Cognitive Development

 

Intellectual Skills

• recognizes upper and lower case letters

• begins to recognize the sounds that letters represent

• understands and recognizes legal first and last name

• understands comparatives

• understands more abstract words

• incorporates verbal directions into activities

• follows 3 unrelated commands in sequence

• locates numbers on a sequential number line

• comprehends questions

• comprehends prepositions

• sorts and classifies by color, size, category

• matches letter,shape,number cards

• comprehends 1-1 correspondence

• adds and subtracts numbers of objects

• makes simple estimations and predictions

• understands time relationships (yesterday,today,tomorrow)

• recognizes the characteristics of seasonal changes

• perceives God as a loving presence

 

Language Skills (oral,aural,written,)

• engages in wordplay, silly songs

• listens to longer and repeated stories

• understands the sequencing of a story (beginning, end)

• tells and retells a story

• describes artwork

• adds details to story

• draws pictures to illustrate a story or event

• draws stick figures with more details

• makes up own stories and verses

• describes familiar people/objects in pictures

• names body parts in picture or on self

• prints most upper and lower case letters

• prints own first or whole name using upper and lower case letters (D’nealian style)

• counts 1-50

• asks “when” “how” “why” questions

• repeats directions

• states his own address and phone number

• participates in group sharing

 

Social-Emotional Development

 

Independence

• expresses likes and dislikes

• manages feelings, needs, and impulses

• follows routines independently

• accepts responsibility and consequences for behavior

• attends to activities for longer periods

• makes appropriate choices

• pursues individual goals

• understands consequences

 

Interrelationships

• collaborates, cooperates, and shares willingly

• shows empathy and remorse, helps others

• accepts responsibility and consequences as a group member

• forms friendships

• engages in interactive play

 

Physical Development

 

Large Motor Skills

• slides, hops, rolls

• catches a ball

• pumps a swing

• climbs

• begins to clap rhythmically

 

Small Motor Skills

• uses smaller brushes, crayons, markers

• manipulates smaller objects with purpose (e.g. puzzles,play-doh, beads, Legos)

• draws simple shapes (e.g. square, circle, triangle)

• uses scissors to cut simple shapes

• opens containers and packages

• zips and snaps

• snaps fingers