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    Preschoolers (4-5)

    Goals for Preschoolers (4-5)

    Curriculum Framework

    Social and Emotional Skills
    • Respects and shows concern for friends
    • Accepts and responds to teacher’s suggestions and authority
    • Plays cooperatively with others
    • Seeks to solve problems using problem solving skills
    • Resolves conflicts appropriately through use of words
    • Shows empathy towards other children
    • Demonstrates confidence and pride in self
    • Participates and attends to activities such as circle time and learning activities for a longer period of time
    Language Skills
    Listening
    • Listens quietly to stories read aloud with lengthening attention span
    • Follows a sequence of three simple directions
    • Identifies the main idea of pictures and stories
    • Responds to a story by recalling basic details and answering questions
    • Predicts what will happen next in a story
    • Retells the main events in a story
    Speaking
    • Speaks clearly and fluently
    • Verbalizes wants and needs
    • Waits for turn speaking during group activities such as circle time
    • Effectively communicates in complete sentences
    • Contributes to group discussions
    • Uses expanding vocabulary
    Literacy
    • Is aware of environmental print such as names of friends, center signs, etc
    • Recognizes and uses left to bottom progression
    • Recognizes and uses top to bottom progression
    • Identifies and produces rhyming words
    • Identifies the parts of a book such as cover, title, back of the book, spine of the book etc
    • Identifies likenesses and differences
    • Identifies upper- and lower-case letters
    • Identifies letter sounds
    Fine Motor Skills
    • Independently strings small beads
    • Independently puts together 10+ piece puzzles
    • Appropriately uses scissors with control to cut along straight and curved lines
    • Uses crayons with control and mature grip
    • Draws a human figure with body parts
    • Begins to write first and last name using appropriate capitalization (“John Smith”)
    • Ability to feed self independently using utensils
    Gross Motor Skills
    • Throws and catches a ball
    • Jumps on two feet in place
    • Hops from one foot to the other
    • Kicks a ball forward
    Self-Reliance Skills
    • Able to identify own name, gender, and age, and birthday
    • Recognizes, names, and points to body parts such as head, face parts, chin, arms, hands, legs, knees, feet, etc.
    • Independently puts toys and supplies away
    • Independently displays self-help skills such as toileting, hand washing, putting on shoes and coat and zipping
    • Follows directions
    • Uses work materials properly as well as cleans when finished
    • Independently follows classroom routines
    • Works when appropriate on given tasks
    • Works cooperatively in small groups
    • Seeks only fair share of teachers’ attention
    • Works neatly
    Math Skills
    • Rote counts to 30
    • Identifies numbers 1-30
    • Uses 1:1 correspondence of objects to 10
    • Orders numerals in sequence 0-9
    • Identifies and draws shapes such as circle, triangle, square, rectangle, oval, heart, rhombus (diamond)
    • Produces a simple pattern of objects
    • Names/recognizes penny, nickel, dime, quarter, dollar
    • Categorizes objects by shapes, colors, sizes, textures
    • Knows opposite words (hot/cold)
    • Knows directional and positional words (up/down)
    • Applies the concept of more than, less than, equal and not equal
    • Adds and subtracts up to 10 objects
    • Recognizes concepts of calendar time using appropriate vocabulary (days of the week, months of the year)
    Science & Health Skills
    • Makes predictions before experiments
    • Collects data and records results using graphs or lists
    • Seeks information through observation and exploration
    • Identifies and uses 5 senses (when appropriate) during exploration
    • Observes and describes properties of different kinds of objects and how they are used (clay, wood, cloth, paper, etc.)
    Social Studies Skills
    • Identifies similarities and differences in people
    • Begins to understand how people rely on others for goods and services
    • Identifies and describes the jobs of various “helpers” in the community
    • Explores the use of technology and how the use of technology affects life
    • Understands basic rules, how to follow them, and why rules are important and necessary
    • Begins to understand what it means to be a leader
    • Recognizes and understands the concept of change in various settings
    • Understands the meaning of celebrated holidays and special days in the community