FAQ

Highlights Early Learning guarantees 100% satisfaction. To return an order, contact Customer Experience. To qualify for a full refund and hassle-free returns, materials must be returned within 60 days from delivery date.

Shipping will be automatically calculated at checkout. Highlights will choose the best shipping method for standard delivery. Most orders for available kits are shipped within 72 hours.

Highlights Preschool With a Purpose will ship within 3-8 business days of your order. The order arrives in 3 separate boxes including 1 box with the Starter Kit and 2 boxes with the Monthly Theme Collection Kits. All will be delivered on the same day or within days of each other, depending on the carrier, so you’ll be all set to start the 2024-2025 school year!

You can make changes to your order, shipping address, or payment method through contacting our customer experience team

State and local taxes will be added to the total amount of your order, if applicable. If your preschool is tax exempt, be sure to include your tax exemption certificate to qualify for zero sales tax.

We designed Highlights Preschool With a Purpose with a research-backed approach that features the best practices in foundational learning to provide early childhood educators with the resources you need to create the best learning environment possible. This comprehensive, full school-year program provides play-based, hands-on experiences delivered through individualized, joyful learning experiences.

Highlights Preschool With a Purpose recognizes the need for flexibility and ease of use in the classroom, plus support for teachers and resources to build connections with parents.

YOU are their role models, and we are here to help you create a classroom that will buzz with children’s curiosity and the connections they are making all year long.

Our content focuses on the timeless, enduring work of childhood: growing to be CURIOUS, CREATIVE, CARING, and CONFIDENT kids through JOYFUL LEARNING.

We encourage curiosity by tapping into kids’ interests and creating opportunities to question and explore. We give them the freedom to engage in new experiences using their natural curiosity.

We encourage creativity by celebrating self-expression and creative problem-solving. By fostering open-ended play and conversation and encouraging kids to figure things out for themselves, we nurture imagination and discovery.

We encourage caring by sharing our stories and the stories of others, giving children a chance to note our similarities and differences and to practice empathy, respect, and kindness.

We encourage confidence by creating opportunities for children to succeed, fail, and learn. We want kids to know they’re capable and to recognize their own worth.

Yes! On our website, you’ll see an option to pay over time on our full preschool curriculum for as little as $135 per month for one year. You also have the option to pay over a 3-month period.

Each purchase of the full 10-month Highlights Preschool With a Purpose curriculum comes with two accounts, one for the center director and one classroom account for the teacher.

Highlights Preschool With a Purpose can be used year after year. Consumable items  used in the prior year, such as student writing journals, teacher weekly planner, and weekly family newsletter, are available for purchase. Access to the Preschool With a Purpose digital planner can be renewed each year for a competitive fee.

Individual items for replacement may be available to schools who purchase Highlights Preschool With a Purpose by contacting Customer Experience.

Yes! You can sign up to receive one FREE week of the February Monthly Theme Collection Kit here.

The curriculum comes with materials for classrooms of 24 children. Expansion packs containing 6 copies of the Family Newsletters, Student Writing Journals, and assessment materials are available to supplement the curriculum kits.

Each Starter Kit comes with four Highlights Kindness Collection Books, and many of the puzzles and other fun activities that kids and grown-ups know and enjoy are included in the curriculum. Watch for more new preschool solutions from Highlights Early Learning in 2024! Sign up now and be among the first to know!

You know your school, teachers, and students best! We built Preschool With a Purpose based on insights we gathered from early childhood educators and with the realities of busy classrooms in mind. That’s why our solution makes lesson planning simpler, provides clear organization for ease of use, and engages young learners in kid-directed play that fosters curiosity, creativity, caring, and confidence.

Highlights Preschool With a Purpose provides everything, so you don’t need to create your own curriculum! The engaging lessons, activities, and resources provide everything for your entire school day, including circle time and learning centers. The materials are easily adaptable to fit your schedule and students’ interests while addressing the learning objectives.

Absolutely! Most of the curriculum materials can be used year after year without needing replenishment. But some consumables, like the student writing journals and weekly parent newsletters, will need to be replenished once they’ve been used. We have easy options in place for when that time comes.

Preschool With a Purpose brings joyful play to each preschool day from the start of the school year in September all the way through June of the following year.

• Mindful Bodies and Movement
• Understanding Emotions
• Building Friendships
• Empathy and Compassion
• Problem-Solving Skills
• Gratitude and Appreciation
• Communication and Listening
• Caring for Animals and Pets
• Responsibility and Accountability
• Environmental Awareness 

Kindness Connections contains 30 individual lessons; three for each of the 10 themes. 

No, there is no set order to Kindness Connections. It is designed to integrate flexibly and seamlessly into any existing curriculum to enhance your classroom’s social-emotional learning (SEL) and practices. The themes were created to complement units you already teach, such as Friendship, Health, Thanksgiving, and Earth Day.

No. Kindness Connections is designed to work independently from Preschool With a Purpose. It is an enhancement to any curriculum. 

Not at this time. Follow us on social media to find out about product updates, options, and new products. 

Because Kindness Connections is a supplemental product and not a core curriculum, alignment to state standards is not generally required. 

Kindness Connections offers no expansion packs for classes over 24 students. Follow us on social media to find out about product updates, options, and new products. For smaller classes, you can use materials across multiple years. 

Kindness Connections is designed specifically for early learning center classrooms of up to 24 preschoolers. 

We don’t provide the books in the Kindness Connections kit or on our website, but we are intentional in selecting titles that can be easily accessed at local libraries or purchased online. 

Click here to reach out to our customer experience team with your request. 

Kindness Connections is a complete enrichment kit. Join our email list to be the first to learn about any future product expansion offerings! 

Kindness Connections is our only enrichment kit with a social-emotional learning focus. We encourage you to join our email list to be the first to know about any future product expansion offerings! 

Kindness Connections provides teachers with teacher guides, detailed lesson instructions, reproducible templates, and take-home activities. Your school will need to provide basic school and craft supplies. The kit also includes lists, student journals, and—everyone’s favorite—stickers! 

No, Kindness Connections does not have a digital component. Everything you need for implementation is in your box!  

We designed Kindness Connections to plug into common themes and units to make implementation that much easier. Here are some ideas: 

• Mindful Bodies and Movement works well with New Year’s resolutions and health/nutrition.  
• Understanding Emotions works well with friendships and feelings.  
• Building Friendships works well with back to school and Valentine’s Day.  
• Empathy and Compassion works well with community helpers and Labor Day.  
• Problem-Solving Skills works well with friendship, families, feelings, and back to school. 
• Gratitude and Appreciation works well with Thanksgiving, friendships, family, and our community.  
• Communication and Listening works well with five senses and sports/teamwork. 
• Caring for Animals and Pets works well with pets and nature.  
• Responsibility and Accountability works well with farm, pets, and Earth Day. 
• Environmental Awareness works well with Earth Day.  

These are just some ideas! Teachers are welcome to put their own spin on Kindness Connections and adapt it to suit their needs and students.