HighScope and ELC of Northwest Florida

Approved Resources

The ELC of Northwest Florida has selected HighScope as an approved curriculum and assessment provider, in addition to being approved by the Florida Department of Education Office of Early Learning as an approved curriculum, assessment, and training provider for School Readiness and VPK Providers on Probation. Learn more about the approved ELC of Northwest Florida resources below. When you are ready, contact your Education Staff Coordinator to place your order!

Approved Curriculum Resources

Transform your classroom into an engaging, active learning environment where children thrive. Research based and child focused, the HighScope Curriculum is carefully designed to achieve powerful, positive results. Our resources will support you as you scaffold children’s learning and development, and encourage young children’s interests and explorations.

The HighScope Preschool Curriculum

Preschool Curriculum box

Transform your classroom into an engaging, active learning environment where children thrive. Research based and child focused, the HighScope Curriculum is carefully designed to achieve powerful, positive results. The HighScope Preschool Curriculum has been thoughtfully curated to support early childhood educators and ensure that the implementation of the HighScope Curriculum is successful and effective. To help programs more easily identify when and how to use each resource throughout implementation, we’ve created three curriculum categories, The Essentials + The Learning Environment + Intentional Planning. Together, the resources included in this simple, three-step approach, allows your program to immediately begin creating a child-centered learning environment with a high level of engagement, exploration, and enthusiasm. Download a Preview of the HighScope Preschool Curriculum.

The Essentials
Curriculum resources that provide the basis for understanding HighScope’s unique approach, including active learning, Plan-Do-Review®, positive adult-child interactions, and intentionally guiding and extending children’s individual learning.

  • The HighScope Preschool Curriculum 9-book Set
  • Key Developmental Indicator (KDI) Scaffolding Charts
  • Lesson Plans for the First 30 Days, 3rd ed.


The Learning Environment
Classroom materials that guide teachers through creating an engaging, rich, developmentally appropriate learning environment that promotes independence and inspires children to discover, interact, and solve problems.

  • Setting Up the Preschool Classroom
  • Daily Routine Cards
  • English-Spanish Classroom Area Signs (also includes small area signs for children’s planning)


Intentional Planning
Designed to support daily learning, these resources include detailed activities for curriculum content areas and strategies to individualize learning throughout the preschool daily routine.

  • Numbers Plus® Preschool Mathematics Curriculum
  • STEM Made Simple: 25 Activities by Preschool Teachers
  • Let’s Read It Again! Interactive Read-Alouds and 20 high-quality children’s books
  • Small-Group Times to Scaffold Early Learning
  • 50 Large-Group Activities for Active Learners
  • Big Beats for Young Peeps (CD)
  • Rhythmically Moving (CD)

Preschool Supplements

  • Fee, Fie, Phonemic Awareness: 130 Prereading Activities for Preschoolers
  • Storybook Talk: Conversations for Comprehension
  • Launching Literacy Tool Kit
  • Letter Links: Alphabet Learning With Children’s Names (Book with Online Subscription)
  • You’re Not My Friend Anymore! Illustrated Answers to Questions About Young Children’s Challenging Behaviors
  • You Can’t Come to My Birthday Party! Conflict Resolution With Young Children
  • Me, You, Us: Social-Emotional Learning in Preschool
  • “I Know What’s Next!” Preschool Transitions Without Tears or Turmoil

The HighScope Infant-Toddler Curriculum

Infant-Toddler Curriculum box

Transform your classroom into an engaging, active learning environment where children thrive. Research based and child focused, the HighScope Curriculum is carefully designed to achieve powerful, positive results. The HighScope Infant-Toddler Curriculum has been thoughtfully curated to support early childhood educators and ensure that the implementation of the HighScope Curriculum is successful and effective. To help programs more easily identify when and how to use each resource throughout implementation, we’ve created three curriculum categories, The Essentials + The Learning Environment + Intentional Planning. Together, the resources included in this simple, three-step approach, allows your program to immediately begin creating a child-centered learning environment with a high level of engagement, exploration, and enthusiasm. Download a Preview of the HighScope Infant-Toddler Curriculum.

 

The Essentials
Curriculum resources that provide the basis for understanding HighScope’s unique approach, including strategies for nurturing and supporting infant and toddler development in an active learning, child-centered environment.

