SOCIAL / EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Sense of Self
- Shows ability to adjust to new situations
- Demonstrates appropriate trust in adults
- Recognizes own feelings and manages them appropriately
- Stands up for rights
Responsibility for Self and Others
- Demonstrates self-direction and independence
- Takes responsibility for own well-being
- Respects and cares for classroom environment and materials
- Follows classroom routines
Follows classroom rules
Prosocial Behavior
Plays well with other children
- Recognizes the feelings of others and responds appropriately
- Shares and respects the rights of others
- Uses thinking skills to resolve conflicts
PHSYCIAL DEVELOPMENT
Gross Motor
- Demonstrates basic locomotor skills (running, jumping, hopping, galloping)
- Shows balance while moving
- Climbs up and down
- Pedals and steers a tricycle (or other wheeled vehicle)
Demonstrates throwing, kicking and catching skills
Fine Motor
- Controls small muscles in hands
- Coordinates eye-hand movement
Uses tools for writing and drawing
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
Learning and Developing
- Observes objects and events with curiosity
- Approaches problems flexibly
Shows persistence in approaching tasks
Explores cause and effect
Applies knowledge or experience to a new context
Logical Thinking
- Classifies objects
Compares/measures
Arranges objects in a series
Recognizes patterns and can repeat them
Shows awareness of time concepts and sequence
Shows awareness of position in space
Uses one-to-one correspondence
Uses numbers and counting
Representation and Symbolic Thinking
- Takes on pretend roles and situations
- Makes believe with objects
Makes and interprets representations
LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
Listening and Speaking
- Hears and discriminates the sounds of language
Expresses self using words and expanded sentences
Understands and follows oral directions
Answers questions
Asks questions
Actively participates in conversations
Reading and Writing
- Enjoys and values reading
Demonstrates understanding of print concepts
Demonstrates knowledge of the alphabet
Uses emerging reading skills to make meaning from print
Comprehends and interprets meaning from books and other texts
Understands the purpose of writing
Writes letters and words