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 responsibility for own well-being.

7. Respects and cares for classroom environment and materials.

8. Follows classroom routines.9. Follows classroom rules.

Pro Social Behavior 

10. Plays 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.  

Gross Motor

14. Demonstrates basic loco motor skills (running, jumping, hopping, galloping)

15. Shows balance while moving.

16. Climbs up and down.

17. Pedals and steers and tricycles (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.

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.

Listening and Speaking

38. Hears and discriminates the sounds of language.

39. Expresses self using words and expanded sentences.

40. Understands and follow 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.