Standard: The child will begin to develop gross motor skills.

Indicators

• Gains control of head and body
• Demonstrates beginning coordination and balance often with support

Standard: The child will begin to develop fine motor skills.

Indicators

• Gains control of hands and fingers
• Begins to coordinate motions using eyes and hands

Standard: The child will begin to acquire self-help skills.

Indicators

• Begins to help with feeding
• Begins to help with dressing
• Begins to help with personal hygiene

Standard: The child will begin to practice healthy and safe habits.

Indicators

• Responds to verbal or physical signal of danger

Standard: The child will begin to develop personal relationships with adults.

Indicators

• Shows attachment towards significant adults
• Reacts differently towards familiar and unfamiliar adults

Standard: The child will begin to develop personal relationships with peers.

Indicators

• Shows awareness of other children
• Shows awareness of feelings displayed by other children

Standard: The child will begin to acquire self-awareness.

Indicators

• Shows beginning sense of self
• Shows beginning awareness of own abilities

Standard: The child will begin to acquire learning approaches that support development and school success.

Indicators

• Begins to show curiosity by exploring with the senses
• Repeats actions

Standard: The child will begin to construct meaning from spoken words (receptive language).

Indicators

• Responds to frequently spoken words and sounds
• Follows simple directions and requests

Standard: The child will begin to express thoughts with sounds, words, and gestures. (expressive language)

Indicators

• Uses motions and gestures to begin to communicate nonverbally
• Uses sounds to communicate
• Uses sounds in social situations
• Begins to express self freely and creatively using sounds

Standard: The child will begin to develop the foundations for reading.

Indicators

• Begins to attend to stories
• Explores books as objects
• Becomes aware of pictures

Standard: The child will begin to develop the foundations for mathematical reasoning and logical thinking.

Indicators

• Explores objects with different shapes and sizes

Standard: The child will begin to demonstrate early scientific inquiry skills.

Indicators

• Actively explores the environment

Standard: The child will begin to develop foundations for social studies.

Indicators

• Begins to recognize significant family and personal relationships

Standard: The child will begin to develop gross motor skills.

Indicators

• Begins to control movements using arms and legs
• Demonstrates beginning coordination and balance
• Expresses self through movement

Standard: The child will begin to develop fine motor skills.

Indicators

• Gains control of hands and fingers
• Shows hand-eye coordination

Standard: The child will begin to acquire self-help skills.

Indicators

• Helps with feeding
• Helps with dressing
• Helps with personal hygiene
• Helps with routine tasks

Standard: The child will begin to practice healthy and safe habits.

Indicators

• Responds to verbal and physical signal of danger
• Show beginning awareness of personal health needs

Standard: The child will begin to develop personal relationships with adults.

Indicators

• Begins to build relationships with adults
• Shows feelings of security with familiar adults

Standard: The child will begin to develop personal relationships with peers.

Indicators

• Begins to relate to other children
• Shows awareness of feelings displayed by other children

Standard: The child will begin to acquire self-awareness.

Indicators

• Shows awareness of self as an individual
• Shows awareness of own abilities

Standard: The child will begin to demonstrate self-control.

Indicators

• Regulates emotions and behaviors with adult support
• Follows simple routines and rules in a group setting with adult support

Standard: The child will begin to engage in self-expression.

Indicators

• Expresses self creatively through art and music
• Demonstrates imagination through dramatic play

Standard: The child will begin to acquire learning approaches that support development and school success.

Indicators

• Begins to show curiosity in the environment
• Begins to focus on activities of interest
• Begins to find different ways to solve simple problems

Standard: The child will to begin construct meaning from spoken words. (receptive language)

Indicators

• Responds to spoken words
• Follows simple directions and requests

Standard: The child will begin to express thoughts with sounds, words, and gestures. (expressive language)

Indicators

• Communicates nonverbally using motions and gestures
• Demonstrates beginning oral language skills using sounds and words
• Uses sounds and words in social situations
• Begins to express self freely and creatively using sounds and words
• Asks simple questions

Standard: The child will begin to develop foundations for reading.

Indicators

• Listens to stories for short periods of time
• Begins to explore physical features of a book
• Becomes aware of pictures in print

Standard: The child will begin to develop foundations for writing.

Indicators

• Scribbles spontaneously

Standard: The child will begin to develop the foundations for mathematical reasoning and logical thinking.

Indicators

• Explores basic shapes
• Begins to sort and match objects with guidance
• Shows awareness of early concepts related to amount
• Explores concepts related to measurement
• Begins to solve simple problems using logical reasoning

Standard: The child will begin to demonstrate early scientific inquiry skills.

