Social / Emotional Development

Sense Of Self

• Shows Ability to adjust to new situations.
• Demonstrates appropriate trust in adults.
• Recognizes own feelings and manages them properly
• 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.

Physical Development

Gross Motor

• Demonstrates basic locomotor skills (running, jumping, hopping, galloping)
• Show balance while moving
• Climbs up and down
• 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 Problem Solving

• 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