Cognitive Development

 

Intellectual Skills

• identifies objects in pictures and the environment with more discrimination

• identifies colors and shapes

• begins to recognize letters and numbers

• recognizes own printed first name

• understands short time concepts (now/later)

• understands cause and effect

• identifies characteristics of environment through the senses (sunny/cloudy)

• understands objects as symbols of something else (cross/church, valentine/love, number/object relationships)

• perceives God as a loving presence

 

Language Skills (oral, aural, written)

• participates in rhyming games/songs

• recites, sings

• listens to a story in a group

• demonstrates a command of increased vocabulary

• dramatizes a story

• relates recent events

• engages in imaginary play

• attempts to draw stick figures

• identifies body parts

• counts 1-30

• expresses self in front of a group (e.g. show and tell)

 

Social-Emotional Development

 

Independence

• begins to accept responsibility for behavior

• expresses feelings and needs

• follows routines (e.g. toilet, hand washing)

• exercises self-help, self-control

• makes transition to a new setting

 

Interrelationships

• shares, interacts and cooperates more willingly

• displays an understanding of self as part of family, school, community

• interacts with new adults

• engages in interactive play  

 

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Physical Development

 

Large Motor Skills

• runs and jumps with increased skill

• climbs stairs with one foot at a time

• attempts to catch a ball

• puts on outerwear

• claps continually

• rides a tricycle

Interrelationships

• shares, interacts and cooperates more willingly

• displays an understanding of self as part of family, school, community

• interacts with new adults

• engages in interactive play