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Approved Curricula

Michigan 2026 Early Childhood Curriculum Review

Approved Curricula

Great Start Readiness Program Approved Curricula

  • Connect4Learning®: The Pre-K Curriculum
  • Early Foundations (limited to KinderCare programs)
  • Every Child Ready (limited to Appletree programs)
  • Great First Eight PreK-4/TK Curriculum
  • HighScope Preschool Curriculum
  • Life Essentials (limited to Kiddie Academy programs)
  • The Creative Curriculum for Pre-K
  • The Creative Curriculum® for Preschool
  • The Montessori Model
  • The Reggio Emilia Model
  • Wonder of Learning® by The Goddard School® (limited to The Goddard School programs)
  • World at Their Fingertips (limited to Bright Horizons programs)

 

Great Start to Quality Program Approved Curricula

 

Birth-to-Three

  • Experience Baby Early Learning Curriculum
  • Great First Eight Infant and Toddler Curriculum
  • HighScope for Family Child Care
  • HighScope Infant Toddler Curriculum Kit
  • The Bank Street Approach
  • The Creative Curriculum for Infants
  • The Creative Curriculum for Toddlers
  • The Creative Curriculum® for Twos


PreK

  • Connect4Learning®: The Pre-K Curriculum
  • Early Foundations (limited to KinderCare programs)
  • Every Child Ready (limited to Appletree programs)
  • Great First Eight PreK-4/TK Curriculum
  • HighScope Preschool Curriculum
  • The Creative Curriculum for Pre-K
  • The Creative Curriculum® for Preschool


Across Early Childhood

  • Life Essentials (limited to Kiddie Academy programs)
  • The Montessori Model
  • The Reggio Emilia Model
  • Wonder of Learning® by The Goddard School® (limited to The Goddard School programs)
  • World at Their Fingertips (limited to Bright Horizons program

 

6/30/2026