Bright Start: A Cognitive Curriculum for Young Children
The Bright Start Program
Bright Start is a program that can help young children develop their ability to think. It is for use with children who normally perform in the 3- to 6-year-old range. It can help children in this range who are not having problems as well as those who haven’t had effective education and those who have learning difficulties. The primary goal of BRIGHT START is to "stretch the mind:" to help children understand how they learn and think. It can help them to learn new information, skills and attitudes towards learning.
As one member if our Bright Start International Committee, Jane Yeomans, notes, “Bright Start is important because it teaches children how to learn. This helps to promote independence and develop insight into their thinking.”
Currently the program is being used by classroom teachers, parents who are home schooling or providing supplemental education for their children, and by therapists working with individuals or small groups of children who are 3- to 8-year-old. For details on users from the needs assessment use this link.
How can I learn more?
How to obtain Bright Start CCYC
Workshops/Courses that will be available online and on-site (workshop are offered in multiple countries)
Forum for community communication
Perché Bright Start!
Why Bright Start!
Maria Teresa Mignone
Maria Teresa Mignone, formatrice, membro del Bright Start International Committee (trainer, member of the Bright Start International Committee).
Maggiori informazioni su Perché Bright Start! [in Italiano]
(Read more about Why Bright Start! [in Italian])
Rosanna Gallo, insegnante di sostegno presso la scuola elementare dell'Istituto Comprensivo di Santena (Support teacher at the primary school of the Comprehensive Institute of Santena, Turin)
Maggiori informazioni su Perché Bright Start! [in italiano]
(Read more about Why Bright Start! [in Italian])
Giuseppina Tebaldi, insegnante elementare presso l'Istituto Comprensivo di Santena spiega l'importanza di Bright Start.
(Classroom teacher at the primary school of the Comprehensive Insititute of Santena, Turin gives insight into the importance of Bright Start)
Maggiori informazioni su Perché Bright Start! [in italiano]
Valeria Azzariti, insegnante di sostegno presso la scuola primaria di Santena (Torino) spiega l'importanza di Bright Start. (Support teacher at the state primary school of Santena gives insight into the importance of Bright Start.)
Maggiori informazioni su Perché Bright Start! [in italiano]
Franca Grosso, insegnante presso la scuola primaria di Santena (Torino), dove Bright Start è applicato dalla maggioranza dei docenti (teacher at the state primary school of Santena, where Bright Start is used by a large proportion of teachers).
Maggiori informazioni su Perché Bright Start! [in italiano]
Donatella Mela, insegnante presso una scuola statale dell'infanzia di Torino. Da 25 anni adotta Bright Start. (Donatella Mela, a public kindergarten teach in Turin, has used Bright Start for 25 years.)
Why Bright Start
Perché Bright Start? In italiano.
A rispondere a questa domanda è Susanna Piacenza, presidente dell'associazione Multiproposta, psicopedagogista e ricercatrice universitaria! Susanna è anche membro del Bright Start International Advisory Committee. (Why Bright Start? In Italian. Susanna Piacenza, the president of the association Multiproposta, psychopedagogist and universitary researcher addresses this question! Susanna is also a member of the Bright Start International Advisory Committee.)