GOALS AND EXPECTATIONS

(Based on the CT State Dept. of Education Early Learning Development Standards)

Social and Emotional Development

• Recognizing and reaching out to a familiar adult
• Begin developing own pattern for sleeping, eating and other basic needs
• Expressing a variety of emotion and needs using facial expressions, body movements and vocalizations
• Mirroring other’s expressions of feelings
• Watching and responding to other children
• Showing interest in being with others
• Beginning to participate as adult attends to personal needs
• Celebrating differences among children and their families

Physical Development

• Learning to hold head up and follows sound and movement
• Learning to sit up, roll over, crawl, pull up and walk
• Grasping toys with whole hand and eventually with thumb and index finger

Cognitive Development

• Attending to sights and sounds
• Exploring objects using all 5 senses
• Exploring objects and noticing how they react
• Demonstrating the awareness of a problem
• Watching the actions of others

Language Development

• Showing interest in the speech of others
• Using facial expressions, movements and distinct cries or vocalizations to communicate
• Engaging in simple back-and-forth communication such as cooing
• Manipulating books as an adult reads aloud
• Noticing pictures