Program Description

"This comprehensive two volume curriculum set, designed for all preschoolers was written by Debby Cryer, a leading expert in the field of early childhood and one of the authors of the Environment Rating Scales; and Cathy Riley, one of the authors of the All About ECERS-R and an expert team of five other authors in the early childhood field. Meets the standards of ECERS-R with more than 650 pages, with over 600 illustrative photographs and curriculum plans. Based on many years of developmental research and appropriate learning theory, it has been carefully designed to be used in preschool classrooms and includes time-proven successful practices. This curriculum is academically enriched, reinforcing cognitive skill development, science, math and social studies, through meaningful content around standards of learning."

Cost

$599.95 for a classroom set including curriculum books, weekly calendar posters, and resource materials.

Intended Population

• Core

Grade

• Pre-K

Intended Group Size

• Classroom

ELL/DLL

• Unspecified

Multisensory Applications

• Yes

Computer-Based Delivery

• Partial

Scripted

• Instructor Scripted

Comprehensive or Skill Specific

• Comprehensive

Placement Tests

• No

Accelerated Learning

• Yes

Assessment to Monitor Skills Mastery

• No

Error Correction Built In

• Unspecified

Fidelity Measures Provided by Publisher

• Unspecified

Research Summary

The program's publisher states that the curriculum was guided by developmental research and learning theory. No research on the curriculum was found in a literature review. Therefore, there is insufficient evidence to support the efficacy of this program at this time.