"We are so excited to see research become a living, breathing curriculum that combines tremendous child appeal with comprehensive teaching strategies!” Drs. Craig T. Ramey and Sharon Landesman Ramey Directors of the Georgetown University Center on Health and Education "You have done a remarkable job in developing rich themes with strong research-based cognitive development remembering the important inclusion of play and children's choice.” Susan Gunnewig, early childhood expert, co-author Head Start STEP Training, Texas Prekindergarten Guidelines "The complete program is powerful because it ties all of the curriculum areas, daily routines, and parental involvement together nicely.” Learning® Magazine’s Teachers’ Choice Award "As soon as the InvestiGator Club was introduced to our program, I knew instantly that it would be a hit. The curriculum touches every developmental domain of early childhood education in way that no other curriculum has done for us in the past.” Amy Small, Early Childhood Facilitator, Evanston, IL "Essentially, the program takes scientific evidence documenting "best practices” and puts it into action in the classroom.” Drs. Craig T. Ramey and Sharon Landesman Ramey Directors of the Georgetown University Center on Health and Education "The curriculum guides are impressive because they are easy to understand and support the implementation of the curriculum for the busy early childhood teacher.” Susan Gunnewig, early childhood expert, co-author Head Start STEP Training, Texas Prekindergarten Guidelines "Love it, love it, love it. I love the music, the literature, the animals. There is something for every type of learner. You can hear, see, and touch.” Sue Banion, JCC of Chicago "It has tremendously helped in the classroom with both planning and assessing our students. ” Jennifer Medica, Kangaroo Korner, Forest Park, IL "I’m thrilled that InvestiGator Club is strongly correlated with the newly released U.S. Dept. of Education's National Early Literacy Panel report.” Susan Gunnewig, early childhood expert, co-author Head Start STEP Training, Texas Prekindergarten Guidelines "First, the authors compiled essential skills as cited in national and state standards. They built their scope and sequence around these skills, building in regular, explicit instruction and practice across learning domains. Then they created the components and teaching plan to deliver it.” Drs. Craig T. Ramey and Sharon Landesman Ramey Directors of the Georgetown University Center on Health and Education "The children can really relate to the characters, and it has significantly increased their vocabulary with predictions, investigations, etc.” Mrs. Mathis, Calvary Child Development Center, Charlotte, NC "I have never seen my kids this excited to learn in the few years I’ve been teaching pre-K. Thank you for creating such an amazing curriculum for 4-year-olds.” Ms. Johns, Kids Kastle Learning Center, Hartselle, AL "The InvestiGator Club curriculum should be considered by Head Start grantees looking for scientific research curriculum as mandated in the Head Start Act of 2007. Susan Gunnewig, early childhood expert, co-author Head Start STEP Training, Texas Prekindergarten Guidelines The design is beautiful, the format is teacher-friendly and the props are child engaging. The InvestiGator Club curriculum has allowed the children a research based, holistic learning opportunity, which has proven to be highly effective by the results of our year-end outcome reports.” Amy Small, Early Childhood Facilitator, Evanston, IL "You have accomplished the difficult task of creating a totally integrated program that provides developmentally appropriate and effective instruction for all children. Also, we love your use of fully developed characters and story to make learning meaningful.” Kaye Stripling, Former superintendent Houston ISD "The research study shows a statistically significant gain across all ten domains for children after a year in the Prekindergarten Learning System.” Educational Research Institute of America (ERIA) "(Child with autism) has fallen IN LOVE with the puppet Chuck Wood! The amazing thing about her is that she has begun to have imaginative play with this little puppet and we have seen her emerge and actually is motivated to work and complete jobs.” Gina Casagrande, Teacher, Moorepark Unified School District, CA "Our main interest is putting a solid curriculum into teachers' hands to support our young children's development. The InvestiGator Club is just that!” Susan Gunnewig, early childhood expert, co-author Head Start STEP Training, Texas Prekindergarten Guidelines "My daughter is using the InvestiGator Club at her Head Start. She is doing so incredibly well... I cannot express how happy it makes me to hear her singing the songs and talking about Dilly Gator and Rosalita Sausalita!! It shows that she is enjoying learning! It really is an incredible program. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!” Sarah, Parent, San Antonio