TK Curriculum

Data-Driven Family Engagement Tools for Head Start and State Preschools

Learning Genie is an app for ECE educators and family service workers for Distant Learning and Family Engagement including tracking in-kind. During the COVID-19 crisis, Learning Genie offers free tools till the end of 2020 under a grant (or in-kind) to support all ECE agencies for Distance Learning and track school readiness outcomes.

PRESCHOOL PORTFOLIO APP- LEARNING GENIE

Learning Genie also provides a useful application for portfolio-building. The portfolio tracking and tagging systems could be readily applied to DRDP 2015, Florida VPK, Head Start (HS), Early Head Start (EHS), Montessori, and other state or private-backed assessment tools.

A New Era for Transitional Kindergarten (TK) & Pre-Kindergarten (PreK): Redefining Early Childhood Education in California

Academic Success Begins with Nurturing Every Aspect of the Child

Grounded in Cutting-Edge Research & Technology​

Our curriculum aimed at PreK and TK is built upon the latest educational studies, ensuring your teaching methods are backed by proven strategies all while using the latest in technology.

Engaging & Interactive Learning          

Through customized learning journeys, hands-on experiences, and play-based learning, we make learning an adventure, encouraging curiosity and exploration.

Empowering Educators and Uniting Families

Our approach provides robust support for teachers while fostering strong connections with families, creating a collaborative environment for child development.

Exploring New Horizons with PTKLF 2024: Empowering Early Learners ​

The recently updated California Preschool/Transitional Kindergarten Learning Foundations (PTKLF) aims to provide high-quality, equitable, and responsive early learning for 3 to 5.5 year olds. The enhancements foster an inclusive framework that integrates advanced child development insights, supports multilingual learners, and accommodates children with diverse abilities.

Emphasis on Culturally Responsive Practices

Enhances teaching to reflect and incorporate the diverse cultural, racial, and linguistic backgrounds of students, fostering a deeper understanding and respect.

Inclusion of Children with Different Abilities

Provides broader support and resources for inclusive education, accommodating learners with diverse needs to ensure equitable access for all.

Focus on Multilingual Learners

Strengthens programs that support home languages and English learning, recognizing multilingual skills as essential cognitive and cultural assets.

Expanded Learning Domains

Introduces ‘Approaches to Learning’ domain and refines existing ones, allowing for interconnected learning experiences that support holistic development across various areas.

Comprehensive Standards Update

Introduces 45 new standards in areas like science, math, and social-emotional learning to provide a comprehensive and interdisciplinary journey.

Smooth Kindergarten Transition

The updates smooth the transition to kindergarten, aligning with common core standards to ensure continuous educational progress.

New Supplemental Unit for Full PTKLF Alignment

To ensure complete alignment with the newly added requirements, we’ve developed a supplemental unit that seamlessly integrates with the rest of the curriculum.

Discovering Our World and Making a Difference

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Curriculum

Fully aligned with the UPK curriculum guidance, ready to enrich your weekly plans with ease.

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Weekly Planning

Seamlessly connect weekly planning to student assessments with automatic observation notes for day-to-day teaching.

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Lesson Library

Access a wealth of engaging, age-appropriate lessons across multiple developmental areas for immediate classroom application.

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Assessment Insights

Transform teaching with data insights that support educators in making informed, data-driven decisions.

An All-Encompassing Curriculum for Children, Fully Aligned with DRDP2015

Empower Learning with UDL and Culturally Responsive Practices

Our innovative solution is built on the latest UDL Guidelines (3.0), integrating Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and culturally responsive practices into every lesson. We develop personalized UDL and CLR strategies to support IEP and ELD students, fostering a welcoming and inclusive environment for children from diverse cultural backgrounds. This approach ensures that every student feels valued and empowered to succeed.

Weekly lesson plans include UDL and CLR strategies personalized to meet your children’s unique needs, promoting an inclusive and diverse classroom environment.

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Implementing Learning Genie into our Transitional Kindergarten program has been a game-changer for our teaching staff and the way we approach early childhood education. The intuitive design with the AI Unit Planner and comprehensive curriculum have significantly reduced our planning and assessment time, allowing us to focus more on what truly matters: engaging with our students and fostering their growth. The integration of the DRDP assessment tool has streamlined our evaluation process, making it easier to track and report on each child’s progress. Thanks to Learning Genie, we’ve reclaimed countless hours once spent on administrative tasks, which we now invest in enriching our classroom experiences and connecting with families. It’s more than a curriculum; it’s a tool that has transformed our program’s efficiency and effectiveness.

