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Early Learning Curriculum

RIDE Endorsed Preschool/Pre-K Curriculum

In February 2024, the Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Educaiton (RIDE) issued a Request for Curriculum to publishers of evidence-based, comprehensive, and/or content/domain-specific curriculum for children ages three to five to align with the state's 2023 Early Learning and Development Standards (RIELDS) and other metrics of a high-quality early learning curriculum.

Through submissions received, RIDE has been able to engage in a multitiered curriculum review process alongside teams of educators and promote a final list of curriculum that is RIDE Endorsed. This assessment and final curriculum endorsement is to be used for the purposes of selecting curricula in licensed child care centers, family child care homes, Head Starts, RI Pre-K programs, Local Education Agencies, and other early childhood programs across the state.

All relevant information pertaining to the 2024 Curriculum Review and Endorsement are linked below:

ENDORSED PRESCHOOL/PRE-K CURRICULA PUBLISHER Year Endorsed
Focus on Pre-K (2015) Boston Public Schools 2019
Focus on 3s (2024) 2024
Focus on 4s (2024) 2024
Building Blocks Pre-K Math (2025) McGraw Hill, LLC 2024
Eureka Math Squared, PK: How Many? (2023) Great Minds PBC 2024
Frog Street Pre-K (2020) Frog Street Press, LLC 2024
HighScope Preschool Curriculum
(2012, with components from 2016-2018)		 HighScope Educational Research Foundation 2019
The Investigator Club Prekindergarten Learning System (2022) Robert-Leslie Publishing, LLC 2021
Tools of the Mind
(2020)		 Tools of the Mind 2021
The Creative Curriculum® for Preschool
(2021, 2016)		 Teaching Strategies, LLC 2021
2019
The Creative Curriculum® for Pre-K (2024) 2024

Please expand the accordion tab below to view each endorsed curriculum's review rubric and contact information.

The reviews linked below are those that were found by the review teams to have met the minimum requirements for RIDE Endorsement. A curriculum is considered to have met minimum requirements for endorsement if it has been determined that it meets most indicators as outlined in the Tier I and Tier II review rubrics. Although RIDE staff may have edited reviews for clarity and sentence structure, the views expressed in the reports are those of review team members and not of RIDE staff. 

  • Note: Rubrics are linked for 2024 Curriculum Review Submissions that received endorsement but are not available for pre-2024 endorsements at this time.

Review reports are to be used by preschool and pre-k programs as guides for selecting a high quality curriculum. Programs are encouraged to conduct their own reviews of the materials before making their final adoption decisions.

  • Note: The Center for Early Learning Professionals have physical copies of most endorsed curriculum in house. Please contact the Center directly if you would like to explore the curriculum prior to purchase. 

Focus on Pre-K

Focus on 3s

Focus on 4s

Building Blocks Pre-K Math

Eureka Math Squared, PK: How Many?

Frog Street Pre-K

HighScope Preschool Curriculum

  • Publisher: HighScope Educational Research Foundation
  • Date Published: 2012, with components from 2016-2018
  • Vendor Contact:

The Investigator Club PreKindergarten Learning System

Tools of the Mind

The Creative Curriculum for Preschool

The Creative Curriculum for Pre-K