Learning and Growth Areas:
Social/ Emotional Learning
- Express a wide range of emotions effectively and appropriately
- Labels own feelings
- Follow rules and directions
- form positive relationships with others and friendships with classmates
- Build confidence to try new things
- Develop problem solving skills and ability to work through challenges
- Take turns in games and begins to understand sharing
- Show concern for others
- Separate easily from Caregivers
- Adjusts to new situations
- Engages in imaginative play
- Demonstrates respect and care for self, others, and classroom materials
- Participates in group and individual activities
Physical – Fine and gross motor
- Able to wash hands independently
- Drink from a cup and feed self
- Manipulates objects with increasing control
- Begins to attempt cutting with scissors
- Makes basic strokes with crayons, pencils, and markers
- Begins to trace
- Gross motor skills: Running, jumping, hopping
- Begins to balance
- Moves to music (beat & rhythm) and participates in movement activities
- Throw, kick, bounce, and catch balls with both hands
- Walks up and down stairs with ease
Language/ Cognitive
- Uses words to express needs
- Speech is understandable to most
- Looks at books and listens to stories
- Learns songs, rhymes, and simple prayers
- Communicates in sentences and answers with more than “yes” or “no”
- Observes and examines objects
- Recognizes and names basic colors, shapes, and patterns
- Begins to understand position words
- Sorts object by color, shape, and size
- Recognizes own name in print
- Rote counting and counting objects
- Understands and follows simple directions
Spiritual
- Know that God loves us deeply and we are created by God to love
- Prayer can be a quiet time before snack to show gratitude
- Prayer can be for yourself or others
- Bible stories and songs (monthly chapel)
