Exceed Preschool Curriculum is a superior program designed to meet the needs of administrators, directors, teachers, parents, and children. Through pre-written Staff Memos, Parent Letters, detailed lesson plans, Schedules of Activities and supply lists, staff working with children now have more time to enjoy being a part of the preschool experience. Additionally, Exceed provides staff opportunities for “on the job training” through Suggestions, Teacher Helping Hand Hints, and monthly Observation Checklists. This program is so “user-friendly”, one need only read and follow the brief, suggested guidelines, “How To Use Exceed Preschool Curriculum” which is located at the beginning of each book.

A pre-written weekly Staff Memo is the teacher’s first look at the skills and activities planned for the week. It can be read in less than five minutes but provides basic information as well as Suggestions and Teacher’s Helping Hand Hints on how to enrich children’s experiences in the classroom. A supply list of extra items (not included on the Basic Supply List) is also provided. At the beginning of each month, the themes for each week and suggested field trips are provided to further expand the learning environment. A monthly Observation Checklist includes age-appropriate skills from the developmental areas of language, cognitive, fine motor, gross motor, self-help, and socialization. This provides teachers with a guideline for observing children’s progress. It is suggested that a copy be made for each child and that on-going observations be checked off as noted by the teacher. The Observation Checklist may also be used as a resource during parent/teacher conferences for objective discussion of a child’s progress.

Pre-written daily lesson plans include morning and afternoon supply lists, activities for each of the focal areas including circle time, language/literacy, math, center time, language, music, and art. Colorful symbols are placed within the titles of focal areas to help teachers quickly reference specific areas of the lesson plan. Skills introduced are age-appropriate and presented in sequence, if needed, for clarity. Transition suggestions presented between activities provide classroom management techniques that allow children the opportunity to feel in control of their environment. They are able to move smoothly from one activity to another with very little guidance. If transitions are not established, children may react negatively to an atmosphere of disorganization where their safety could be jeopardized. Teacher Helping Hand Hints, Teacher Observations, Suggestions for various ways to implement activities are also included in the lesson plans as a continuation of “on-the-job training” for staff. The Naptime Teacher Preparations section allows staff an opportunity to prepare additional materials needed for the following day’s lesson plans. Exceed plans only for the school day, and is organized, as well as structured, to meet this criteria.

Exceed Preschool Curriculum is a year-round preschool program, thus, a fifth week is needed at some point during a three-month period. The fifth week lesson plans are written so that they may be used at the end of any month during the current quarter.