Connect4Learning uses a project-based approach, in which children work toward a larger goal, such as playing a coral-reef scavenger hunt or converting their classroom into a museum throughout a curriculum unit. High-interest learning centers that support and extend children’s growing understandings in social-emotional skills, science, literacy, and mathematics are a fundamental part of daily lessons. Each lesson is tailored to fit the schedule and requirements of our classroom setting. Observation opportunities and individualized instruction strategies are also built into the curriculum.

Using research-based and classroom-tested foundations for learning, the author team designed six curriculum units that are focused on supporting children’s development of ten comprehensive cognitive processes. These core processes are both domain specific and applicable across all four learning domains.