Our Curriculum

Research based and child focused, the HighScope Curriculum uses a carefully designed process --called "active participatory learning" -- to achieve powerful, positive outcomes.

HighScope Educational Research Foundation is an independent nonprofit research, development, training, and public outreach organization with headquarters in Ypsilanti, Michigan. HighScope's mission is to lift lives through education. We envision a world in which all educational setting use active participatory learning so everyone has a chance to succeed in life and contribute to society. 

HighScope Preschool Curriculum

Creative Curriculum 
​for Infants, Toddlers, and 2's Curriculum

"The Hills Preschool utilizes the HighScope Curriculum because it builds on children's interests and enhances their intrinsic motivation." - Kathy Yoder, Director

"Even the youngest children actively engage the world around them." -Shannon Lockhart, Author

HighScope Basics

• Child Initiated Activities
  
• Adult-Child Interactions
• Consistent Daily Routine
• Letter Links (to help with phonemic awareness)
• Small Class Sizes
  

Five ingredients of Active Learning:

• Materials
• Manipulation
• Choice
• Child Communication, Language, and Thought
• Adult scaffolding​

Check out some of the Early Head Start curriculum Here

All of Our Preschool Students Benefit from the Following Curriculum Enhancers

Southern Nevada Wolf Trap

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LVCC Library District

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Research has shown that a collaborative use of the performing arts as a teaching tool can increase young children's development in multiply areas.

The Library District provides opportunities for children to not only access thousands of books right from our school, but also provides story time to help students become actively involved in reading.

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