*Indicates Kansas Learning Standard
Developmental/Content Area:
I. Physical Health and Development
1. Develops Gross Motor Skills by:
- Working with the balance beam
- Tumbling
- Running an obstacle course
- *Balancing on one foot
- Hopping on one foot
- Running obstacles courses
- Kicking a large ball
- Participating in a movement program
2. Develops Fine Motor Skills by:
- Using scissors independently
- *Cutting out simple shapes
- Pasting independently
- *Drawing and Painting with some detail
- *Grasps scissors with thumb on top
- *Managing large buttons and zippers
- *Holding pencil/crayons between thumb and first two fingers (tripod grasp)
3. Demonstrates Behaviors That Promote Good Health by:
- *Eating with fork or spoon
- *Transferring food and liquid between containers
- *Knowing common safety rules that have been discussed
- *Behaving appropriately during emergency evacuation drills
- *Practicing personal hygiene by washing hands after toileting
- *Practicing personal hygiene by washing hands before snacks and meals
- *Taking care of toileting needs
- Helping to choose a healthy snack to bring to school
Developmental Area:
II. Social-Emotional Development
1. Exhibits Sense of Self by:
- *Describing personal attributes
- *Working and playing within a peer group
- Sharing toys and materials
- *Telling first name and last name
- Knowing name gender
- Gaining independence
- Sharing personal experiences with others
- Knowing personal information other than own name
2. Develops Positive Social Relationships by:
- Listening and following directions
- Accepting new experiences
- Accepting new people
- *Encouraging or praising peers
- *Playing with different friends each day
- *Expressing interests, acceptance, affection to others
- Respecting each other’s feelings and belongings
3. Develops Self Control and Personal Responsibility by:
- Following rules and simple directions
- Taking turns
- Lengthening interest span
- Using and improving their good manners
- *Adapting behavior to different environments
- Verbally expressing basic emotions
- *Describes situations which can elicit various emotions (tell a story that is supposed to make the listener sad or happy)
4. Participates in Large and Small Group Activities by:
- *Providing individual and choral responses when appropriate (listens to a story and repeats lines or words with the group)
- *Remaining quiet while others are speaking
- *Choosing a job responsibility for the day in a circle group situation
5. Demonstrates Imagination and Creativity in Play by:
- *Engaging in constructive play by manipulating objects or materials for the purpose of constructing or creating something
- *Creates and occasionally coordinates play with others (hospital, beauty salon)
Developmental Area:
III. Communication and literacy
1. Uses Language in Many Different Ways by:
- *Using simple pronouns (I, me, you, mine, he, she)
- *Using 300+ words including some descriptive words
- *Talking about actions of others
- *Asking ‘who’, ‘why’, and ‘where’ questions
- *Asking for desired objects or assistance
2. Observes and Responds to Communication by:
- *Understanding commands involving one object or action
- *Answering simple questions dealing with familiar objects or events
- *Using most parts of speech in short, mostly correct sentences, combining four to five words
- *Beginning to apply word endings correctly
3. Demonstrates Early Reading Skills by:
- Identifying favorite story
- *Recognizing some letters and words in print
- *Recognizing matching sounds and rhymes in familiar words or words in songs
- *Recognizing sounds that match
- *Holding a book and looks at one page at a time
- *Looking at pages of a book left to right
- *Acting out main events of a familiar story
- *Using pictures and illustrations to tell and retell a story
4. Demonstrates Emergent Writing Skills by:
- *Demonstrating an understanding of the relationship between spoken words and written language (makes pretend lists, participates in the dictation or oral stories)
- *Demonstrating an understanding that letters are combined to make words
- *Knowing how print is read (left to right, top to bottom, front to back)
- *Writing or drawing separated scribbles, shapes, pictures, to convey story
- *Demonstrating an understanding that drawing can represent ideas, stories or events
Developmental/Content Area:
IV. Approaches to Learning
1. Demonstrates Positive Approaches to Learning by:
- *Attending to a familiar task with minimal adult prompting
- *Using classroom materials purposefully and respectfully
- *Returning materials and toys to designated locations
- *Managing transitions from one activity to the next
Developmental/Content Area:
V. Science
1. Demonstrates an Understanding of the Process of Scientific Inquiry and Logical Thinking by:
- *Making observations and communications about basic cause and effect (“Look this tree has big green leaves”)
- *Trying alternative solutions to problems
2. Demonstrates Knowledge of the Fundamental Concepts, Principal and Interconnections of the Life, Physical, and Space Sciences by:
- *Demonstrating an understanding of living things exist in different environments (fish can live in the ocean because they can breathe under water)
- *Describing simple life cycles of different living things (plants, animals)
Content Area:
VI. Mathematical Knowledge
1. Demonstrates an Understanding of Number Concepts and Numerical Operations by:
- *Spontaneously counting for own purposes
- *Demonstrating understanding of more and less
- *Demonstrating an understanding that a single object is always “one” regardless of size, shape, and other attributes
- *Recognizing whole/part concept related to concrete objects
- *Describing the sequence of daily events (“We will go outside after snack time.”)
- Recognizing numbers
2. Demonstrates an Understanding of Patterns and Relationships by:
- *Recognizing, describing, comparing and naming common objects by one or more attributes
- *Describing an object by characteristics it does or does not possess (“This button doesn’t have holes.”)
3. Demonstrates an Understanding of Geometric and Spatial Sense by:
- *Using actions and words to indicate position of directionality, order, and position (e.g. up/down, before/after)
- *Identifying basic shapes (e.g. blocks) separately or in combination to produce pictures and objects
Developmental/Content Area:
VII. Social Studies
1. Demonstrates an Understanding of Basic Economic Concepts by:
- *Trading or exchanging materials or objects with others
- *Discriminating between ‘yours’ and ‘mine’’
2. Demonstrates an Understanding of Basic Geographic Concepts by:
- *Creating representations of familiar places through various materials (e.g. build a fire station with blocks)
3. Demonstrates an Understanding of Community Within a Classroom Environment by:
- Having everyday jobs (line leader, flag holder, cup passer)
- *Showing cooperative play, sharing and taking turns
- Identifying the family unit
4. Demonstrates an Understanding of Community Outside Their Own Home Environment by:
- Naming community helpers
Developmental/Content Area:
VIII. Fine Arts
1. Demonstrates Self Expression and Appreciation for Visual Arts by:
- *Planning and working independently to create own art representations
2. Demonstrates Creativity through the Arts by:
- *Singing along occasionally with others
- *Using a variety of musical instruments
- Listening to a variety of children’s music
3. Demonstrate self-expression through dance and movement by:
- *Exploring different ways of body movements with and without music
The children will be introduced to the following:
- Calendar
- Seasons
- Pride in country and flag
- Special happenings of the month
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