Indicators

• Actively explores the environment
• Uses sounds and simple words to describe things in the environment
• Uses sounds and simple words to ask questions about the environment
• Uses simple tools

Standard: The child will begin to develop the foundations for social studies.

Indicators

• Recognizes significant family and personal relationships
• Begins to recognize individual preferences and differences

Standard: The child will begin to develop gross motor skills.

Indicators

• Begins to control movements using arms and legs
• Demonstrates beginning coordination and balance
• Expresses self through movement

Standard: The child will begin to develop fine motor skills.

Indicators

• Gains control of hands and fingers
• Shows hand-eye coordination

Standard: The child will begin to acquire self-help skills.

Indicators

• Helps with feeding
• Helps with dressing
• Helps with personal hygiene
• Helps with routine tasks

Standard: The child will begin to practice healthy and safe habits.

Indicators

• Responds to verbal and physical signal of danger
• Show beginning awareness of personal health needs

Standard: The child will begin to develop personal relationships with adults.

Indicators

• Begins to build relationships with adults
• Shows feelings of security with familiar adults

Standard: The child will begin to develop personal relationships with peers.

Indicators

• Begins to relate to other children
• Shows awareness of feelings displayed by other children

Standard: The child will begin to acquire self-awareness.

Indicators

• Shows awareness of self as an individual
• Shows awareness of own abilities

Standard: The child will begin to demonstrate self-control.

Indicators

• Regulates emotions and behaviors with adult support
• Follows simple routines and rules in a group setting with adult support

Standard: The child will begin to engage in self-expression.

Indicators

• Expresses self creatively through art and music
• Demonstrates imagination through dramatic play

Standard: The child will begin to acquire learning approaches that support development and school success.

Indicators

• Begins to show curiosity in the environment
• Begins to focus on activities of interest
• Begins to find different ways to solve simple problems

Standard: The child will to begin construct meaning from spoken words. (receptive language)

Indicators

• Responds to spoken words
• Follows simple directions and requests

Standard: The child will begin to express thoughts with sounds, words, and gestures. (expressive language)

Indicators

• Communicates nonverbally using motions and gestures
• Demonstrates beginning oral language skills using sounds and words
• Uses sounds and words in social situations
• Begins to express self freely and creatively using sounds and words
• Asks simple questions

Standard: The child will begin to develop foundations for reading.

Indicators

• Listens to stories for short periods of time
• Begins to explore physical features of a book
• Becomes aware of pictures in print

Standard: The child will begin to develop foundations for writing.

Indicators

• Scribbles spontaneously

Standard: The child will begin to develop the foundations for mathematical reasoning and logical thinking.

Indicators

• Explores basic shapes
• Begins to sort and match objects with guidance
• Shows awareness of early concepts related to amount
• Explores concepts related to measurement
• Begins to solve simple problems using logical reasoning

Standard: The child will begin to demonstrate early scientific inquiry skills.

Indicators

• Actively explores the environment
• Uses sounds and simple words to describe things in the environment
• Uses sounds and simple words to ask questions about the environment
• Uses simple tools

Standard: The child will begin to develop the foundations for social studies.

Indicators

• Recognizes significant family and personal relationships
• Begins to recognize individual preferences and differences

Standard: The child will begin to develop gross motor skills.

Indicators

• Controls body movements
• Demonstrates coordination and balance
• Expresses creativity through movement

Standard: The child will begin to develop fine motor skills.

Indicators

• Controls hands and fingers
• Shows hand-eye coordination

Standard: The child will begin to acquire self-help skills.

Indicators

• Feeds self
• Helps with dressing
• Helps with personal hygiene
• Helps with routine tasks

Standard: The child will begin to practice healthy and safe habits.

Indicators

• Pays attention to safety instructions
• Begins to attend to personal health needs
• Names different foods

Standard: The child will begin to develop personal relationships with adults.

Indicators

• Demonstrates beginning social skills with adults
• Shows feelings of security and trust

Standard: The child will begin to develop personal relationships with peers.

Indicators

• Demonstrates beginning social skills with other children
• Shows sensitivity to other children’s feelings
• Begins to develop friendships with other children

Standard: The child will begin to acquire self-awareness.

Indicators

• Shows behaviors that reflect child’s self-concept
• Demonstrates confidence in own abilities

Standard: The child will begin to demonstrate self-control.

Indicators

• Begins to regulate own emotions and behaviors independently
• Begins to follow simple routines and a few rules in a group setting independently

Standard: The child will begin to engage in self-expression.

Indicators

• Expresses self creatively through art and music
• Demonstrates imagination through dramatic play

Standard: The child will begin to acquire learning approaches that support development and school success.

