Creative curriculum

Because Creative Curriculum is a play based curriculum, my ideal setting would be children learning through their play centers and in a sense their "natural environment." Creative Curriculum is...

Welcome back to my blog! In this post I am going to share how I modify the Creative Curriculum to fit the needs of my students. I want to preface this post by saying that my administration is extremely flexible with their expectations of the preschool teachers using the curriculum to its fullest. The curriculum […]

Welcome back to my blog! In this post I am going to share how I organize all of my Creative Curriculum materials. I get asked about this a lot when I post on my Instagram stories so I thought that this would be a good place for me to explain it all in detail and […]

Two Points: This is MY method, and not necessarily right for you, your teaching or care philosophy, your set-up, or your students. Curriculum participation by my students is VOLUNTARY. I invite them to participate, but if they choose not to, then that is fine. I usually offer them a choice of a few of the activities and let them decide where we start and where we go. An engaged child learns, a dis-engaged child rebels. The 3-year rotating curriculum is theme based. Some times we stick to the…

Welcome back to my blog! In this post I am going to share how I organize all of my Creative Curriculum materials. I get asked about this a lot when I post on my Instagram stories so I thought that this would be a good place for me to explain it all in detail and […]

Building Study - Creative Curriculum This “Building Study” pack includes: *Study sign *Material list *Book list *Study topic signs *Can You built this? (Pictures of structures built out of unit blocks) *Buildings Around The World (12 Pictures of famous buildings with names and places) *LEGO patterning *Dramatic Play - Construction Site *Creating traffic signs *Memory Game *Memory Game - Construction Site *Word Wall Card *End of Study Celebration Idea UPDATE 3/2022: This product does now…

Print Resources for the “Clothes Study” for the Creative Curriculum

BALLS STUDY Literacy: Pictures of people using balls (sports, construction, hobbies, toys, food, etc.) Journal how a child uses balls Read a book about balls (i.e. Play Balls) Follow a recipe for making cookies, meatballs, etc. Follow sequential directions (1st, 2nd, 3rd) (e.g. using cotton...

Hello! When you are headed somewhere and you find yourself lost, what do you do? Besides reaching for your GPS, you probably need a map! In our field we also use a map, a curriculum map or pacing guide to let us know which way should we go. A curriculum map is the process of collecting and recording curriculum-related data that identifies core skills and content to be taught, the teaching strategies, and the assessment to be implemented. It emphasizes the collaboratively planned learning…

Do you use a Letter of the Week curriculum? You may want to re-think using it and try teaching alphabet letters in cycles.