Literacy & Language Development
Give me a chance to...

Identify and Name Some Letters

• Sing the ABC song
• Play with letter magnets or puzzles
• Look for letters in children's books

Start to Write

• Recognize and write my name
• Pretend to write a list, note, card, etc.

Rhyme

• Learn a rhyming song i.e. Jack and Jill, Hickory Dickory
  Dock, Itsy Bitsy Spider
• Listen to rhyming books i.e. Dr. Seuss, Brown Bear,
  Pete the Cat

Treat and Use Books Correctly

• Hold a book and turn pages from left to right
• Pretend to read the book and/or read the pictures
• Talk about and ask questions about a book
• Visit the library (school or public library, story time
  sessions

Communicate with Others

• Greet others appropriately
• Have a back and forth conversation
• Follow verbal directions with two or three steps
• Express

Mathematics Development
Give me a chance to...  

1-1 Correspondence up to 10

• Count out loud
• Touch and count objects

Basic Shapes and Colors Identification

• Name a circle, square, triangle and rectangle
• Find a circle, square, triangle and rectangle
• Name the colors: red, orange, yellow, blue, green, purple, black, white, brown
• Find the colors: red, orange, yellow, blue, green, purple, black, white, brown

Sorting Collections by Attributes (Color, Shape, Size Purpose) and Number Attributes

• Sort familiar objects (toys, balls, blocks, Legos, dishes, etc.) by color and size
• Show you small groups of up to six items
• Roll a dice and hand you that number of items

Physical Development
Give me a chance to...

Daily Living Skills

• Dress myself
• Open snacks and serve myself
• Use the bathroom independently
• Blow my nose and wash my hands

Fine Motor and Hand Strength

• Use school tools like pencils, crayons, scissors, glue and tape
• Pull, push, grab, kneed, pound, stretch, pinch, and squish

Gross Motor/Body Strength and Balance

• Climb, run, jump, crawl, swing, throw, kick and bounce
• Build and dig

Social Emotional Development
Give me a chance to...

Display Independence

• Follow daily routines and expectations
• Try new and challenging things
• Ask for help
• Make mistakes and get messy

Express Feelings

• Feel and name my feelings
• Struggle
• Talk about feelings (yours, mine, and others
• Break, take a break and move forward when I have strong feelings

Build Relationships

• Meet people my own age
• Trust other adults
• Solve problems with others (with support as needed)

Build Flexible Thinking

• Hear "no" and not get what I want
• Problem solve
• Share my ideas

Cognitive
Give me a chance to...

Sustain Focus and Interest in Lessons and Activities

• Listen to a story and ask questions
• Clean up my own messes
• Complete a task from start to finish
• Talk about how the world works

Try More Thank One Way to Solve a Problem

• Make mistakes and fix them
• Express what I need
• Share my ideas, and accept others' ideas
• Wait and take turns

Role Play Live Experiences Through Dramatic Play, Art and Construction Projects

• Dress up and pretend to be something/someone else
• Build my own creations
• Draw, color, cut and create