Indicators

• Shows curiosity in learning new things
• Shows persistence in activities of interest
• Begins to find novel solutions to problems

Standard: The child will begin to construct meaning from spoken words. (receptive language)

Indicators

• Responds to spoken words
• Follows directions and requests

Standard: The child will begin to express thoughts with sounds, words, and gestures. (expressive language)

Indicators

• Communicates nonverbally using motions and gestures
• Demonstrates oral language skills using words
• Uses oral language in social situations
• Uses oral language for creative expression
• Asks questions

Standard: The child will begin to develop foundations for reading.

Indicators

• Begins to follow what happens in a story
• Shows beginning book awareness
• Becomes aware of pictures and symbols in print
• Begins to distinguish the different sounds of language (phonological awareness)

Standard: The child will begin to develop foundations for writing.

Indicators

• Scribbles
• Draw simple pictures
• Dictates messages
• Expresses creativity using skills for writing

Standard: The child will begin to develop the foundations for mathematical reasoning and logical thinking.

Indicators

• Begins to identify basic shapes
• Begins to sort and match objects
• Builds beginning number concepts
• Builds beginning measurement concepts
• Begins to solve simple problems using logical reasoning and mathematical thinking
• Explores concepts related to patterning
• Thinks creatively using logical reasoning and mathematical thinking

Standard: The child will begin to demonstrate early scientific inquiry skills.

Indicators

• Actively explores the environment
• Uses language to describe things in the environment
• Asks questions about the environment
• Uses tools to experiment

Standard: The child will begin to develop the foundations for social studies.

Indicators

• Recognizes family roles and personal relationships
• Recognizes obvious individual preferences and differences
• Recognizes community roles and relationships

Standard: The child will to begin construct meaning from spoken words. (receptive language)

Indicators

• Responds to spoken words
• Follows directions and requests

Standard: The child will begin to express thoughts with sounds, words, and gestures. (expressive language)

Indicators

• Communicates nonverbally, using motions and gestures
• Demonstrates oral language skills using words
• Uses oral language in social situations
• Uses oral language for creative expression
• Asks questions

Standard: The child will begin to develop foundations for reading.

Indicators

• Acquires story sense
• Shows book awareness
• Builds print awareness
• Begins to distinguish the different sounds of language (phonological awareness)

Standard: The child will begin to develop foundations for writing.

Indicators

• Scribbles
• Draws pictures
• Dictates messages
• Expresses creativity using skills for writing

Standard: The child will begin to develop the foundations for mathematical reasoning and logical thinking.

Indicators

• Identifies basic shapes
• Sorts and matches objects
• Builds number concepts
• Builds measurement concepts
• Solves simple problems using mathematical thinking and logical reasoning
• Arranges objects in simple patterns
• Thinks creatively using logical reasoning and mathematical thinking
• Identifies basic colors

Standard: The child will begin to demonstrate early scientific inquiry skills.

Indicators

• Actively explore the environment
• Uses language to describe people, places, things, and ideas
• Asks questions about the environment
• Uses tools to experiment

Standard: The child will begin to develop the foundations for social studies.

Indicators

• Recognizes family roles and personal relationships
• Recognizes individual preferences and differences
• Recognizes community roles and relationships
• Explores concepts of place and location

Standard: The child will begin to develop gross motor skills.

Indicators

• Controls body movements
• Demonstrates coordination and balance
• Expresses creativity through movement

Standard: The child will begin to develop fine motor skills.

Indicators

• Controls hands and fingers
• Shows hand-eye coordination

Standard: The child will begin to acquire self-help skills.

Indicators

• Feeds self
• Dresses self
• Attends to personal hygiene
• Attends to routine tasks

Standard: The child will begin to practice healthy and safe habits.

Indicators

• Pays attention to safety instructions
• Attends to personal health needs
• Identifies healthy food choices
• Relates own identification information

Standard: The child will begin to develop personal relationships with peers.

Indicators

• Demonstrates social skills with other children
• Shows sensitivity to the feelings of other children
• Develops friendships with other children

Standard: The child will begin to acquire self-awareness.

Indicators

• Shows behaviors that reflect child’s self-concept
• Demonstrates confidence in own abilities

Standard: The child will begin to demonstrate self-control.

Indicators

• Regulate own emotions and behaviors
• Follows routines and social rules in a group setting

Standard: The child will begin to engage in self-expression.

Indicators

• Expresses self creatively through art and music
• Demonstrates imagination through dramatic play

Standard: The child will begin to acquire learning approaches that support development and school success.

Indicators

• Shows curiosity in learning new things
• Begins to show persistence in a variety of tasks
• Finds creative solutions to problems