LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT:
1) Listening & following directions
2) Conversations with peers and adults
3) Increase vocabulary
4) Ask questions and share experiences
5) Age appropriate strategies to assist in reading
(stories, poems, drama, observing and discussing letters)
MATHEMATICAL DEVELOPMENT:
1) Identifying similarities and differences between objects
2) Sorting and classifying in different ways using own criteria
3) Identifying and creating patterns
4) Develop understanding of numbers, associate numbers with objects
5) Number sequencing and counting
6) Observations about quantity and comparative relationships (more, less, same)
7) Awareness of simple time concepts (yesterday, today, tomorrow, morning, afternoon, night, before, after)
SCIENTIFIC DEVELOPMENT:
1) Earth science/recognize characteristics of different seasons
2) Weather
3) Day & night
4) Health science/nutrition, exercise, healthy living, safety procedures
5) Life science/take care of plants in classroom, activities related to preserving the environment
6) Physical science/identify states of matter
7) Explore simple machines (scissors, screwdrivers, nuts & bolts, balance scales, tweezers, thermometers
CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT:
1) Music, movement, drama
2) Providing a variety of real life materials in home-living
3) Drawings, displaying creations, showing pride in work, original ideas
PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT:
* Gross motor
1) Develop coordination through participation in physical activities
2) Participate in activities involving large muscle development (running, climbing stairs, throwing, catching, kicking, dancing, bending)
* Fine motor
1) Age appropriate writing skills
2) Opportunities to use writing materials on a daily basis
3) Manipulatives, which strengthen small muscles in the hands (scissors, tweezers, paper clips, hole punchers, puzzles, legos)
1) Listening & following directions
2) Conversations with peers and adults
3) Increase vocabulary
4) Ask questions and share experiences
5) Age appropriate strategies to assist in reading
(stories, poems, drama, observing and discussing letters)
MATHEMATICAL DEVELOPMENT:
1) Identifying similarities and differences between objects
2) Sorting and classifying in different ways using own criteria
3) Identifying and creating patterns
4) Develop understanding of numbers, associate numbers with objects
5) Number sequencing and counting
6) Observations about quantity and comparative relationships (more, less, same)
7) Awareness of simple time concepts (yesterday, today, tomorrow, morning, afternoon, night, before, after)
SCIENTIFIC DEVELOPMENT:
1) Earth science/recognize characteristics of different seasons
2) Weather
3) Day & night
4) Health science/nutrition, exercise, healthy living, safety procedures
5) Life science/take care of plants in classroom, activities related to preserving the environment
6) Physical science/identify states of matter
7) Explore simple machines (scissors, screwdrivers, nuts & bolts, balance scales, tweezers, thermometers
CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT:
1) Music, movement, drama
2) Providing a variety of real life materials in home-living
3) Drawings, displaying creations, showing pride in work, original ideas
PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT:
* Gross motor
1) Develop coordination through participation in physical activities
2) Participate in activities involving large muscle development (running, climbing stairs, throwing, catching, kicking, dancing, bending)
* Fine motor
1) Age appropriate writing skills
2) Opportunities to use writing materials on a daily basis
3) Manipulatives, which strengthen small muscles in the hands (scissors, tweezers, paper clips, hole punchers, puzzles, legos)