HighScope is a quality approach to early childhood care and education which has been shaped and developed by research and practice over 50 years. … The central belief of HighScope is that children construct their own learning by doing and being actively involved in working with materials, people and ideas.

What kind of curriculum is HighScope?

The HighScope Curriculum is a high quality, developmentally based program, founded on a philosophy of “active participatory learning,” in which children and adults are engaged, interactive partners in the learning process.

What is unique about HighScope approach?

Unlike some approaches where learning is sequenced across activities, HighScope sequences learning within activities so teachers are able to tailor their interactions to each child’s zone of proximal development.