The Texas pre-k essentials allow for a foundation for learning to be established. The rich language input is essential for communication, as the student develops. Being able to maintain and build on interests will lead them to be self learners and take control of the information they want/need. Setting fewer restrictions and more choicees will allow for more freedom and critical thinking, like evaluating all that is before them.
A spiraling and scaffolding curriculum gives the student ample time to internalize concepts and skills. It is like constructing a building, it begins with a good foundation and then one brick/floor laid on top of the other. One example of scaffolding curriculum is the concept of reading. The TEKS expects the student to first learn to idenfiy print letters. Then, it continues with phonics/phonemes. It then builds on clusters, syllables and words(vocabulary). Those words are translated into sentences and messages. Comprehension then gets developed to help students be good fluent readers of various texts.
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