Explore and Learn
Core Code Alignment
Elementary / Early Childhood
Early Childhood (PreSchool)
22040000001: Early Childhood (Pre-K)
Early Childhood (PreSchool)
22040000001: Early Childhood (Pre-K)
Recommendation
Recommended Primary
Evaluation
Explore and Learn is a research-based comprehensive curriculum for early childhood programs. It can be adapted and used in full-day and half-day preschool. Explore and Learn provides high-quality instructional materials that provide students a holistic balance of play, hands-on experiences, direct instruction, and technology. The lessons provide teachers with detailed instruction as well as scaffolding to accommodate different learners. The program also incudes a variety of assessments with all the instructions and materials the teacher will need to complete these assessments.
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Material Categories
Comprehensive
Rubric : Generic
Compliance with State Law (Required)
| Item | 3 - Extensive | 2 - Adequate | 1 - Inadequate | 0 - None | ||
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| Sensitive Materials and Prohibited Submission 53G-10-103, R277-628 | Does not violate law | N/A | N/A | May violate law | ||
| Explore and Learn contains instruction materials that are age-appropriate. It contains no explicit, sensitive, or inappropriate content. All materials are consistent with Utah's requirements for preschool instruction. | ||||||
| Prohibited discriminatory practices 53G-2-103-5, 53B-1-118 and 67-27-107 | Does not violate law | N/A | N/A | May violate law | ||
| Explore and Learn fully complies with Utah's nondiscrimination laws, ensuring equitable representation for all students. It contains no bias or discriminatory content. Explore and Learn promotes equal learning opportunities for every student. | ||||||
| Maintaining constitutional freedom in the public schools. 53G-10-202 | Does not violate law | N/A | N/A | May violate law | ||
| The Explore and Learn curriculum focuses on academic and learning outcomes. It maintains neutrality regarding religion, politics, and personal beliefs. This program focuses on academic and developmental goals. | ||||||
| Free from advertising, e-commerce, or political interest | No criteria provided. | No criteria provided. | No criteria provided. | No criteria provided. | ||
| The Explore and Learn program is free of advertising, product placement, and political influence. These materials are completely instructional in purpose. | ||||||
Content
| Item | 3 - Extensive | 2 - Adequate | 1 - Inadequate | 0 - None | ||
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| Alignment | The content of this resource aligns with appropriate grade-level core standards and is current, well-researched and referenced from reliable sources. | The content of this resource aligns with most grade-level core standards but will need supplementary materials to ensure coverage of all the objectives for this course. | The content of this resource aligns with a few grade-level core standards for a portion of the course. | The content of this resource does not align with standards and objectives for this course. | ||
| Explore and Learn is fully aligned with Utah's Early Learning Core Standards. The curriculum is current and grounded in research-based design principles. The curriculum ensures learning experiences across all content areas that are integrated, developmentally sequenced, and culturally responsive. | ||||||
| Navigation | Scaffolding supports for these materials are complex and challenging, engage learners from various skill levels, assist all students in enhancing conceptual understanding, and offer opportunities for students to share evidence and research. | Scaffolding supports for these materials engage learners from various skill levels and assist students in enhancing conceptual understanding. | Scaffolding supports for these materials engage learners from various skill levels. | Scaffolding supports for these materials do not engage learners. | ||
| The Explore and Learn program provides strong scaffolding supports to engage learners across a wide range of skill levels. The lessons are flexible and include suggestions for simplifying or enriching lessons, as well as providing suggestions for adapting to different modalities. | ||||||
| Instructional Support | Students can navigate the material independently. Instructions are clear and understandable. | The material contains instructions that are understandable and easy to navigate. Students may need educator support to navigate material. | The material may be used with direct educator support but lacks clear instructions. | The instructions in this material are unclear, and navigation is difficult. | ||
| Explore and Learn provides clear instructional routines. They provide visuals to supplement teacher instruction. The curriculum sets consistent routines and encourages independence for children. | ||||||
| Assessments | No criteria provided. | No criteria provided. | No criteria provided. | No criteria provided. | ||
| Explore and Learn provides educators with a comprehensive system of assessment tools. Teachers are provided with everything they need to carry out the assessments. Benchmark and ongoing assessments are used. | ||||||
| Ethnic Studies Ethnic studies in core standards and curriculum should be a narrowly tailored incorporation of age-appropriate opportunities that naturally arise through education without pretextual effort in courses, programs, or activities where ethnic studies is not a primary focus. The material should incorporate a curriculum of people and cultures that reflect the state’s various demographics without commentary that seeks to violate the neutrality standard established in codes: 53B-1-118, 53G-2-103, 53G-2-104, 53G-2-105, 67-27-107, | No criteria provided. | No criteria provided. | No criteria provided. | No criteria provided. | ||
| The Explore and Learn program incorporates age-appropriate opportunities for learners to experience diverse families, cultures, and communities. The curriculum supports inclusion without bias. | ||||||
| Shared Values and Character Traits | No criteria provided. | No criteria provided. | No criteria provided. | No criteria provided. | ||
| Explore and Learn provides opportunities to connect the students of Utah to the world. It helps the children to cultivate positive character traits in themselves. | ||||||
Material Characteristics
| Item | 3 - Extensive | 2 - Adequate | 1 - Inadequate | 0 - None | ||
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| Physical Characteristics | This material goes beyond the content outlined in "Adequate" by incorporating modern, up-to-date, and relatable visuals. | In physical terms, the material is interactive and provides high-quality audio-visual and tactile experiences for all users. | The material offers limited or low-quality audio-visual and tactile experiences for students, but it is reusable. | The content either has low audio-visual quality or is not intended for reuse. | ||
| Explore and Learn provides high-quality materials with colorful visuals. It provides a large library as well as manipulatives to engage and enhance learning. | ||||||
| Technical Standards | This material surpasses the content outlined in "Adequate" by ensuring the safeguarding of student data privacy and easy installation or access without technical assistance. Furthermore, any licensing information is clearly stated in the description. | The materials meet all the requirements of federal and state laws, as well as accepted technical standards such as ISTE Standards and VPAT Compliance. Additional technical specifications and limitations, including hardware requirements, bandwidth demands, and software/web access restrictions, are clearly outlined in the description. The design of the materials allows for error-free installation or access without the need to purchase additional components. | The material is constrained by specifications that require additional materials, technical assistance, hardware, software, or infrastructure. Access to resources within the material expires after a trial period. | Student data privacy is at risk. | ||
| The program meets all technical standards. | ||||||
| Adaptability | The material is currently relevant and adaptable for teacher and student use in individualized or group instructional settings across multiple content areas. The material can be customized for the needs of diverse learners. | Educators or students can utilize the material, but it may not be customizable for the needs of diverse learners. | The material has limited options to address adaptability for the needs of diverse learners. | The material is not suitable for different educational settings with diverse learners. | ||
| Explore and Learn combines adaptation, differentiation strategies, and clear instructional guidance in their lessons. The differentiation of lessons ensures all children will have learning experiences to support their individual growth. | ||||||
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