Preschool Curriculum

Social Emotional Physical Language Cognitive Literacy Mathematics Science and Technology Social Studies The Arts
REGULATES OWN EMOTIONS AND BEHAVIORS

-Manages feelings

-Follows limits and expectations

-Takes care of own needs

 

ESTABLISHES AND SUSTAINS POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS

-Responds to emotional cues

– Interacts with peers

-Makes friends

 

PARTICIPATES COOPERATIVELY IN GROUP SITUATIONS

-Balances needs and rights of self and others

-Solves social problems

 DEMONSTRATES TRAVELING SKILLS

 

DEMONSTRATES BALANCING SKILLS

 

DEMONSTRATES GROSS-MOTOR MANIPULATIVE SKILLS

 

DEMONSTRATES FINE-MOTOR STRENGTH & COORDINATION

-Uses fingers and hands

-Uses writing and drawing tool

 LISTENS TO AND UNDERSTANDS INCREASINGLY COMPLEX LANGUAGE –

Comprehends language

-Follows directions

 

USES LANGUAGE TO EXPRESS THOUGHTS AND NEEDS

-Uses an expanding expressive vocabulary

-Speaks clearly

-Uses conventional grammar

-Tells about another time or place

 

USES APPROPRIATE CONVERSATIONAL AND OTHER COMMUNICATION SKILLS

-Engages in conversations

-Uses social rules of language

 DEMONSTRATES POSITIVE APPROACHES TO LEARNING

-Attends and engages

-Persists

-Solves problems

-Shows curiosity and motivation

-Shows flexibility and inventiveness in thinking

 

REMEMBERS AND CONNECTS EXPERIENCES

-Recognizes and recalls

-Makes connections

 

USES CLASSIFICATION SKILLS

 

USES SYMBOLS AND IMAGES TO REPRESENT SOMETHING NOT PRESENT

-Thinks symbolically

-Engages in sociodramatic play

 DEMONSTRATES PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS

-Notices and discriminates rhyme and alliteration

-Notices and discriminates smaller and smaller units of sound

 

DEMONSTRATES KNOWLEDGE OF THE ALPHABET

Identifies and names letters

-Letter sound knowledge

 

DEMONSTRATES KNOWLEDGE OF PRINT AND ITS USES

-Uses and appreciates books

-Uses print concepts

 

COMPREHENDS / RESPONDS TO BOOKS & TEXTS

-Interacts during read-alouds

  • Retells stories

 

DEMONSTRATES EMERGENT WRITING SKILLS

-Writes name

  • Writes to convey meaning
 USES NUMBER CONCEPTS AND OPERATIONS

-Counts

-Quantifies

-Connects numerals with their quantities

 

EXPLORES / DESCRIBES SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS AND SHAPES

-Understands spatial relationships

-Understands shapes

 

COMPARES AND MEASURES

  • Uses size words or gestures to describe objects

-Compares sets of objects

  • Explores two objects by making direct comparisons

 

DEMONSTRATES KNOWLEDGE OF PATTERNS

  • Order three to five objects

-Recognizes patterns in the environment

  • Recognizes a simple AB pattern
 USES SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY SKILLS

-Identifies sense organs

  • Use senses to observe

 

THE CHARACTERISTICS OF LIVING

THINGS

  • Plants and animals and their environments

 

THE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF OBJECTS AND MATERIALS

-Identify physical properties and state of matter of objects or materials

 

EARTH’S ENVIRONMENT

  • Properties of water, rocks, soil, sand and mud

 

USES TOOLS AND OTHER TECHNOLOGY TO PERFORM TASK

  • Use of simple tools and equipment for observing and investigating
  • Explores and identifies simple machines
 DEMONSTRATES KNOWLEDGE ABOUT SELF

-Identifies family traditions, celebrations, songs, food or language

  • characteristics of self as an individual

 

SHOWS BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF PEOPLE AND HOW THEY LIVE

  • Responds to the needs of others

-Community

-Occupations

 

EXPLORES CHANGE RELATED TO FAMILIAR PEOPLE OR PLACES

  • Identify own personal space

 

DEMONSTRATES SIMPLE GEOGRAPHIC KNOWLEDGE

  • Explores own environment
  • Recognizes basic landmarks or land features

-Maps, globes or GPS

 EXPLORES THE VISUAL ARTS

 

EXPLORES MUSICAL CONCEPTS AND EXPRESSION

 

EXPLORES DANCE AND MOVEMENT CONCEPTS

 

EXPLORES DRAMA THROUGH ACTIONS AND LANGUAGE