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The High/Scope Curriculum
ACTIVE LEARNING
Children are involved in direct, hands-on experiences with
people, objects, ideas and events in school and at home with
their parents. Teachers are guided by 58 key experiences
that all children need to have as a part of their
intellectual, physical, social and emotional development.
ADULT - CHILD INTERACTION
Adults observe and interact with children at their level to
discover how each child thinks and reasons. Adults interact
with children in ways that empower children to take
responsibility for their own learning. Teachers help parents
learn how to work effectively with their children at home.
LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
Classroom furniture and equipment are arranged in several
clearly defined interest areas that enable children to find,
use, and return the materials they use. The classroom takes
on the familiarity of their own home.
DAILY ROUTINE
Each day follows a similar schedule of events, providing
consistency for both children and teachers. A daily plan -
work - recall process is at the core of the High/Scope
routine and gives children the opportunity to pursue their
own interest, make plans, follow through on them and think
and talk about their experiences with their classmates,
their teachers, and their parents.
ASSESSMENT
High/Scope teachers keep records of children's activities to
better understand each child's intellectual, social, and
physical development. Teachers use these records to plan for
children's classroom activities and share them with parents.
HIGH/SCOPE´S OPEN FRAMEWORK PHILOSOPHY
High/Scope's preschool educational approach is an openwork
that organizes the children's and teacher's environment,
daily routine, and interactions. The framework gives the
teaching team a systematic method, for planning, organizing
and carrying out their preschool responsibility. For the
children, the framework provides a consistent and secure
daily experience that promises interesting things to do,
attention by their teachers to their interests and needs,
and a sense of responsibility for themselves and their
environment. For parents, the framework is a way to
understand why their children's program operates as it does
and what they can do at home to help their child learn even
more.
The framework is open because the experiences teachers
plan for the children foster independent thinking,
initiative, and creativity. The capacities that children
develop in the open framework are broad encourage
cooperation in children.
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