Getting Started with FunShine Express^®

Thank you for choosing FunShine Express! The following links offer an overview of our curricula and provide implementation and teaching tips.

Buttercups Quick Start: Unboxing Your Order

Fireflies Quick Start: Unboxing Your Order

Getting Started Guide
Guidance on implementation, tips on parent engagement, assessment, observation, behavior management, and more.

Using Buttercups Curriculum - A Writer's Perspective
Information and tips for using Start Your Day, Infant, Center, and Theme Activities.

Using Fireflies Curriculum - A Writer's Perspective
Information and tips for using Start Your Day, Language/Literacy, Math, Creative Arts, Transitions, Learning Centers, and End Your Day Activities.

Program Overview
Research and theory behind curriculum programs. Includes guidance on working with young children, program implementation, individualizing instruction, and assessment.

Educational Philosophy
Our philosophy on Developmentally Appropriate Practice and the research behind our curriculum.