Curriculum Areas, Skills,

& Objectives

Conversations, stories, sharing, word games, puppets, songs, loud, soft, high, low, left, right, body parts, finger plays, writing, scribbling, and coloring.

Counting, measuring, shapes, comparing (size, color, weight, shape) grouping, estimating numbers, matching, separating, and classifications.

Discovering how things work, floating, sinking, balancing, friction, wheels, magnets, freezing, melting, weighing, learning about living things through observing, caring for and talking about plants and animals, seasons, and weather.

Motor skills developed through the use of games puzzles, tools, paints, crayons, clay, sand, water, and other manipulative materials, building, carrying, climbing, lifting, pushing, throwing, catching, balancing, running, jumping, pedaling, and group games

Experience with rhythm, movement, music, color, pictures, crafts, songs, clay, chalk, instruments, dramatic play, and puppets.

Shapes, stories, books, name recognition, letter sounds, listening center, alphabet, literature studies, responses, and fine motor activities.

Family, community, holidays, cultures, days of the week, and months of the year.

Daily hygiene, sun safety, accepting limits for safety, exposure to health and safety rules, awareness of body and what it can do, nutrition.