Early Childhood

Creative Curriculum Publisher Buys ‘LearningGames’ Maker

By Linda Jacobson — June 05, 2007 1 min read
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Teaching Strategies Inc., the Washington-based early-childhood-education company that publishes the widely used Creative Curriculum program, has acquired MindNurture, a Hillsborough, N.C.-based publisher of educational materials used in home-visiting programs. Such programs help parents learn how to engage in educational activities with their children.

MindNurture’s leading product is LearningGames, first used in the 1970s by the Abecedarian Project.

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For background, previous stories, and Web links, read Prekindergarten.

LearningGames focuses on developing language in children from birth through age 5 and promotes parents’ understanding of their children’s development, as well as their participation in early-childhood education.

“Teaching Strategies’ curriculum materials take a very similar approach to that used in the Abecedarian classrooms,” Joseph Sparling, a co-founder of MindNurture, said in a press release last month. “I think this partnership will result in the advancement of the early-childhood field.”

More information on both programs is available at www.teachingstrategies.com.

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A version of this article appeared in the June 06, 2007 edition of Education Week

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