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

GOALS & OBJECTIVES

Reading-Phonics/Structural Analysis

• Identify and imitate environmental sounds
• Recognize and name colors
• Recognize beginning consonant sounds
• Identify initial vowel sounds
• Recognize and name upper and lower case letters.
• Read from top to bottom - left to right
• Recognize first and last name
• Recognize basic sight words: and, can, hop, she, cat, play, ball, it, to with, is, the
• Recognize rhyming words
• Recognize color words

Reading-Comprehension

• Retell events, stories and poems in own words
• Describe picture and story details
• Sequence three events in a story
• Draw conclusions about the story

Language Arts-Listening and Speaking Skills

• Listen attentively when others are speaking
• Listen to and follow three verbal directions
• Speak clearly in sentences
• Describe objects or experiences
• Understand and use opposites
• Recite poems, finger plays, and rhymes
• Participate in dramatization

Language Arts-Writing Skills

• Trace shapes and letters
• Write upper and lower case letters
• Copy a simple sentence
• Write first name and recognize last name

Life and Study Skills

• Recognize and follow safety signs
• Recite address and telephone number
• Follow response directions including:
  • draw an x on...
  • draw a circle around...
  • draw a line under....
• Follow instructional language including:
  • top, bottom
  • first, next, last
  • over, under
  • in front of , between, behind
  • beginning, middle, end

Mathematics

• Recognize shapes (circles, squares, rectangles, triangles)
• Complete patterns (ABAB, AAB, ABC)
• Match sets having the same number
• Select the larger sets from two given sets
• Match the corresponding numeral to sets of objects 0-9
• Draw objects to complete a set fro a given number
• Classify objects by shape, color, size and function
• Identify comparative objects using the following terms:
  • taller -shorter - shortest
  • longer - shorter - shortest
  • greater - lesser
  • larger - smaller - smallest
  • heavier - lighter
  • more- less
  • most - least
• Trace and write numerals 0-20
• Count and identify numerals 0-20
• Recognize seasonal names of the year
• Introduced to time by hour intervals
• Use the ordinal numbers, 1st - 5th

Science

• Differentiate between living and non-living things
• Identify plants and animals as living things
• Identify plant needs for soil, water and light
• Identify matter as liquid, solid or vapor
• Match pictures of adults with young animals of various species
• Identify human needs such as nutrition, rest, etc
• Explain ways in which germs are spread and methods of preventing illness
• Observe and describe seasonal changes
• Describe earthquake protections procedures
• Explain benefits the earth receives from the sun
• Identify danger symbols

Social Studies-Knowledge/Skills

• Demonstrate how he/she can become a better listener and learner
• Discuss and follow safety procedures if approached by strangers
• Describe ways in which people are alike and different
• Name and explain the work of community helpers
• Compare and contrast living in the city with living in the country
• Recognize that customs vary in different cultures
• Locate land and water areas on a globe
• Observe and describe the four seasons
• Name the five senses and how they function

Social Studies-Personal/Social Participation

• Describe one way in which he/she is unique
• Tell three ways in which he/she can help at home.
• State three ways in which he/she does to keep healthy
• Discuss ways people react to emotional situations for better self understanding
• Describe ways to make friends
• Describe how family members cooperate
• Describe how to cooperate at school
• Name three school rules and tell why they are important

Art-Knowledge/Skills - Creative Expression

• Recognize basic shapes: circles, squares, triangles, rectangles, diamond, ovals
• Use basic art materials
• Identify colors
• Cut with scissors following a drawn line
• Fold paper into halves, fourth, fan folds
• Demonstrate the ability to obtain, use and put away art materials appropriately

Art-perceptions/Appreciations

• Differentiate between natural and man-made patterns
• Describe differences in textures
• Observe and discuss the use of color, shape and lines in nature, books and pictures
• Write upper and lower case letters
• Copy a simple sentence
• Write first name and recognize last name

Music

• Maintain a steady beat by clapping or using rhythm instruments
• Echo or reproduce rhythmic patterns
• Sing high and low notes
• Sing many new songs
• Demonstrate fast and slow movements
• Sing with varying loudness and softness of voice
• Listen to a variety of music
• Participate in a variety of musical activities