Teaching Strategies, Inc. (TSI) hosts and manages two opt-in permission based e-mail lists. You must subscribe to these lists to recieve them. TSI NEVER adds e-mail addresses to these lists without explicit permission.

TSI E-Newsletter is a closed list. That means that subscribers recieve information, but don't respond. The Creative Curriculum e-mail discussion list is an open list that allows subscribers to send questions, ideas, and comments to everyone on the list.

TSI E-Newsletter

The free monthly TSI E-Newsletter is published once a month list to provide readers with:

• feature articles by TSI authors and staff
• related resources and links
• the latest news about developments at TSI 
• special online bookshop discounts
• information on new products, conferences, and services
• important events and developments in the field of early childhood education 
• "special edition" announcements about upcoming events and/or product releases.

Privacy and Anti- SPAM Assurance: We respect your privacy! We will not sell, trade or rent your personal information (including your e-mail address) to others. We do not send SPAM (unwanted marketing e-mail that is sent to people who have not provided their permission.) By subscribing to our E-mail Newsletter, you are providing us with permission to send you e-mail that may contain information about our products.

We hope you will pass the newsletter on to others. We are happy to hear your ideas and comments about the newsletter, and invite you to submit feedback. Simply e-mail our e-newsletter editor at

NOTE: this is not an online discussion group. You will not be able to post e-mail, you will only receive e-mail from us, but we do invite you to sign up for our Creative Curriculum e-mail discussion group.

How To Subscribe to the TSI E-Mail Newsletter 

Simply enter your e-mail address in the box in the "Join Our Community" area on the home page or on the Join Our Community Page, click the E-News from Teaching Strategies box, hit submit, and soon you will receive a confirmation and instructions.

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1. Go to our Unsubscribe page
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The Creative Curriculum E-Mail Discussion List

TSI's e-mail discussion group is a free "opt-in", non-commercial ListServe service owned by TSI, and hosted by Bookzone.com. The group is open to anyone, but is comprised primarily of educators who share ideas about their work by e-mail.

When you subscribe, your e-mail address is added to a list that other members can't see unless you send an e-mail to the group. This e-mail is only distributed only to people who have subscribed or provided their expressed permission.

The list allows you to post questions, share ideas, and discuss concepts about The Creative Curriculum^® and other related topics with hundreds of educators from around the world. Our authors and staff also participate on the list, and frequently answer questions and share new ideas.

Be prepared! This is a very active list! There can be as many as 12-25 posts per day, or as few as 2. If the list is interesting to you, but is overwhelming your e-mail box, you can change your subscription to "Digest" version, which means you will get only one e-mail with all of the posts during a 24 hour period.

The list is managed and moderated by the web editor and other staff. If you have problems, questions, or concerns, please  

Privacy and Anti- SPAM Assurance

We respect your privacy! We will not sell, trade or rent your personal information (including your e-mail address) to others.

We do not send SPAM (unwanted marketing e-mail that is sent to people who have not provided their permission.) By subscribing to The Creative Curriculum e-mail discussion group, you agree to allow our system to send you e-mail from other members, and to allow TSI to send you related e-mail.

Still concerned? Read more about our Privacy Policy or send your questions by completing our Customer Service Inquiry Form.

The List Owner

The TSI E-Newsletter is owned by TSI and hosted by Bookzone.com.

TSI is a dynamic publishing and training company that is committed to making a difference in the lives of children birth through age eight and their families. Our mission is to enhance the quality of early childhood programs by offering the highest quality curriculum materials, training programs, parenting resources, and staff development services that are practical, developmentally appropriate, responsive to the needs of the field, and representative of the most innovative thinking.

Our e-mail discussion group helps us achieve our mission by providing a support forum for educators who use The Creative Curriculum where they can share information, ask questions, and discuss concepts and additional resources.

How To Subscribe

Simply enter your e-mail address in the box in the "Join Our Community" area on the home page or on the Join Our Community Page, click the "Creative Curriculum List" box, hit submit, and soon you will receive a confirmation and instructions.

How to change to or subscribe to Digest (1 post per day):

Are you overwhelmed with e-mail? Instead of getting each message from the list separately, you may subscribe to the digest version of the list, which is simply one post that contains all of the messages that were sent during the previous 24 hours.