  • Tender Care and Early Learning: Supporting Infants and Toddlers in Child Care settings, 2nd Ed.
  • Infant-Toddler Wheel of Learning/Key Developmental Indicators Card
  • Lesson Plans for a Strong Start: The First 30 Days for Infants
  • Lesson Plans for a Strong Start: The First 30 Days for Toddlers


The Learning Environment
Designed to support the optimal development of infants and toddlers, this set of materials includes helpful strategies for setting up classroom areas (both indoors and outside) with diverse, open-ended materials that accommodate children’s changing needs and interests, and reflect their home language and culture.

  • The Infant-Toddler Learning Environment (DVD)
  • Infant-Toddler Daily Routine Cards
  • English-Spanish Toddler Classroom Area Signs (also includes small area signs for children’s planning)


Intentional Planning
Designed to support daily learning, these resources include strategies and activities for building literacy and family engagement and developmentally appropriate music for your youngest learners.

  • Infant-Toddler Letter Links Book & Subscription
  • Let’s Play and Learn Together! 30 At-Home Activities for Infants and Toddlers
  • Infant-Toddler Song Book
  • Big Beats for Young Peeps (CD)
  • Rhythmically Moving 2 (CD)

Infant-Toddler Supplements

  • Daily Schedules and Caregiving Routines DVD
  • Infant-Toddler Active Learning DVD

Approved Child Assessment

COR Advantage is designed for teacher and child success. Based on 34 items that are proven by research to best prepare children for later schooling, COR Advantage has the fewest items of any early childhood assessment, keeping the instructional day focused on what is most important — including children’s own interests and explorations.

COR Advantage is criterion referenced, research based, and proven valid and reliable through rigorous validation studies. COR can be used with children birth to age six, including children who are English Language Learners and those with special needs.

Included resources:

  • COR Advantage Desk Reference (English or Spanish)
  • COR Advantage Scoring Guide (English or Spanish)
  • COR Advantage Subscription (additional $9.95 per child subscription)
  • COR Advantage Webinar

Implement With Confidence

HighScope’s professional learning courses compliment the HighScope Curriculum and help to ensure your implementation is a success. Moderated by HighScope’s highly-qualified certified trainers, our online courses offer unmatched one-on-one support for individuals at all experience levels. Each course features active engagement and collaboration while providing practical application, inspiring ideas, and effective strategies that can be immediately applied in the classroom.

These online courses are designed to be conducted over 3-4 weeks and it is estimated that teachers will need to spend at least 2-3 hours per week to complete assignments and discussions. Teachers can login at any time during the week to complete their work but the courses will adhere to the designated dates for completion. Because of our moderated approach to online courses, pre-enrollment is required at least one week prior to the start date. View our course schedule.

We recommend the optional professional development opportunities listed below. Contact the Educational Services team at [email protected] or call 800.587.5639 x261 for pricing and registration information.

Online Courses

  • Creating Meaningful Lesson Plans
  • Planning and Recall: Why and How
  • Numbers Plus
  • Scaffolding Children’s Learning at Small-Group Time
  • Large-Group Times for Active Learners
  • How to Support Active Learning During Work Time
  • Physical Development
  • COR Advantage

Comprehensive In-Person Training

  • Introduction to the HighScope Curriculum
  • HighScope Teacher Certification
  • Preschool Institute
  • HighScope Coaching
  • Preschool Curriculum Course
  • Infant-Toddler Curriculum Course
  • Training of Trainers Course
  • HighScope’s Annual International Conference
  • And more!

Alignments

Florida Early Learning and Developmental Standards: Birth to Kindergarten (2017)

Florida Early Learning and Developmental Standards for Four Years Old to Kindergarten (2017)

Need More Information?

Contact the HighScope Customer Sales Team at [email protected] or call 734.485.2000 to determine which resources are the right fit for your program.

The Early Learning Coalition of Northwest Florida has a professional services agreement #ELCNWF Operation Kaleidoscope 2020-01 with HighScope. Terms are effective February 9, 2021 through September 30, 2022, subject to the availability of funding. Price includes curriculum and assessment materials. Optional Training Courses, Online Trainings, or Coaching would be in addition to the package. View the Product List and Budget Narrative.

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