FPS Curriculum and Resources
Since 2005, we've built our curriculum at FPS around helping kids fall in love with reading, starting with the Jolly Phonics program. Over the years, we’ve added in Handwriting Without Tears and elements of the Creative Curriculum to keep things fun, well-rounded, and flexible. We’re proud to offer a reading-focused foundation that helps every child grow with confidence and curiosity!
JOLLY PHONICS - Jolly Learning provides engaging, research-based programs that empower children to become confident readers and writers. Our multi-sensory approach, featuring the acclaimed Jolly Phonics program, brings literacy to life through songs, stories, actions, and interactive activities. With flexible, fun, and adaptable materials, Jolly Learning supports teachers and inspires a love of language in every child.
Handwriting Without Tears
Driven by the Science of Reading
With our clear, systematic instruction and child-friendly methods, we streamline the learning process, keeping students engaged from uppercase through to cursive letters.
Explicit instruction combined with guided practice to promote handwriting automaticity.
Developmentally appropriate sequence flows from Pre-K–6.
Seamlessly integrates with literacy curricula for effective handwriting instruction.
Hands-on tools build vocabulary and alphabet knowledge prior to writing.
Multisensory activities engage all learners and develop fine motor skills.
Research-backed curriculum with an intuitive and customizable design. “is a proven success in making legible and fluent handwriting an easy and automatic skill for all students. HWT uses fun, entertaining, and educationally sound instructional methods to teach handwriting to all students: pre-k through cursive.”
creative curriculum
The Creative Curriculum for Preschool empowers children to be confident, creative, and caring learners through play-based, hands-on investigations—a research-based approach that incorporates language, literacy, and mathematics throughout the day.