The Office of Early Childhood is honored to provide an open-source curriculum for four-year-old preschool classrooms (public, private, childcare, home care, Head Start). The MS Beginnings: Pre-K curriculum is intended to support any preschool teacher in providing rich, play-based, intentional, developmentally appropriate instruction. When implemented with fidelity, the MS Beginnings: Pre-K curriculum builds social-emotional, executive function, language, literacy, math, and vocabulary skills.
MS Beginnings: Pre-K meets the requirements of the MS Early Learning Guidelines:
Special thanks to the Boston Public Schools Department of Early Childhood for their guidance and support in the creation of MS Beginnings: Pre-K. The curriculum is derived from Boston’s Focus on Early Learning curriculum. The child outcomes evidence-based research can be found at this link: Teacher as Researcher — Focus on Early Learning (bpsearlylearning.org).
For additional child-outcome evidence-based information about the MS Beginnings: Pre-K Curriculum, please see this document: The Research Supporting Mississippi Beginnings. This document is designed to provide early childhood education partners with a better understanding of Mississippi’s state-funded program pre-k curriculum and its evidence-based foundation. Additional support materials are available upon request from the Office of Early Childhood Education.
UPDATE 8.9.2024: Public Schools please click here to learn more about Online Ordering.
Non-Public Schools please complete the MS Beginnings: Pre-K order form to ensure speedy delivery.
