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Curriculum:
Sunflowers Preschools currently uses the High Scope Curriculum. The High/Scope® Early Childhood Curriculum is a complete research-based system of education for the preschool and infant-toddler years. The curriculum has a set of teaching practices for adults, content areas for children, assessment tools to measure teaching behaviors and children's progress, and a training model to help adults use the curriculum to support children's development.( (http://www.highscope.org/EducationalPrograms/EarlyChildhood/homepage.htm)
Active Learning. The curriculum is based on the belief that children learn best through "active learning," direct, hands-on experiences with people, objects, events, and ideas. Children are encouraged to "construct" their own knowledge by pursuing their personal interests and goals, guided by trained adults who understand the important learning areas for children in the preschool years. Active learning is central to all the activities in the program. (http://www.highscope.org/EducationalPrograms/EarlyChildhood/homepage.htm)
Reference:
High/Scope Educational Research Foundation. Copyright © 2005, Retrieved, April 24, 2006 from http://www.highscope.org/EducationalPrograms/EarlyChildhood/homepage.htm
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