Education Manager in Southern California

About the curriculum​

Let Learning Genie free up your time and energy, so that you can focus on more important things – spending time with each child.

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Empowering Personalized Education

A Data-Driven Approach Inspired by the Circle of Inquiry

Our integrated approach encompasses a ‘plan’, ‘implement’, ‘observe’, ‘assess’, and ‘reflect’ methodology, rooted in the ‘Circle of Inquiry’ framework, as depicted in the California Preschool Curriculum Framework. This process is enhanced by automatically generated DRDP Assessment progress reports and detailed insights into each child’s development, empowering educators to tailor personalized education plans for every student. Our data-driven strategy significantly bolsters planning for children with Individualized Education Programs (IEP) and those in English Language Development (ELD), focusing on unique growth and learning outcomes.

Direct Support for Teachers​

Reflective Lesson Planning feature supports teachers in using standards-based lesson plans to meet CDE's UPK requirements. This feature aligns lesson plans with California Preschool Learning Foundations and Preschool Curriculum Frameworks, helping teachers provide high-quality and standards-based instruction.

Built-in Professional Development Support​

Reflective Lesson Planning feature supports professional development and can reduce DRDP learning time by over 50%. It allows admins to share observation, reflection, and lesson planning pages from model teachers to all other teachers, particularly those who are new to early learning. Coaches can provide feedback to trainees and facilitate PLC meetings to help teachers improve and reach quality teaching faster.

Age-Appropriate Lessons and Activities​

The platform also enables Preschool and TK teachers to share age-appropriate lessons and activities from original creations or existing resources/curriculum. In this platform, resources are pre-aligned with CA Preschool Foundations, DRDP, as well as CCSS. This allows teachers to focus on providing high-quality, standards-based instruction that meets the needs of each student.

Virtual Shadowing​

The Reflective Lesson Planning feature can be viewed as ‘virtual shadowing’. Coaches can use this feature to give comments to teachers in training, and facilitate high-quality PLC meetings to help teachers grow and deliver high quality teaching faster. This helps to ensure that all teachers are on the same page when it comes to instruction and student learning outcomes.

The Educator's Toolkit​

Customizable PreK and TK Curriculum for Diverse Classrooms​

The platform also enables Preschool and TK teachers to share age-appropriate lessons and activities from original creation or existing resources/curriculum. In this platform, resources are pre-aligned with CA preschool foundation DRDP as well as CCSS. This allows teachers to focus on providing high-quality, standards-based instruction that meets the needs of each student.

Dive into Our Curriculum Units: A Peek into Excellence

Unlock the door to an exceptional educational journey with our diverse PreK and TK curriculum units, designed to cater to the unique needs and interests of every classroom. Each unit is a treasure trove of knowledge, creativity, and engagement, promising to transform your teaching experience and captivate your students. Here’s a glimpse of what you can explore:

Special Unit on Social Emotional Development

Teaching Pyramid Model

Unit 1

All About Me

Unit 2

My Community

Unit 3

Healthy Me, Healthy Us

Unit 4

Imagination

Unit 5

The Natural World

Unit 6

We’re Growing!

The Pyramid Model is a tiered intervention framework designed to nurture young children’s social, emotional, and behavioral well-being and provide teachers with tools and strategies for supporting teachers in dealing with challenging behaviour.In this special unit, which is recommended to be introduced at the beginning of the school year, children will explore their emotions, learn self-regulation techniques, understand foundational rules, and establish routines for positive interactions.

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Recommended Books List​

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At-Home Activities

Extending the learning experience beyond the classroom promotes home-school collaboration.

Materials List

Streamlining material preparation with early insights into the required resources allows teachers to teach with greater efficiency and effectiveness.

This unit focuses on fostering relational capacity, celebrating individual identity and group diversity, and creating a safe and nurturing classroom environment.

 

Through various activities and strategies, children will develop their social-emotional skills and build strong relationships with peers, teachers, and family members, enabling them to thrive academically and socially throughout the school year and beyond.

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Recommended Books List​

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Key Vocabulary (Multilingual)

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At-Home Activities

Extending the learning experience beyond the classroom promotes home-school collaboration.

Materials List

Streamlining material preparation with early insights into the required resources allows teachers to teach with greater efficiency and effectiveness.

This unit focuses on fostering relational capacity, celebrating individual identity and group diversity, and creating a safe and nurturing classroom environment.

