GOALS AND EXPECTATIONS

In Classroom and Social Behavior, children will:

• Separate from family members
• Interact with familiar adults
• Begin to share and take turns
• Like friends
• Manage transitions
• Be encouraged to participate in the group life of the class
• Take appropriate risks
• Maintain attention for 10-15 minutes
• Be willing to explore other activities
• Participate in roll playing activities
• Participate in group activities
• Be environmentally mindful and respectful of our planet Earth

In Physical Development, children will:

• Move with enough control to perform simple skills
• Engage in self-help skills with increasing independence
• Manipulate writing and painting implements
• Show beginning eye-hand coordination
• Begin to understand personal space
• Begin to solve problems using their bodies

In Language Arts, children will:

• Be able to list and understand directions and conversations
• Be able to follow one-step instructions
• Use words to express feelings
• Be able to defend self with words (“stop that”)
• Identify self by first name
• Attend to a story which is read directly or played on a CD player
• Begin to develop an appreciation for a variety of literature experiences
• Use descriptive language during share and tell
• Express thoughts on paper as pictures or in dictation

In Math and Science, children will:

• Show an interest in quantity and number
• Name and identify all basic colors
• Begin to sort and order objects
• Use counting in daily activities
• Demonstrate curiosity about the world
• Begin to seek out opportunities to observe, question and find solutions
• Demonstrate one-to-one correspondence with numbers