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OCDEL Approved Curriculum Information

According to Pennsylvania School Code Chapter 22, § 4.20. Prekindergarten education, curriculum and instruction in the prekindergarten program must be standards-based. A comprehensive program must be provided appropriate for the age and varying developmental levels of the students; be based on how young children develop and learn; include instruction to support each child's development in the areas of approaches to learning—creative expression, language and literacy, math, logic and science, social-personal development and physical development and health.

The Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL) reviews curriculum, for infant toddler and prekindergarten programs, to verify alignment to the Learning Standards for Early Childhood. Please note OCDEL does not recommend the use of any specific curriculum from the approved listing below.​

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​Comprehensive Curriculum - Infant Toddler

Year A​​pproved Curriculum Active Offers Training
2022 4BELS Living Education Series Active Offers Training
2023 Carol's Affordable Curriculum – Baby Bear Active
2023 Carol's Affordable Curriculum – Tiny Tots Active
2018 Circle of Education® - peaPOD™
 Active Offers Training
2018 Early Learning Success Active Offers Training
2015 Experience Early Learning, home of Mother Goose Time Active Offers Training
2017 Frog Street Press, Inc. - Infant/Toddler Active Offers Training
2022 Funnydaffer Active Offers Training
2015 Funshine® Express – Buttercups Active Offers Training
2016 Gee Whiz Education™ Active Offers Training
2015 HighScope
 Active Offers Training
2016 Kaplan - Connect4Learning Active Offers Training
2015 Kaplan - Learn Every Day Active Offers Training
2022 Learning Beyond Paper Active Offers Training
2022 Second Step Active Offers Training​
​​2015

​Teaching Strategies® - Creative Curriculum for Infants, Toddlers and Twos, 3rd Edition​​

​Active
​Offers Training​

Comprehensive Curriculum - Prekindergarten

Year Approved Curriculum​​​ Active Offers Training
2022 4BELS Living Education Series Active Offers Training
2019 Benchmark Education Company PreK - Ready to Advance Active Offers Training
2020 Blueprint for Early Learning Active Offers Training
2023 Carol's Affordable Curriculum – Jumping Kangaroo Active
2018 Circle of Education® - EduPod Pre-Kindergarten Active Offers Training
2016 Curiosity Corner Active Offers Training
2018 Early Learning Success Active Offers Training
2015 Experience Early Learning, home of Mother Goose Time Active Offers Training
2021 Frog Street Press, Inc. - 2020 Active Offers Training
2015 Frog Street Press, Inc. - DIG - Develop. Inspire. Grow.™ Active Offers Training
2019 Frog Street Press, Inc. – Excel Pre-K Active Offers Training
2019
 Frog Street Press, Inc. - Frog Street Pre-K/Threes Active Offers Training
2019 Frog Street Press, Inc. - Frog Street Pre-K/Fours Active Offers Training
2022 Funnydaffer Active Offers Training
2015 Funshine® Express – Fireflies Active Offers Training
2016 Gee Whiz Education™ Active Offers Training
2021 Get Set for School by Learning Without Tears Active Offers Training
2015 HighScope Active Offers Training
2015 Investigator Club® Active Offers Training
2016 Kaplan - Connect4Learning - Prekindergarten Active Offers Training
2015 Kaplan - Learn Every Day Active Offers Training
2020 Kaplan - Learn Every Day Preschool Curriculum, 2nd Edition Active Offers Training
2022 Learning Beyond Paper Active Offers Training
2017 McGraw Hill - World of Wonders Active Offers Training
2022 Scholastic - On My Way Active Offers Training
2022 Starfall Education – Starfall PreK, 2nd Edition Active Offers Training
2022 Scholastic - On My Way Active Offers Training
2022 Starfall Education – Starfall PreK, 2nd Edition Active Offers Training
2022 Scholastic - On My Way Active Offers Training
2022 Starfall Education – Starfall PreK, 2nd Edition Active Offers Training
​2024

​Teach​ing Strategies® - The Creative Curriculum for Pre-K (Estimated to be Available May 2024) 

​Active
​Offers Training
​2015

​Teaching St​​​rategies® - Creative Curriculum for Preschool, 5th Edition 

​Active
​Offers Training
​2023

​Teac​​hing Strategies® - Creative Curriculum for Preschool, 6​th Edition 

​Active
​Offers Training
​2023

​Teaching Strat​​egies: The Creative Curriculum® for Preschool, Guided Edition 

​Active
​Offers Training​
​2021

​Three ​​Cheers for Pre-K ​

​Active
​Offers Training
2015

 Tools of the Mind
 Active Offers Training

Domain Specific Coverage – Age Group Noted

Year Approved Curriculum​​ Active Offers Training
2017 Carrie Flower – Social and Emotional Development (Pre-Kindergarten) Active Offers Training
2015 GrapeSEED - Language and Literacy (Pre-Kindergarten) Active Offers Training
2015 I Can Problem Solve - Approaches to Learning through Play, Language and Literacy and Social and Emotional (Pre-Kindergarten) Active Offers Training
2015 Investigator Club® - all domains BUT Social Studies (Infant Toddler) Active Offers Training
2018 ORIGO Stepping Stones - Math (Pre-Kindergarten) Active Offers Training
2020 ScienceStart – Science (Pre-Kindergarten) Active Offers Training

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