The Creative Curriculum for Preschool empowers children to be confident, creative, and caring learners through play-based, hands-on, project-based investigations. It promotes discovery and inquiry with opportunities for children to think critically and develop process skills with rich, hands-on investigations of relevant and interesting topics in the classroom. It reinforces learning and engages families with home-friendly activities designed for parents to stay in tune with their child’s development.
Key features of The Creative Curriculum
Project-based learning: Children learn through hands-on, project-based "studies" that investigate topics relevant to their lives, encouraging them to ask questions and find answers through exploration.
Whole-child development: It focuses on developing the whole child across all five learning domains: social/emotional, physical, cognitive, language, and literacy.
Interest-based learning: The classroom is organized into "interest areas" (e.g., blocks, art, dramatic play) and provides daily choices for children to engage with activities that are of interest to them.
Teacher guidance: Teachers are intentional in their actions, using a "Observe-Reflect-Respond" approach to meet each child's individual needs and strengths.
Family partnerships: The curriculum provides resources and tools to support teachers in engaging families in the learning process.
Alignment: It is aligned with state early learning standards and helps to improve kindergarten readiness.