Physical development
Daily living skills
Give me a chance to…

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

Fine motor and hand strength
Give me a chance to…

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

Gross motor/body strength and balance
Give me a chance to…

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

Social-emotional development
Display independence
Give me a chance to…

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

Express feelings
Give me a chance to…

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

Build relationships
Give me a chance to…

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

Build flexible thinking
Give me a chance to…

• Hear “no,” and not get what I want
• Problem solve
• Share my ideas

Mathematics development
1:1 correspondence up to 10
Give me a chance to…

• Count out loud
• Touch and count objects

Basic shapes and colors identification
Give me a chance to…

• 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 and brown
• Find the colors: red, orange, yellow, blue, green, purple, black, white and brown

Sorting collections by attributes (color, shape, size, purpose) and number of attributes
Give me a chance to…

• 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

Literacy and language development
Identify and name some letters
Give me a chance to…

• Sing the ABC song
• Play with letter magnets or puzzles
• Look for letters in children’s books
• Connect the letter name to its letter shape

Start to write
Give me a chance to…

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

Rhyme
Give me a chance to…

• 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
Give me a chance to…

• 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
Give me a chance to…

• Greet others appropriately
• Have a back and forth conversation
• Follow verbal directions with two to three steps
• Express my needs and wants and ask for help when needed

Cognitive development
Sustain focus and interest in lessons and activities
Give me a chance to…

• 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 than one way to solve a problem

Give me a chance to…

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

Role-play life experiences through dramatic play, art, and construction projects
Give me a chance to…

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