The IPC’s preschool curriculum is a researched syllabus with a mixture of outcome, objective, play and inquiry based learning approaches.  Designed by curricula experts, the curriculum is further peer reviewed by an advisory committee to ensure educational relevance and rigor.   The curriculum contains twenty thematic units designed to be implemented over a two to six week period.   In order to ensure that the curriculum covers the developmental domains, there are seven core content learning areas which include numeracy, language arts, social and emotional skills, social sciences, creative and visual arts, technology and science, and physical development and motor skills.  There are approximately a dozen sub-content learning areas such as multiculturalism and current affairs.

As a curriculum that is designed to be developmentally appropriate for 3 – 6 year olds, the IPC enjoys global recognition with minor exceptions.  The IPC is aligned to NAEYC standards and other accreditation agencies.  The IPC has published supplements for governmental compliance purposes and has been praised by government departments for its quality.

The IPC reviews, edits and updates the curriculum quarterly to ensure that materials are current and reflect best sector practices in curricula development.  In addition to the IPC’s commitment to academic research conducted by an in-house research and development team, the IPC also has lab preschool projects, a project that is made possible with the collaboration of several University departments around the world.  The IPC’s most recent lab project, headed by a Professor at Brown University looks at the impact the curriculum has on children whose native language is not English, but where learning English alongside their native language has been deemed imperative by parents and teachers.

Aside from being a preschool curriculum that is based on a combination of established educational principles, the IPC also believes that standardized teaching practices, assessment and learning targets are desirable in achieving a measurable outcome.   For this reason, the IPC may be used to strengthen national or state recommended curricula or as a supplementary to curricula such as Montessori or the Reggio Emilia approach among others.  There is a comprehensive assessment framework designed to ensure that the suggested learning targets are recorded by teachers and available for teacher valuation purposes.

The IPC offers two distinct versions of the curriculum.  Please see  IPC Home Based Preschool Curriculum for the home daycare version.

The curriculum is available to all IPC members and franchisees at no additional charge.