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Compare and Evaluate Child Care Curriculum Programs and Packages

There are many prepackaged child care program kits available. Here is a way to compare and find the best one for your program.


Curriculum Ages Form Curricular Areas & Features Materials Included? D.A.P Cost? Free sample? Qualifications of Preparer
Itty Bitty Bookworm toddler and preschool Monthly CD
  • 4 Full weeks of lesson plans
  • List of monthly objectives that correlate with the Head Start Indicators
  • Patterns and blacklines that coordinate with the monthly lesson plans
  • Letter activity sheets/mini-books
  • Letter clip art
  • Number activity sheets
  • Large, letter outlines for collages/mosaics
  • Readers/booklets that coordinate with the books-of-the-month
  • Parent Newsletter
  • Full Color Games
  • Letter Display Cards
  • Number Display Cards
  • Shape Display Cards
  • Color Display
  • Learning Center Ideas for each week
  • Easy-to-use observation records
  • Daily Reports for Parents
  • 4 Poem/Nursery Rhyme Posters
 no yes $17-25 a month yes Master's Degree in Early Childhood and Elementary Education and a Bachelor's Degree in Developmental Psychology. She has taught in a variety of settings, including public schools, private schools, and child development centers. She has served as an assistant director, a teacher mentor, and a curriculum and training specialist.
Learning Foundations Ages 2-6 All units on CD sent by Child Care Lounge
  • Songs, poems, and fingerplays
  • Literacy Activities
  • Creative Art activity ideas
  • Movement/Large motor ideas
  • Science Experiences
  • Prop Box/Dramatic Play ideas
  • Block Area Enrichment ideas
  • Math activities
  • Flannel board ideas
  • Printable Hands-on Activities
  • And much more!
 no materials, but a supply list is included yes $60 for Seasonal Theme Units CD, $60 for Any Time Units CD, or All units for $100 (savings of $20) yes Cathy Abraham has over 25 years experience in the early childhood field and a Master's degree in Education.
Mother Goose Time preschool monthly packet with 2 pre-selected themes mailed Theme related songs, fingerplays, cooperative games, individual games, creative dramatics, exercises, dramatic play and food ideas Provider and Parent Newsletters. free story book, participation stories, project sheets, graph charts yes $39.99 minimum per month 1 day peek unknown
Funshine Express preschool and toddler Monthly theme-based curriculum. FunShine Express follows a three-year rotation of themes and activities. Mailed monthly Activity ideas, creative art supplies, music, Fireflies™ includes 12 age-appropriate and creative art projects per month with craft supplies and patterns included for each child. New Quarterly Activity Kits for Toddlers. Yes $47.54 for first 2 children per month Free sample days FunShine Express’ owner/president and curriculum director has a Master’s Degree in Education and four years of licensed child care experience. She has also been a child care trainer for Southwest ND Child Care Resource and Referral. Both of our curriculum writers have a bachelor’s degree in early childhood and/or a related field. They have teaching experience in centers and home-based environments with children of all ages.
High Reach toddler -pre-K Integrates learning across all areas of the curriculum .Balances teacher-guided and independent center activities .Saves planning time with an average of 125 monthly activity ideas.Includes adaptations for individualization for mixed-age groups .Compliant with ECERS-R and NAEYC guidelines no yes first 3 children $35.94 per month no Each member of the development team holds at least a bachelor’s degree in early childhood and/or related field. Several members of the team hold master’s degrees as well. Equally important, all members of the product development team have real world classroom experience working with young children
Reach for the Stars toddler and preschool Preschool has 4 weekly themes with 5 mini daily themes each week. Toddler offers 4 weekly themes with 3 mini themes per week. Option to purchase Preschool, Toddler or both in download or CD formats A Welcome Manual, Weekly Supply lists, Program Calendar with Daily Activities, Art & Craft Activities/Projects, Color, Number, Shape Recognition, Sign Language Cards, Math & Science Projects, Music & Movement Activities, Literature Activities, Recipes for Art/Craft Projects, Recipes for Cooking with the Children, Book Suggestions Relating to Each Theme, Partnership with Home Suggestions, Wall Calendar & Daily Cut-outs, Monthly Parent Newsletter and more no $20 - $45/month depending on option purchased 1 day sample Pam has 18 years experience with children and has an Associate Degree in Early childhood Education . Robyn has almost 32 years as a family childcare provider, many hours of child development classes and was the second in her state to become nationally accredited.
Creative Prek Each Volume Includes: 12 Weeks of Daily Lesson Plans Each Theme includes five daily lesson plans Circle Time Messy Table Cut & Color Table Creative Art Outside Games And Activities no $34.95 + $5.00 (S/H) sample lesson plan
Funsteps Funsteps program for 3 to 5 year olds and Twosteps for 2 to 3 year olds. Each month's kit contains 12 full days of fun activitiesBoth include alphabet and number activities, 3 to 4 themes each month and holiday and special day activities. Crafts come packed in separate bags with all materials included and are different every year for 6 years. Price for 6 children is $47./mo plus shipping for Funsteps and $34./mo plus shipping for Twosteps Full month's kit as a free sample 20 years of experience in publishing professional curriculum as Kapers for Kids and Funsteps; BA and MA in education; public school teaching and many years experience in family child care
Carol's Affordable Curriculum toddler and preschool Over half of the month is crafts and the other half are worksheets and other educational pages and projects. We provide all the materials to complete your crafts. Plus, you don't need to make any copies, just order for however many children you need it for. yes $8.75 per child first month no Family daycare provider for 14 yrs
ChubbieCubbie's Customizable Curriculum! toddler and preschool Approx. 65-95 activities per month (depending on kit size). art & craft projects; songs & finger plays; science, cooking, & math: suggested stories & books; group activities; coloring pages; worksheets and booklets, special holidays, and more. optional $19.95 for City Bears Kit & $15.95 for Country Bears Kit (Precuts, Copies, & Supplies extra). no Childcare Administration Certificate & ODHS 45-Credit Hour Certificate plus over 20 years working and volunteering with children.
Early Beginnings preschool Language development, as well as thinking and motor skills. Interaction with other children through cooperative learning activities together with social skill awareness; i.e., good manners and appropriate ways to behave. Curriculum activities that foster a positive self-image in each child and facilitate in their intellectual, social, emotional & physical yes $38 per child first month no Ph.D. in Early Childhood Education
Early Start preschool One Teacher's Guide which contains detailed lesson plans for at least 20 days each month. Monthly Calendar. Monthly newsletters for parens. Activity pages for at least 20 days each month for each of your children. math, science, language arts, movement, music and social activities cookikng math drama songs games science no (Minimum order of 5 with any age combination is $20.00/month plus $3.00 shipping and handling for a total of $23.00 per month.) no unknown
KidCrafters preschool CD theme-based ideas for art, cooking, science, finger-plays, music, large & small motor activities, and dramatic playLarge (400+ page) file of black & white and color art patterns, family notes, felt board activities, games, math manipulatives, flash cards and wall posters for alphabet - number - color - shape, two-color calendar cutouts to use for math & patterning activities, & other theme-related activities no $30 per CD no unknown