The HighScope Preschool Curriculum

The HighScope Preschool Curriculum, used in our Montclair Township & West Orange Township collaborative classrooms and non-district classrooms, is based on the belief that young children build or “construct” their knowledge of the world and are "active learners." Learning is not simply a process of adults providing information to children. Rather, children discover things through direct experience with people, objects, events, and ideas. Young children learn best by being fully engaged in activities and from pursuing their own interests while being actively supported and challenged by adults. In preschool, the child's work is to explore, participate, and experience.