HighScope menggunakan pendekatan pembelajaran aktif yang berpusat pada anak, dengan fokus pada proses "Plan-Do-Review" (Merencanakan, Melakukan, dan Meninjau).
The KDIs of HighScope Early Childhood Education Program are spread across eight contents areas:
- Approaches to learning
- Social and emotional development
- Physical development and health
- Language, literacy and communication
- Mathematics
- Creative arts
- Science and technology
- Social studies
