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Discover engaging investigations thoughtfully designed for Early Head Start, Head Start, Preschool, and Pre Kindergarten classrooms. Each study encourages curiosity, creativity, collaboration, and meaningful hands on learning while supporting every area of child development.
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Whether you're planning a science investigation, dramatic play experience, literacy theme, or seasonal exploration, finding the right study has never been easier.
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Each curriculum study is thoughtfully designed to reduce planning time while providing engaging experiences that inspire exploration, creativity, and joyful learning.
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Art, STEM, literacy, dramatic play, music, movement, sensory exploration, and outdoor learning.
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Activities intentionally designed to support cognitive, social, emotional, language, and physical development.
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From Children's Questions to Deeper Investigations
Studies are one way to bring curriculum to life. A sustained investigation gives children time to ask questions, revisit ideas, explore materials, share theories, and build understanding over days or weeks. Choose a study that connects to your group, then adapt the experiences to children's ages, interests, and needs.
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The Trees Study
Children investigate the amazing world of trees through observation, exploration, science, literacy, art, mathematics, dramatic play, and outdoor discovery. This comprehensive study encourages curiosity while helping children build meaningful connections with the natural world.
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Each curriculum study includes engaging lesson plans, printable resources, classroom activities, family engagement ideas, and hands on learning experiences designed specifically for early childhood classrooms.
Explore investigations for Early Head Start, Head Start, Preschool, and Pre-K. Filter by topic or search for a child’s interest.
Movement
Balls
Investigate rolling, bouncing, speed, measurement, and motion through playful exploration and hands on discovery.
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Nature
Trees
Observe leaves, bark, branches, roots, habitats, weather, and seasonal changes through outdoor investigations.
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Engineering
Buildings
Design, compare, and build structures while encouraging creativity, teamwork, and problem solving.
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Daily Life
Clothes
Discover clothing, weather, occupations, seasons, fabrics, and cultures through meaningful experiences.
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Community
Pets
Learn how to care for animals while building empathy, responsibility, language, and science skills.
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Science
Water
Investigate floating, sinking, freezing, melting, pouring, and the amazing properties of water.
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Transportation
Wheels
Discover how wheels help people and objects move while exploring motion, transportation, engineering, and problem solving.
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Nature
Gardening
Plant seeds, observe growth, care for living things, and discover how gardens change throughout the seasons.
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Engineering
Boxes
Transform ordinary cardboard boxes into creative structures while exploring design, construction, imagination, and teamwork.
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Cooking
Bread
Mix, measure, knead, bake, and discover how bread is made while learning about nutrition and cultures around the world.
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Literacy
Signs
Explore symbols, letters, colors, maps, and community signs while strengthening literacy and communication skills.
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STEM
Simple Machines
Push, pull, lift, roll, and investigate how simple machines help people solve everyday problems.
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Sensory
Sand
Dig, sift, pour, measure, and build while exploring texture, science, mathematics, and imaginative play.
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Engineering
Tubes & Tunnels
Design pathways, tunnels, ramps, and marble runs while encouraging creativity, engineering, and problem solving.
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Environment
Reduce, Reuse & Recycle
Help children care for the Earth by exploring recycling, conservation, and creative ways to reuse everyday materials.
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Health
Exercise
Move, stretch, jump, balance, and discover why physical activity helps us stay healthy, strong, and active every day.
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Every classroom is unique, and sometimes you need a study designed specifically for your children, interests, or program goals. We create custom curriculum studies that are engaging, developmentally appropriate, and ready for the classroom.
Whether you're looking for a brand new investigation, seasonal theme, dramatic play center, printable resource, or complete lesson plan collection, we'd love to help bring your ideas to life.
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We're continually creating new curriculum studies and classroom resources to help teachers spend less time planning and more time inspiring children.
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