Our Curriculum

Engage. Play. Encourage.

Research-based. Child-focused.

We know the tools that give your children the best opportunity at long-term success.

The HighScope Curriculum uses active participatory learning and the plan-do-review process to achieve powerful outcomes.

HighScope not only helps young children excel in literacy and cognitive learning but also to develop the fundamental skills that help determine success in adult life.

Infant Curriculum (3 – 17 months)

Our Infant program follows the HighScope Infant-Toddler Curriculum, where learning happens through the everyday moments that matter most: feeding, diapering, napping, and play. Through active participatory learning, infants explore the world with all their senses, using their hands, mouths, and bodies to discover how things work.

 

Our teachers build warm, trusting relationships with each baby and follow their individual rhythms for eating and sleeping. Every interaction is guided by the same six content areas and key developmental indicators (KDIs) that lay the foundation for confident, curious toddlers.

Infant KDIs

Toddler Curriculum (17 months – 2 years)

The Toddler curriculum uses a carefully designed process of learning through discovery called active participatory learning. During active

learning, toddlers learn about the world around them by exploring and playing.

 

The HighScope Toddler Curriculum is a comprehensive model that

addresses all areas of development through six content areas and 42 key developmental indicators (KDIs) — the skills and behaviors at each stage of development that pave the way for school and adult success. Each KDI is connected to and reinforced by scaffolding strategies to support and gently extend children’s learning.

Toddler KDI

Preschool Curriculum (4 – 5 years)

Our Preschool Curriculum addresses all areas of development through eight content areas and 58 key developmental indicators (KDIs).

While learning in these areas prepares children for school, HighScope goes beyond traditional academic subjects by promoting independence, curiosity, decision making, cooperation, creativity, and problem-solving.
Our Curriculum

After School Curriculum (4 – 6 years)

Our After School program gives school-age children a safe, engaging place to unwind, connect with friends, and keep learning after the school day ends. Children choose from enriching activities that build creativity, teamwork, and independence, all in a relaxed and supportive environment.


Inspired by the same HighScope principles we use in our classrooms, children are encouraged to make choices, plan their time, and reflect on what they’ve done.


Please note that transportation is not provided. 

What to Expect

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Infant KDIs

  • Approaches to Learning — Infants express their wants, make choices, and explore objects and people with their whole bodies and senses.
  • Social and Emotional Development — Infants form secure attachments with their caregivers and begin to recognize themselves and others.
  • Physical Development and Health — Infants reach, grasp, roll, crawl, and begin to pull up, building strength and coordination every day.
  • Communication, Language, and Literacy — Infants coo, babble, and gesture, and enjoy listening to songs, stories, and the voices of the people who care for them.
  • Cognitive Development — Infants discover cause and effect, explore objects by shaking, banging, and dropping them, and begin to understand that things exist even when out of sight.
  • Creative Arts — Infants respond to music and movement and explore colors, textures, and sounds.

Toddler KDIs

  • Social and Emotional Development — Children are gaining a sense of self-realization and recognizing/identifying their relationships with others.
  • Physical Development and Health — Children are into movement, physical development, and healthy activity.
  • Communication — Children are interacting with other children and adults who listen to them and talk to them.
  • Language and Literacy — Children engage in pre-literacy activities such as exploration of picture books and words, independently and with others.
  • Cognitive Development — Children engage in exploration to discover how the world works. For example, cause and effect, similarities & differences, and putting together & taking apart.
  • Creative Arts — Children create with building materials, begin to engage in pretend play, and create & engage with different types of music.

Preschool KDIs

  • Social & Emotional Development — Children are gaining a deeper understanding of social interaction and their own emotions.
  • Physical Development & Health — Children show understanding and growth in physical development, personal care, and body awareness.
  • Language, Literacy, & Communication — Children are demonstrating a deeper recognition and understanding of written and spoken language.
  • Approaches to Learning — Children use a variety of approaches to learning such as initiative, reflection, problem-solving, and planning.
  • Mathematics — Children begin to gain understanding of mathematical concepts.
  • Creative Arts — Children express and represent what they observe, think, imagine, and feel through art, pretend play, and music.
  • Science & Technology — Children begin testing ideas to gather knowledge about the natural and physical world.
  • Social Studies — Children are gaining understanding in social and environmental surroundings & concepts.

What to Expect

  • Time to Unwind — A healthy snack and some downtime to relax after school.
  • Creative Arts — Art projects, building, music, and pretend play.
  • Active Play — Outdoor and indoor games that keep kids moving.
  • Hands-On Discovery — STEM activities and projects that spark curiosity.
  • Friendship & Teamwork — Group games and activities that build social skills and cooperation.