A content-rich curriculum ensures that this scope is sufficiently deep that it engages and sustains children's interests across multiple learning experiences.
Scope includes both the breadth (the curriculum addresses development across all of the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework (ELOF) domains) and depth (curriculum content addresses specific developmental goals within each sub-domain).
The scope refers to the areas of development addressed by the curriculum. Education staff can use this resource to select and implement curriculum that includes an organized scope and sequence.Ĥ5 §1302.32(a)(1)(iii) and §1302.35(d)(1)(iii): Center-based, family child care, and home- based programs must use curricula that have “an organized developmental scope and sequence that include plans and materials for learning experiences based on developmental progressions and how children learn.” What does "organized developmental scope and sequence" mean?Īn organized developmental scope and sequence outlines what the early childhood curriculum focuses on and how the plans and materials support children at different stages of development. The sequence includes plans and materials for learning experiences to support and extend children’s learning at various levels of development. The Head Start Program Performance Standards identify key features of early childhood curricula, including scope and sequence.