This post on what is a preschool curriculum is actually inspired by a  post I read about curriculum blog hopping and I realized how confused so many people are about preschool, kindergarten and any early childhood curriculum’s.

The biggest problem I have is with the traditional curriculum’s that seem to think that teaching the ABC’s and numbers and colors is what early childhood curriculum is all about. It’s so sad.

Early childhood curriculum should be about LIFE  and incorporating everything children need to know into these life experiences.

Learning needs to be relevant and learning ABC’s and colors and numbers can be made so much more relevant if they are done in the concept of life.

I did some posts awhile ago about curriculum that may shed some light on what curriculum is all about.

The first one talks about how to incorporate learning into life and curriculum by creating an integrated curriclum.

The second one gave some real live examples of how to set up and plan an integrated curriculum or as we call it planning for a progressive early childhood curriculum.

The truth is in my opinion if you can’t get your head around a progressive curriculum and don’t really know how to run one, the most important thing in any early childhood setting is getting the art right.

Getting away from that copycat arts and crafts and start bringing some real educational art into your early childhood environment.

Now I have a question for anyone reading this blog.

I have another blog that I spend alot more time on, the educational art thoughts one and I would put more effort into this one if I see there is more interest in it.

So if you are out there and want me to keep posting on a more regular basis, make a comment to let me know.

You know there’s nothing like some incentive of knowing people want to hear what you have to say to keep writing. And believe me there is lots to write about, I just want to know if its what people want to read.

So let your voice be heard. (If you’re interested)