Introducing the Brand New TeachTown Launch for PreK Curriculum, a comprehensive, inclusive early childhood special education curriculum for children ages 3-5.
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If you’re a special education teacher working in the preschool setting, you know the importance of providing high-quality, developmentally appropriate instruction for your students. But finding the right curriculum, that meets the unique and wide range of needs that you find in the preschool setting, can feel like a daunting task. That’s why we’re thrilled to introduce to you the brand new TeachTown PreK Curriculum—an innovative, research-based curriculum designed specifically for preschool special education.
Here’s what’s included for each theme in the curriculum:
There are 72 total themes designed to be covered over the course of 2 school years! Each theme of instruction includes 1 story book (fiction), 1 concept book (non-fiction), and 5 daily lesson plans.
Lesson plans fold in both whole group and small group activities through:
- Circle time
- Story time
- Sensory exploration
- Emerging literacy
- Emerging math
- Fine motor/ art skills
Additionally, teachers are supported with student resources,
targeted social skills, theme-specific songs and nursery rhymes,
technology-facilitated lessons, centers materials guide, and
parent communication supports.
Here’s why Simply Special Ed Loves this new curriculum and feels it meets the needs of diverse preschool caseloads:
1. Research-Based
TeachTown’s Launch for PreK curriculum fully takes into account research on how children ages 3-5 learn best. Each lesson is aligned with early childhood content standards while also considering the diverse and wide range of needs of students in a special education setting. The curriculum has an emphasis on structured learning, routines, and the use of visuals—helping all young learners build foundational skills in a way that’s both accessible and engaging.
2. Comprehensive Lesson Plans
TeachTown provides fully developed, step-by-step lesson plans that cover essential domains such as:
- Approaches to Play and Learning
- Social Relationships and Emotional Development
- Communication and Language Development
- Adaptive Skills and Independent Functioning
- Emerging Literacy Skills
- Creative Development
- Physical Development and Motor Skills
- Emerging Math, Science, and Social Studies Skills
Teachers have access to whole group and small group classroom-based activity lesson plans with leveled differentiation; teacher guides; parent communication supports lessons, centers materials guide, and parent communication support. All Lesson plans have THREE levels of differentiation making it easy to meet the needs of all of your students!
Each lesson is created to help your students meet their goals, while giving you the tools to differentiate instruction.
3. Engaging Visuals and Activities
One of the BEST features of TeachTown’s curriculum is its use of engaging visuals and hands-on activities to support learning. Preschool children in the special education setting often benefit from visual supports to help them understand vocabulary, new concepts, follow a schedule and follow routines. TeachTown incorporates a range of visuals, interactive activities, and sensory explorations that make learning more enjoyable for your students. Students can really see themselves in this curriculum! From the diverse stories to the manipulatives of children with differing abilities (like a child who uses a wheelchair), kids are going to love Launch for PreK!
4. Easy Progress Monitoring
One of the hardest parts of special education preschool is completing age appropriate assessments! TeachTown’s Launch for PreK curriculum includes developmental assessments (Observational & Benchmark Assessments) that are designed to be teacher-friendly, with easy-to-follow instructions and built-in tools for tracking student progress. This makes it easy to assess student growth over time and make data-driven decisions!
5. Supports Inclusion
TeachTown’s Launch for PreK curriculum is designed to meet the needs of young learners with developmental delays and disabilities as well as the peers who learn alongside them, making it the perfect curriculum for programs with equal amounts of peer and special education students. Many of the activities are adaptable for group settings, making it easier to integrate students with disabilities into general education PreK environments when appropriate. The differentiation included in the curriculum fully supports inclusion opportunities and beyond!
6. Aligned with IEP Goals
This might just be my favorite part! TeachTown’s PreK curriculum is designed with IEP Goals in mind, offering advice on how to tie lesson objectives to specific IEP goals. This not only makes instruction more meaningful but also ensures that your students are working toward and meeting their IEP goals. This also makes creating brand new IEPs from scratch (something very common in the preschool setting) to be simple! The technology component included in this curriculum makes it easy for teachers to track progress on IEP goals and have clear reports for progress monitoring to share with parents and the IEP team!
Teachtown’s Launch for PreK Curriculum is a Game Changer!
By using TeachTown’s new Launch for PreK curriculum, you can:
- Save time on lesson planning with with daily plans and materials.
- Provide differentiated instruction that aligns with each unique student’s IEP goals.
- Ensure that students are learning in a structured, developmentally appropriate way.
- Monitor and celebrate student progress with easy to use assessments.
- Plan for a two year cycle with over 70 unique themes!
TeachTown’s Launch for PreK Curriculum has a focus on research-based practices, engaging content, and easy-to-implement lessons, which sets this program apart.
If you’re looking for a curriculum that will help you deliver high-quality engaging instruction while meeting the unique needs of your students, TeachTown’s Launch for PreK curriculum is a must!
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