How does a High/Scope® preschool program teach math and reading skills?
High/Scope® preschool teachers do not teach math, reading, writing and other academic skills through drills, workbooks, or other “school-like” activities. Instead, adults provide experiences and materials that help children develop the broad language and logical abilities that are the foundation for later academic learning. For example, to encourage children’s beginning reading and writing skills, teachers create a print-rich environment and provide opportunities throughout the day for children to listen to stories, explore books and other print materials, and work with writing tools and materials. To promote math abilities they provide materials that enable children to use beginning skills in counting, comparing numbers, and one-to-one correspondence. Teachers use the High/Scope® key experiences in language and literacy and number to help them recognize and support the learning opportunities in these important pre-academic areas. For more information on how children learn to read in H
