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Outcomes for Children

Findings from the HighScope Perry Preschool Study found that using the HighScope curriculum had positive effects from the time the child attended the HighScope setting up until they were 40, including better school achievement and literacy, more likely to graduate from high school, adult earnings, home owenership and lifetime arrest rates. (Essentials of Active Learning in Preschool, HighScope Educational Research Foundation)

  • Children develop self-confidence, initiative, creativity and problem-solving skills
  • Children learn about social relationships, the world about them, maths, science and technology, reasoning and language
  • Children develop positive attitudes to self, others and to future learning

HighScope promotes family involvement by:

  • A partnership approach to the child's care and education
  • On-going exchange of information between the family and the setting
  • Curriculum-based workshops to support families to promote children's development at home

What does a HighScope setting look like?

In a setting using the High/Scope curriculum you will see an environment which provides active participatory learning experiences through the use of:

  • Clearly defined interest areas such as painting, sand and water, home, books and blocks
  • Many natural, real and open-ended materials
  • Materials which are accessible to the children
  • Clearly labelled interest areas, shelves and storage containers which promotes the Find-Use-Return cycle

What happens during a HighScope session?

  • Children engage in enjoyable active participatory learning experiences throughout the session
  • Children plan their activities, carry them out and reflect on them
  • Children choose, use and return materials
  • Children solve problems and resolve conflicts with adult support
  • Opportunities for children to play alone and together in small and large groups
  • Adults use the Child Observation Record to observe, encourage and support children's development and learning
  • Children and adults play, talk and learn together as partners
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