 

Through various activities and strategies, children will develop their social-emotional skills and build strong relationships with peers, teachers, and family members, enabling them to thrive academically and socially throughout the school year and beyond.

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Recommended Books List​

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Key Vocabulary (Multilingual)

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At-Home Activities

Extending the learning experience beyond the classroom promotes home-school collaboration.

Materials List

Streamlining material preparation with early insights into the required resources allows teachers to teach with greater efficiency and effectiveness.

Within this unit, students will learn about different ways to promote good physical health and well-being so their bodies can thrive. Students will expand their knowledge about human anatomy; the importance of good nutrition and healthy daily routines, including exercise; and good health and safety practices when at school and in one’s community.

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Recommended Books List​

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Key Vocabulary (Multilingual)

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At-Home Activities

Extending the learning experience beyond the classroom promotes home-school collaboration.

Materials List

Streamlining material preparation with early insights into the required resources allows teachers to teach with greater efficiency and effectiveness.

By actively engaging children in exploring scientific and mathematical concepts through technology, engineering, and the arts, teachers make education more real for the children.


This unit guides early educators to integrate the domains of art with connections to math and science. The unit takes you on a journey of exploring artists/art from around the world.

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Recommended Books List​

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Key Vocabulary (Multilingual)

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At-Home Activities

Extending the learning experience beyond the classroom promotes home-school collaboration.

Materials List

Streamlining material preparation with early insights into the required resources allows teachers to teach with greater efficiency and effectiveness.

In this unit children will explore the natural world through investigations of plants, observations of insects and spiders, rocks and minerals, and will gain an understanding of how water is an essential element in our world.

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Recommended Books List​

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Key Vocabulary (Multilingual)

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At-Home Activities

Extending the learning experience beyond the classroom promotes home-school collaboration.

Materials List

Streamlining material preparation with early insights into the required resources allows teachers to teach with greater efficiency and effectiveness.

This four-week unit, titled “We’re Growing!” will guide 4-5-year-old children through the exciting transition into kindergarten. Children will reflect on and celebrate their learning, growth and development during their time in Transitional Kindergarten, will explore what to expect in their new Kindergarten classroom, will consider the role of their families in supporting them through their transition, and will think about how to establish meaningful connections and relationships with their Kindergarten teacher and new friends.

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Recommended Books List​

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Key Vocabulary (Multilingual)

104

At-Home Activities

Extending the learning experience beyond the classroom promotes home-school collaboration.

Materials List

Streamlining material preparation with early insights into the required resources allows teachers to teach with greater efficiency and effectiveness.

Learning Genie: Your Partner in Early Education Success​

Empower your educators and support families with Learning Genie's comprehensive solutions:

Efficient Program Management: Simplify administrative tasks with our all-in-one platform, from enrollment to reporting, freeing up time to focus on quality.

Data-Driven Insights: Make informed decisions with our analytics dashboard, tracking progress against state standards and identifying areas for improvement.

Community Engagement: Foster a strong learning community with tools designed to facilitate collaboration and the sharing of best practices among educators and parents.

Our intuitive platform is designed to simplify the creation of personalized learning to make your teaching more impactful:

Customized Learning Paths: Tailor the PreK and TK curriculum to meet the diverse needs of every child, ensuring inclusivity and accessibility.

Engaging Instructional Materials: Access a vast library of multimedia resources that bring lessons to life, fostering creativity and curiosity

Real-Time Progress Tracking: Monitor each child's development with easy-to-use tools, helping you make informed decisions to support their growth.

Learning Genie bridges the gap between the classroom and home with several Family Engagement features:

Seamless Communication: Stay connected with teachers through real-time updates, sharing precious moments and milestones.

At-Home Learning Activities: Engage with your child using our curated activities that complement their classroom experiences, enhancing their learning at home.

Insightful Resources: Access a library of resources designed to support you in nurturing your child's potential, from developmental tips to educational strategies.

Learning Genie is Committed to California's PreK and TK Success

Learning Genie is dedicated to supporting California's vision for early childhood education. Our platform is aligned with state standards, ensuring every child in Universal PreK and Transitional Kindergarten has the foundation for lifelong learning and success. Join us in shaping the future of education in California.

Let’s Transform Early Education Together

Empowering Educators with Cutting-Edge Technology to Ignite a Passion for Learning

Simplify the path to kindergarten for little learners and equip educators with the tools to foster environments that inspire joy and excitement in children, making them look forward to each new day of discovery.