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*Indicates Kansas Learning Standard
Developmental/Content Area:
I. Physical Health and Development
1. Develops Gross Motor Skills by:
- Working with the balance beam
- Tumbling
- Bouncing a ball
- Running an obstacle course
- *Moving the body into the position to catch a ball, and then throwing the ball in the right direction
- Running obstacles courses
- Participating in a movement program
2. Develops Fine Motor Skills by:
- Cutting
- Pasting
- Following dotted lines with a pencil, coloring within the lines when assigned
- *Grasping scissors with thumb on top
- *Reproducing some shapes and all letters with writing utensils
- Writing name; first name then work on last name
3. Demonstrates Behaviors That Promote Good Health by:
- *Identifying different food groups
- *Transferring food and liquid between containers +
- *Practicing personal hygiene by washing hands before and after eating
- *Recognizing warning signals and communicates their meaning
- *Practicing personal hygiene by washing hands after toileting
- *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
- *Indicating pride in personal accomplishments
- Sharing toys and materials
- *Identifying first name and last name
- Sharing personal experiences with others
- Identifying telephone number and address
2. Develops Positive Social Relationships by:
- Offering to help others who may be in distress (crying, frowning)
- *Encouraging or praising peers
- *Playing with different friends each day
- *Demonstrating an understanding of what it means to be a friend (someone who care, listens, shares ideas)
- Taking turns
- Respecting each other’s feelings and belongings
3. Develops Self Control and Personal Responsibility by:
- *Adapting behavior to different environments
- Coping with frustration
- *Describing situations which can elicit various emotions (tell a story that is supposed to make the listener sad or happy)
- *Understanding which emotional expressions are acceptable for a given environment (when to talk quietly, laugh)
- *Accepting consequences for for own actions
4. Anticipates in Large and Small Group Activities by:
- *Answering questions that are relevant to the activity or conversation
- *Listening while others are speaking
- *Engaging in "show-n-tell," class discussions and simple plays or puppetry
5. Demonstrates Imagination and Creativity in Play by:
- *Engaging in dramatic play (plays house, builds firehouse)
- *Playing games with simple rules
- *Collaborating with others to carry out a play theme (hospital, beauty salon)
Developmental Area:
III. Communication and Literacy
1. Uses Language in Many Different Ways by:
- *Using four- to seven-word sentences
- *Using personal experiences, knowledge and/or feelings when speaking
- *Using third person singular or irregular plurals
- *Asking questions to increase understanding including "how" questions
- *Asking for help as needed
2. Observes and Responds to Communication by:
- Answering appropriately when asked what to do if tired, cold, or hungry
- Completing simple verbal analogies (A daddy is big; a baby is ____ )
- Using complex sentences to communicate
- Using vocabulary related to the subject and stays on topic
- Raising hand when needed
3. Demonstrates Early Reading Skills by:
- *Pretending to read easy or predictable books
- *Identifying some known letters of the alphabet in familiar and unfamiliar words
- Identifying uppercase and lowercase letters of the alphabet in print
- Writing many of the upper and lowercase letters of the alphabet
- Developing vocabulary through interaction with peers and adults through pictures and real life objects
- *Identifying some beginning and ending sounds in words
- Learning left and right progression
- *Looking at pages of a book left to right
- *Producing rhyming words
- *Discriminating separate syllables in words
- *Making some letter-sound connections
- *Pointing to words in a book or runs finger along text from top to bottom while pretending to read
- *Knowing that books have titles, authors and often illustrators
- *Recalling information and sequencing of a story
- *Telling stories based on personal experiences, imagination, dreams, and / or stories from books
- *Telling stories with a beginning, middle and end
4. Demonstrates Emergent Writing Skills by:
- *Recognizing that print represents spoken words (i.e. first name in print, environmental labels)
- *Demonstrating an understanding that words are separated by spaces
- *Demonstrating an understanding that once an oral message is written; it reads the same way every time (recognizes signs, messages from the teacher)
- *Writing some recognizable letters
- *Copying or writing familiar words
- Acquainting children with vertical, horizontal and diagonal lines
- Recognizing and reproducing all of these shapes – circle, square, rectangle, triangle, oval, heart, and cross
- Following dotted lines
Developmental/Content Area:
IV. Approaches to Learning
1. Demonstrates Enthusiasm and Persistence by:
- *Trying to complete a task after many attempts have failed
- *Working to achieve a goal
2. Demonstrates Positive Work Habits by:
- *Using classroom materials purposefully and respectfully
- *Returning materials and toys to designated locations
- *Managing transitions from one activity to the next
3. Demonstrates Listening Skills by:
- *Listening to stories, following oral directions and "show-n-tell"
Developmental/Content Area:
V. Science
1. Demonstrates an Understanding of the Process of Scientific Inquiry and Logical Thinking by:
- *Answering questions and /or tests predictions using simple experiments (cracking a nut to look inside)
- *Asking/answering questions about objects, organisms, and events in their environment
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 breath 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:
- *Demonstrating an understanding that the last number soken represents the entire set (counts five blocks on the table and says, "There are 5 blocks.")
- *Rote counting to 10
- Counting to 30 (many will learn t count to 100, recognize numbers to 30)
- Writing numbers 1-10
- *Developing an understanding of more or less (“I have more cookies than she does.”)
- *Adding two groups of concrete objects by counting the total (three blue bears, three yellow bears; six bears altogether)
- *Subtracting one group of concrete objects from another by taking some away and then counting the remainder ("I have four carrot sticks, I'm eating one! Now I have three.")
- *Estimating amounts
- *Identifying positions as first and last
- *Using language associated with time in everyday situations ("I go swimming after lunch.")
2. Demonstrates an Understanding of Patterns and Relationships by:
- *Using blocks, beads or other materials to make or extend patterns
- *With adult direction, using standard and non-standard measurement units (uses unifix cubes to measure body, counting number of cups to fill a bucket with water)
3. Demonstrates an Understanding of Geometric and Spatial Sense by:
- *Developing an understanding of directionality, order and position (up/down, before/after)
- *Using shapes separately or in combination to produce pictures and objects
Developmental/Content Area:
VII. Social Studies
1. Demonstrates an Understanding of Basic Economic Concepts by:
- *Showing an understanding that money can be exchanged for goods and services
2. Demonstrates an Understanding of Basic Geographic Concepts by:
- *Creating simple "maps" or drawing of familiar places
- *Matching objects to usual location (tree in a park, bed in a bedroom)
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
Developmental/Content Area:
VIII. Fine Arts
1. Demonstrates Self Expression and Appreciation for Visual Arts by:
- *Recognizing various forms of art work (sculpture, painting, photographs)
- Developing creativity through art work using various mediums (paint, clay, play dough, finger-paint, crayons etc)
- Reviewing the basic colors, red, green, blue, yellow, pink, orange, purple, brown, black, white and gray
2. Demonstrates Creativity through the Arts by:
- *Singing along 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
- *Responding to changes in tempo
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