CORE CURRICULM
The Creative Curriculum is a specially-designed collection of educational materials, created in partnership with Hatch Early Learning, helps support the implementation.
It engages children in learning experiences across developmental areas using developmentally-appropriate, high-quality materials.
The Creative Curriculum® for Preschool is a comprehensive, research-based curriculum that promotes exploration and discovery as a way of learning, enabling children to develop confidence, creativity, and lifelong critical thinking skills. As we prepare children for success in school and life, it’s more important than ever to educate their whole self.
We can only begin to imagine the future careers that today’s children will take on, which is why it’s so important that we provide them with a strong foundation. Research shows that a whole child approach to education – one where children develop not only math and literacy skills but also the social-emotional, physical, and cognitive skills necessary to communicate, think both critically and creatively, and solve complex problems – is developmentally appropriate and better prepares children for life well beyond their time in a classroom.
It takes the whole-child approach areas of children’s development and learning – from social-emotional and cognitive skills to literacy, math, and science understanding – and is a powerful approach as preschool children transition to kindergarten.
We can only begin to imagine the future careers that today’s children will take on, which is why it’s so important that we provide them with a strong foundation. Research shows that a whole child approach to education – one where children develop not only math and literacy skills but also the social-emotional, physical, and cognitive skills necessary to communicate, think both critically and creatively, and solve complex problems – is developmentally appropriate and better prepares children for life well beyond their time in a classroom.
It takes the whole-child approach areas of children’s development and learning – from social-emotional and cognitive skills to literacy, math, and science understanding – and is a powerful approach as preschool children transition to kindergarten.
With The Creative Curriculum®, children are immersed in learning through purposeful play-based experiences on topics they’re familiar with from their everyday lives. Children find opportunities for rigorous skill development like counting, measurement, and language comprehension while also developing positive relationships, gross-motor skills, and problem solving abilities.
Research tells us it’s working. Our latest efficacy study details how The Creative Curriculum® for Preschool is helping programs significantly increase CLASS scores and children meet or exceed widely held expectations.
Support for Play and Investigations
Our curriculum kits offer a wide range of tools and materials, from manipulatives to sensory balls, which support and encourage meaningful learning through play and the investigations that are at the heart of The Creative Curriculum®.
Emphasis on Language and Literacy
Each carefully-crafted kit includes materials that support language and literacy during experiences and investigations such as nonfiction and fiction texts, sandpaper letters, and writing materials.
High-Quality Materials
All of the materials included in the kits were carefully chosen by our content experts and are made of high-quality materials. Their bright colors and simple designs are inviting to children and encourage them to both explore and play.
