The National Center for Families Learning (NCFL) is proud to announce the release of the first book in a new curriculum series for teachers who work with American Indian preschool children.
CIRCLES: A Culturally Appropriate Curriculum for American Indian Preschool Children® is grounded in evidence-based practices and principles with a strong focus toward Native culture and language preservation. Using this curriculum approach, teachers are encouraged to implement a variety of teaching strategies to support American Indian learners while paying attention to child observation to inform instructional practices. Nearly three decades of work with American Indian preschool children and families has contributed to and shaped this unique curriculum approach created by NCFL.
Piloted and tested in American Indian preschools, the curriculum has received praise from teachers:
“[CIRCLES] helps us stay on task and children are familiar with our sequential routine.”
“Everything is aligned well. Able to smoothly transition circle, small group, work time. Everything just flows.”
“Children are more interested because they want to know what is coming up or how we are going to build on the lesson. They are more interested in circle time now.”
“They want to do their work. They actually request to sit down and explore materials. They enjoy learning and want to be challenged.”

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