2 YEAR OLDS | 3 YEAR OLDS | 4 & 5 YEAR OLDS

GOALS & OBJECTIVES

Communication Skills

• Identify common objects
• Identify parts of the body
• Understand negatives such as no and can't
• Count by rote 1-10
• Say alphabet by rote
• Participate in simple group activities, games and songs
• Listen to a simple story
• Find name at the table
• Identify basic colors

Cognitive Skills

• Respond to simple directions
• Select and look at simple picture books
• Group associated objects, such as cup and saucer
• Beginning to understand whole-part concepts
• Stack rings in order from large to small
• Recognize self in the mirror

Pre-Writing Skills

• Hold crayon with thumb and fingers not fist
• Paint with some wrist action, make dots, lines and circular strokes
• Imitate circular, vertical and horizontal strokes
• Use one hand consistently

Personal-Social Skills

• Get a drink from the fountain independently
• Take off coat by themselves
• Wash and dry hands with assistance
• Use objects symbolically
• Listen to directions
• Play next to other children