"You can teach a student a lesson for a day; but if you can teach him to learn by creating curiosity, he will continue the learning process as long as he lives."  ~Clay P. Bedford

My Small Wonders, Inc. has chosen HighReach Learning, a research-supported curriculum, to use in our classrooms. Through the HighReach Learning curriculum, children will explore a well-rounded balance of learning experiences and many opportunities to develop important skills needed to be successful in school. HighReach Learning curriculum is developed by a team of early childhood experts, who spend a tremendous amount of time studying research articles and trends, offering the most up-to-date teaching practices to your child. This curriculum is designed to meet national accreditation requirements.

Key Features of HighReach Learning Curriculum

1. Children learn in the real world, with real things, with real people!

   HighReach Learning has created a set of Learning Zones, which incorporate learning in multiple areas: background knowledge, social skills, powerful thinking, using words and symbols, and using your body. These zones are woven into every experience, allowing for diverse opportunities in a single lesson. For example, exploring the properties of water may involve science, language, and social development, all at the same time! Experiences focus on interacting with real things and real people.

2. Children learn best when they are learning what they want to learn!

   Each HighReach Learning curriculum program contains age-appropriate experiences that promote creativity, family involvement, social interaction, language development, and much more, while building upon your child’s natural curiosity. Each curriculum planning process empowers your child to contribute to the topics of exploration. Actively engaging your child in what he or she wishes to explore makes learning fun and develops the skills and knowledge for future school success.

3. Each child’s potential for learning is greatly increased when the family is involved!

   Built to support teachers and families in creating close communication between home and school, HighReach Learning curriculum also enhances rich language and learning opportunities through Family Fun Links. These unique, easy-to-do learning experiences may begin in the classroom, continue at home, and return to the classroom. Together with your child’s teacher, you can provide a full-range of cultural and learning viewpoints for your child.

   The chart below shows a sampling of the skills that will be covered in the curriculum. These skills are based on many sources of developmental objectives and standards.
   

Skills & Concepts Covers	Bright Baby	Curriculum for Toddlers	Curriculum for Twos	Curriculum for Threes	Curriculum for Pre-K
Language Development
Phonological Awareness
Cause & Effect
Social/Emotional Development
Approaches to Learning
Creative Arts & Expression
Large/Small Muscle Skills
Color Recognition
Shape Recognition
Problem Solving
Letter & Sound Recognition
Number Recognition
Counting
One-to-One Correspondence
Sequencing, Predicting, & Graphing
Estimation
Number Concepts

 

4. Communication

   Communicating with and involving families is critical for children to achieve their full potential. All HighReach Learning curriculum programs provide Family Fun Links*, fun, interactive ways to help build this connection between home.

   Materials sent home may include:

Family Newsletters	Connecting with Families	Storybook	Conversation Cards	Family Posters
Keeps families informed about topics children are learning and provides interesting and important developmental information.	These pages offer fun at-home learning experiences to enhance the learning that is occurring in the classroom.	Connects families to topics being explored in the classroom. Reading to and with children fosters future independent reading and promotes adults who are lifelong readers.	Offer home learning ideas to build vocabulary and boost language and conversation skills. Home learning ideas are printed inside the cards along with space for families to make a record of the experiences for the children to share in class.	Children will receive a smaller version of each classroom poster (Let’s Talk About It, Move with Me, and Relating to...) to extend classroom learning to the home and encourage lively conversations.

*Family Fun Links are included in Curriculum for Toddlers, Curriculum for Twos, Curriculum for Threes, and Curriculum for Pre-K.