We're moving! Check out our new, in-progress site at lehipreschool.com.Curriculum: HighReach Learning®
All HighReach Learning® curriculum programs are based on the philosophy that children learn best through hands-on activities that address the needs of the whole child. In addition, each HighReach Learning® curriculum reflects the belief that children need a balance of child-initiated and teacher-facilitated activities each day. This approach reflects the beliefs of Jean Piaget, Erik Erikson, Lev Vygotsky, David Ausubel, and Jerome Bruner. This approach is grounded in sound child development theory and appropriate practices. HighReach Learning® also reviews state and national standards for early childhood education and takes these into account when planning curriculum. Themes are used to introduce information and learning takes place as a child explores and manipulates real objects and events. [Quoted from their website:
http://www.highreach.com/Scripts/philosophy.asp]
Note: HighReach Learning® meets and exceeds the guidelines developed by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and the National Association of Early Childhood Specialists in State Departments of Education Position Statement.
About HighReach Learning®
Sharon Mayberry, BS, M.Ed. and Kathy Kelley, BS founded HighReach Learning® in 1986. As owners and operators of their own child development centers, Ms. Mayberry and Ms. Kelley found that locating quality-teaching materials was quite a challenge. To give their parents, teachers, and children the careful guidance and creative focus they were after, they knew they would need to write their own curriculum program. And so the process began.
Today, HighReach Learning® is a creator and direct supplier of early childhood educational materials for children 3 months to 14 years of age. [They] currently service customers in all fifty states in the US, as well as serve international customers in Canada, Germany, Mexico, Italy, Taiwan, Japan, and the Virgin Islands. The HighReach Learning® customer base includes public and private schools, Head Start programs, child development centers, family daycare providers, YMCA centers, church-based preschools and more. [Quoted from their website:
http://www.highreach.com/Scripts/about.asp]