1. Go to our Manage Lists page
2. Click in the Subscribe to the Creative Curriculum Digest
3. Enter the e-mail address you originally used to subscribe into the box
4. Click submit

If you continue to experience problems, and let us know, we will be happy to help you.

How to Unsubscribe from the Creative Curriculum E-Mail Discussion Group List

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1. Go to our Manage Lists page
2. Click in the Unsubscribe from the Creative Curriculum ListServ or Digest
3. Enter the e-mail address you originally used to subscribe into the box
4. Click submit

If you continue to experience problems, please contact Customer Service at

How to send e-mail to the group

Once you have subscribed to the list, You can send e-mail to the group two ways:

1. By preparing and sending an e-mail to: .
2. By hitting the "reply" button on your e-mail program after reading a message from the list

When you post to , your message will be sent to each subscriber on the list.

To send a message to all members of The Creative Curriculum Discussion Group, use a message with the following form:

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From: Jill Smith ( jill@xyz.com)
To: cc@lists.teachingstrategies.com
Subject: Setting up the dramatic play area

I need ideas to spruce up my dramatic play area. Does anyone have ideas?
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Rules and Netiquette

The purpose of The Creative Curriculum e-mail discussion group is to allow early childhood educators to exchange ideas related to the use of The Creative Curriculum. We expect our subscribers to follow our e-mail discussion group policies and general rules of "netiquette".

The main thing you you need to know about ListServes, you learned in kindergarten! Like your kindergarten teacher and like you, we have rules. First of all, list members are expected to demonstrate respect for the views of others on the list in all online conversations. We expect that people will disagree, but subscribers should express dissenting ideas with consideration. The use of profanity, derogatory comments, or defamatory statements is prohibited. In general, please be polite!

More Specific Rules about The Creative Curriculum, list:

1. Subscription Requests: Do not post your request to leave the list to the list. If you would like to change your subscription, please complete the unsubscribe request form or follow the directions to change to digest listed above.
   
2. Subject lines: Use clear subject lines that reflect the contents of your message.
   
3. Short responses: Do not send one-line responses or other responses that do not add substantively to the discussion.
   
4. Long responses: If your post is very long, please add "(LONG)" to the subject line.
   
5. Excerpt the previous message: When you respond to a post, it is helpful to have the context of the post, but please cut out those parts of that message that are not relevant to your response. Don't include the entire previous message in your reply. (Be selective.)
   
6. Copyrighted materials: Members are prohibited from posting copyrighted information to the list. Also, please be aware that all e-mail messages are considered copyrighted by the author of the message. It is illegal and unethical to forward another person's e-mail message to the list without permission from that person.
   
7. Signatures: Please "sign" all of your messages. It is often helpful to include your professional affiliation that relates to your membership in the group.
   
8. Postings to individual members: Many times, it's more appropriate to respond to the sender directly, rather than the post. If you think your response may not interest most of the members, you should send a reply to an individual list member only. To do so, change the address in the "To:" field of your outgoing message to that individual member's e-mail address, not the list discussion address.
   
9. ECE Jobs and Conference/Event Announcements: Job and conference or event announcements that are related to Early Childhood Education generally are appropriate.
   
10. Commercial Posts: Commercial postings ARE NOT acceptable, unless they are from Teaching Strategies, Inc.
    
11. Attachments: Attachments are prohibited. If you need to exchange documents with other members, please do so directly, and not through the list.
    
12. Questionnaires: Posting a questionnaire or other type of survey to the list IS NOT acceptable. If you would like list members to complete a survey, send a URL to an online survey, or ask members to contact you so you can send it to them directly.
    
13. Chain letters: Chain letters or Internet folklore are prohibited.
    
14. Personal messages: It IS NOT appropriate to post personal messages to the list. Please send the e-mail directly to the recipient.
    
15. "Out Of Office" automatic responders: If you plan to use an "Out of Office" automatic reply feature on your e-mail system while you are away, please leave the list until you return, and then re-subscribe. These automatic e-mails cause a great deal of disruption to the list.

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Disclaimer

Since The Creative Curriculum e-mail discussion ListServe is open to anyone who subscribes, and because we cannot screen or edit postings, TSI is not responsible for the content of the communications you receive from other members of the group. However, subscribers who abuse our policies will be removed from the list.