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| Cognitively Oriented Pre-Primary Experience (COPE). A comprehensive, sequentially programmed, pre-primary curriculum and management system that provides for individual developmental growth and learning of basic readiness skills. |
Description Cognitively Oriented Pre-Primary Experience (COPE)'s wide range of activities and objectives (3-6 years developmentally) makes it effective for use with pre-primary children from varied socioeconomic backgrounds and with varied learning needs. It is appropriate for students in pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, and early first grade, including those with developmental lags and learning disabilities. The program is diagnostic/prescriptive. Based on the child's skills and development at entry, he/she works through a series of activities to reach advanced objectives. With its well-defined, step-by-step, closely sequenced levels, the curriculum is extremely helpful both in determining a child's needs and in stimulating outstanding intellectual and language growth. Each level is essentially a mini-lesson plan complete with objective, materials, method, and evaluation. Children pursue the objectives through individualized, small-group, and large-group instruction as well as in free-inquiry situations. The program contains lessons in perceptual-motor, conceptual language, math/science development, as well as social studies, health/safety, art, and music. Teachers, paraprofessionals, and parents who attend a COPE workshop not only learn to use the curriculum materials, but also come to understand how to put the program to use in their own particular situations. The program addresses Goal 1 of the National Goals for Education by providing a high quality, developmentally appropriate program that helps prepare children for school and also provides support and training for parents. Training, implementation, and follow-up services are available to adopters (costs to be negotiated). One set of curriculum materials is required per classroom.
Developmental Funding: USOE ESEA Title III.
JDRP No. 75-49 (5/16/75)
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