effect on learning and the creative development of children. Music stimulates right brain activity, improves concentration and memory while creating a more relaxed environment in which to introduce children to other cultures.
Spanish Language rudiments will be introduced to your child during preschool. Spanish is generally the most useful foreign language for Americans. Listening to tapes, singing songs and using the computer learning center designed especially for preschoolers, your child will learn the basics of Spanish.
Fine Arts are an important part of every child's learning experience. A library and art gallery on the ground floor provides your child with exposure to original art works. Many of the artists regularly hold art education workshops for children.
Science is an important part of your child's education. A large collection of replicated animals and insects including; snakes, fish, birds and dinosaurs and a variety of real plants, minerals and seashells are also part of a workshop area specially designed for exploration.
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Tender Loving Care Academy
256 Strawberry Hill Avenue Stamford, Connecticut 06902
Tel. 203-356-9813 Fax. 203-356-9573
