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The Vocabulary Improvement Project (VIP) is a professional development program for early childhood educators. It compliments Leap Learning Systems’ Pre-Literacy and Language Preschool Curriculum, but can be used alone as well. The program trains teachers to teach effective literacy and communication development in pre-kindergarten classrooms. VIP is unique in that it provides resources and training for teachers as well as parents, helping to lay the vital foundation for children’s academic success.
The VIP is a themed reading and preliteracy program (30 lessons) readily adaptable by teacher or parent to support ongoing classroom or home-based curricula and activities.
The VIP adapts to a regular schedule of preschool, kindergarten or home based activities:
This program can run for half a year or a full school year. Leap Learning Systems’ staff will first observe the teachers they will be working with in their classroom setting, and then tailor the VIP to their specific needs. Leap Learning Systems’ staff will model VIP activities for the teachers, and then help them and observe them as they learn to lead the activities and language techniques on their own.
Our Vocabulary Improvment Project is founded on the principles that words are tools…
…to think.
…to speak.
…to read.
…to solve problems.
…to understand.
…to imagine.
…to build a future.
Without words we could not accomplish any of these tasks. Without words, we would lack the fundamental building blocks of success—both in academics and in life. Our programs helps children from low-resource backgrounds learn how to use words to think, speak, to imagine, and to creatively interact with others.