Reviewing the Future of Early Excellence: Discover & Grow

A research-based preschool curriculum that fosters growth, honors diversity, and connects families to learning every day.

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Our Core Pedagogical Pillars

Discover & Grow is built on four key pillars that nurture the “whole child” and provide meaningful, inclusive learning experiences for every preschooler.

IEP & IFSP Support

Lessons embed practical strategies and scaffolding to ensure every child can succeed. Activities are tailored to individual IEP or IFSP goals, enabling children with diverse learning needs to confidently engage in meaningful challenges and reach their full potential in an inclusive classroom.

Cultural & Linguistic Responsiveness

Lessons are designed to reflect the cultural, racial, and linguistic diversity of each classroom. Materials honor home languages and family experiences, allowing teachers to tailor instruction to their students’ unique backgrounds and help every child feel valued and included.

DRDP & PTKLF Alignment

Our system actively maps PTKLF standards to CA DRDP 2025 measures, supporting a seamless connection between the frameworks. This mapping enables meaningful assessment, giving teachers actionable data to track progress, tailor instruction, and maintain a closed-loop approach between learning goals and classroom practice.

Family Partnership

Learning doesn’t stop at the classroom door — it extends into the home. Parents receive daily updates, progress highlights, and curated home activities, turning them into active educational partners. This close collaboration ensures every child receives consistent guidance and support to thrive.

Family Connection

Empowering Parents as First Teachers

Discover & Grow fosters a strong connection between classroom and home, keeping parents actively engaged in their child’s learning journey.

Real-Time Engagement

Parents receive daily updates, photos, and videos of their child’s progress, helping them stay informed and involved in real time.

Home Learning Activities

Families get curated, developmentally appropriate activities to reinforce classroom lessons at home, extending learning beyond the school day.

Two-Way Communication

A direct line between educators and families ensures consistent support and alignment in each child’s development.

Linguistic Equity

All family-facing content is automatically translatable, so no parent is left out due to language barriers.

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Want to see how Discover & Grow brings early learning to life? Watch the short video to see how each lesson fosters growth, inclusion, and meaningful learning experiences for every child.

Success Story

Merced City School District

The Challenge

“Moving beyond traditional, paper-heavy models to meet CA-UPK Guidance and high P-3 alignment standards while supporting a diverse student population.”

Solution Highlights

Automated Alignment

One-click mapping to PTKLF & DRDP 2025 standards.

Unified Assessment

Seamlessly blends daily lessons with real-time data collection.

Equity at Scale

Resources in 100+ languages to support DLL & SEL integration.

Sustainable

Uses everyday materials, eliminating expensive replenishment kits.

Teacher Success: Reduce planning time, allowing focus on child-led play.

Unified Assessment: Integrate lessons and data collection seamlessly.

Student Engagement: Keep kids excited with dynamic, hands-on activities.

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Why Educators Trust Curriculum Genie

At Curriculum Genie, teachers, families, and students are at the heart of everything we do. Get a glimpse of the smiles we see every day!

"We found that the activities were very clear to follow. We followed the steps, all the materials were clearly stated, and everything was found in the classroom."

Janice Galarza

Project Manager EarlyLearning

"I love how formative assessments are structured. It's not just a quiz-it helps the teacher see what students are producing and measure actual understanding."

Angela Lalor

ASCD author and curriculum consultant

"Learning Genie builds full, detailed units-not just lesson plans-with all the components teachers need. It still takes hours with many other Al tools, but this streamlines the whole process."

Matt Miller

Author, Ditch That Textbook

"In inquiry-based learning, students drive the questions, but finding structured ways to teach those concepts is hard. Learning Genie bridges that gap beautifully."

Allison White

Former Principal, Bagby Elementary School at Cambrian School District. Teacher at Los Altos Elementary School District

"Learning Genie supports child-led interactions, which aligns with recent findings that peer-to-peer engagement yields better long-term outcomes than teacher-led instruction."

Denise Polt

Elementary School Principal

"Curriculum Genie supports student input and district-wide Portrait of a Graduate implementation, to help teachers prepare higher quality lessons and learning."

Chad Mabery

Assistant Superintendent of Instructional Services at Laguna Beach Unified School District

"I'm already thinking about my next step sand rolling it out to our coaches who can start using this for their PL and start working with our teachers on it. It's great!"

Kim Beckwith

Program Manager ll, Preschool, Fresno USD

"The ability to customize lessons for IEP students and English learners, while embedding cultural responsiveness, is incredibly powerful. This tool gives teachers a head start in creating inclusive learning environments."

Tammy Flowers

Assistant Director of Early Childhood

"I love the Al generation that's built in.The bottom line is, I'm trying to get teachers to spend less time doing trivial tasks that a classroom assistant can do and have them focus on spending time engaging with students. Teachers always have to cite the learning objective. But with Learning Genie, it's already in the plan."

Kimberly Voge

TOSA at Laguna Beach School District

"Instead of spending 200 hours building a pacing guide, I can now have the same quality curriculum in 20 minutes! The Al tool is designed to fill in the gaps. We do have entire curriculum builds from ages 2-5 that can be easily adapted. If you see a hole, the Al can redesign it for that."

Gene Shi

Co-founder/CEO

"Other Al lesson planners do parts of this, but they don't do it all. The depth and usability here is unlike anything else. What blew me away is how adaptable it is. It even includes English learner supports and suggests engagement strategies based on student needs."

Christina Miramontes

Science Ecology Teacher at Cielo Vista Charter; EduProtocols FieldGuide: Science Edition Author; NGSS Core Leader & Early Implementer

"Before, creating something like this was hours of work. Now it's done before my coffee is cold. My students do seem more engaged because they're more vocal. They're just feeling more comfortable about expressing things."

Jon Corippo

Co-founder of EduProtocols

"CG doesn't just help teachers save time-it enhances instructional quality. Everything is in one place, and the process supports meaningful collaboration while honoring learner variability in every classroom."

Robert Mayfield

Social Studies Department Chair at Ripon High School

"On Connecting Practices:" ...connecting the dots between the protocols and the practices, and the attributes of the portrait of a graduate. I think that's really good." Seamless integration is what makes tools like this valuable. They meet teachers where they are, without overwhelming them."

Bill Bass

Innovation Coordinator for Instructional Technology at Parkway School District, Missouri. Former ISTE Board of Directors President

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