For young children, meaningful and long-lasting learning requires active thinking and experimenting to find out how things work. This is best accomplished through purposeful play facilitated by highly intentional teaching practices.

Each Creative Curriculum provides teachers with guidance in these areas:

• How Children Develop and Learn
• The Learning Environment
• What Children Learn
• The Teacher's Role
• TheFamily's Role

The Creative Curriculum® for Infants, Toddlers & Twos is a comprehensive curriculum that helps teachers achieve the very best program for children under three. If the interactions children have are nurturing, consistent, and loving, and the experiences they have are appropriately challenging, then infants, toddlers, and twos grow and flourish.

The Creative Curriculum for Preschool provides the what, why, and how of teaching preschool children.It is a comprehensive curriculum that defines for teachers what content to teach, why the designated content and skills are appropriate for young children, and how to teach effectively.

The Creative Curriculum® forInfants, Toddlers & Twos translates research and theory from the field of early childhood education into a practical, easy-to-understand approach to working with children and their families. It is a comprehensive curriculum with a clear organizational structure and a particular focus on routines and experiences.

The structure of The Creative Curriculum for Preschool includes the following sections:

• Theory and Research
• Knowing Infants, Toddlers & Twos
• Creating a Responsive Environment
• What Children Are Learning
• Caring and Teaching
• Partnering With Families
• Routines and Experiences