STRATEGIES GUIDES......................

Curriculum Guides and Manuals

The PfL Curriculum includes a detailed set of weekly Curriculum Guides. These Curriculum Guides help structure the school day through integrated, engaging instructional activities for large groups, small groups, pairs, and individual children. Teachers are provided with specific suggestions for opening and closing circle time activities, as well as learning center ideas that support and integrate each week's instruction. A complete set of teacher manuals provides support for all instructional strategies and curriculum materials. The manuals also provide information on the scientific research base that underlies the curriculum.

Literacy-Rich Classrooms

The Partners for Literacy classroom is characterized by materials that encourage language and early literacy development. The PfL manual,Creating a Literacy-Rich Preschool Classroom, provides teachers with information on how to make classrooms literacy-rich by incorporating a variety of materials that support the development of early literacy skills, including labels, posters, and books. 

Promoting Home-School Relationships

When using the PfL Curriculum, administrators and teachers are encouraged to foster positive home-school relationships that will support children’s school success. Parent participation can be facilitated by using part or all of the parent component, Parent Partnerships.

Other activities that help build a successful home-school relationship include inviting parents into the classroom, providing parents with ongoing information about the activities taking place at school, and showing parents the link between what is going on at school and the activities they can do at home. Teachers might also send home pictures of each child engaged in classroom activities. Teachers can help parents understand the importance of reading at home as well as facilitating conversations about books with their children.