PRE-KINDERGARTEN
SUPERSTARS
About the Classroom
Teacher/Child Ratio - 1:6
Ms. Tangi/Lead Teacher - B.S., Birth-Kindergarten NC Teaching License
Ms. Kasey/Teacher Assistant - Early Educator Certificate/Level 6
The 4 year old classroom serves children ages 4-5. It is a pre-kindergraten classroom that is set up to introduce pre-literacy and pre-math skills needed for Kindergarten. It also focuses on building language, social, and fine/gross motor skills needed for classroom success in elementary school. Teachers use The Creative Curriculum for lesson planning and assessing children's development throughout the year. Teachers also individualize education for each child by creating a Child Specifics Goal Plan that is developed by parent suggestions and teacher observation.
The Creative Curriculum Goals and Objectives f0r Preschool
(Dodge, D.T., Colker, L., Heroman, C. 2002. The Creative Curriculum for Preschool, Teaching Strategies, Inc., Washington, DC.)
The goals focused on in this curriculum are expanded upon within the classroom depending on each child's developmental level.
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Social/Emotional Development
Sense of Self
1. Shows ability to adjust to new situations.
2. Demonstrates appropriate trust in adults.
3. Recognizes own feelings and manages them appropriately.
4. Stands up for rights.
Responsibility for Self and Others
5. Demonstrates self-direction and independence.
6. Takes responsbility for own well-being.
7. Respects and cares for classroom environment and materials.
8. Follows classroom routines.
9. Follows classroom rules.
Prosocial Behavior
10. Playws well with other children.
11. Recognizes the feelings of others and responds appropriately.
12. Shares and respects the rights of others.
13. Uses thinking skills to resolve conflicts.
Physical Development
Gross Motor
14. Demonstrates basic locomotor skills (running, jumping, hopping, galloping).
15. Shows balance while moving.
16. Climbs up and down.
17. Pedals and steers a tricycle (or other wheeled vehicle).
18. Demonstrates throwing, kicking, and catching skills.
Fine Motor
19. Controls small muscles in hands.
20. Coordinates eye-hand movement.
21. Uses tools for writing and drawing. |
Cognitive Development
Learning and Problem Solving
22. Observes objects and events with curiosity.
23. Approaches problems flexibly.
24. Shows persistence in approaching tasks.
25. Explores cause and effect.
26. Applies knowledge or experience to a new context.
Logical Thinking
27. Classifies objects.
28. Compares/measures.
29. Arranges objects in a series.
30. Recognizes patterns and can repeat them.
31. Shows awareness of time concepts and sequence.
32. Shows awareness of position in space.
33. Uses one-to-one correspondence.
34. Uses numbers and counting.
Representation and Symbolic Thinking
35. Takes on pretend roles and situations.
36. Makes believe with objects.
37. Makes and interprets representations.
Language Development
Listening and Speaking
38. Hears and discriminates the sounds of language.
39. Expresses self using words and expanded sentences.
40. Understands and follows oral directions.
41. Answers questions.
42. Asks questions.
43. Actively participates in conversations.
Reading and Writing
44. Enjoys and values reading.
45. Demonstrates understanding of print concepts.
46. Demonstrates knowledge of the alphabet.
47. Uses emerging reading skills to make meaning from print.
48. Comprehends and interprets meaning from books and other texts.
49. Understands the purpose of writing.
50. Writes letters and words. |
