Under the Sea 2.5-3.5 years
developmental goals
To encourage and promote a positive self image
Implement Christian values
To encourage language development and concrete thinking skills
To encourage creative development
To begin developing attention span
To encourage healthy toilet training
To promote physical development and sound nutrition
Learn to follow directions: 1-2 commands
Learn about taking turns
Understanding sharing and social play
Able to recognize shapes and colors
Begin memorization of short songs
Able to color, paint and glue
Able to count 1-10
To recognize that others have feelings
Identify names with people and objects
Enjoys using body for large motions: running, dancing, kicking, etc.
Down by the Creek
3.5-4 years old
Social-Emotional Development
To promote sense of self
To encourage responsibility for self and others
To encourage pro-social behavior
Physical Development
To promote gross motor skills
To promote fine motor skills
Cognitive Development
To promote learning and problem solving skills
To encourage logical thinking
To promote representational and symbolical thinking
Language Development
To develop listening and speaking skills
To develop pre-reading and writing skills
More Specific
Shows interest in using various creative materials to form new objects
Developing eye-hand coordination
Enjoys using body to run, jump, climb, throw and kick
Can use sentences to relate simple stories
Asks questions to define events
Develops dependable bathroom habits
Finds pride in self-defined activities
Demonstrates awareness for the feelings of others
Safari Adventure and Arctic Friends
4-5 year olds
Social-Emotional Development
To promote sense of self
To encourage responsibility for self and others
To encourage pro-social behavior
Physical Development
To promote gross motor skills
To promote fine motor skills
Cognitive Development
To promote learning and problem solving skills
To encourage logical thinking
To promote representational and symbolical thinking
Language Development
To develop listening and speaking skills
To develop reading and writing skills
More Specific
Repeats fine motor activities to mastery
Draws recognizable objects
Begins to develop longer periods of activity without rest needed
Masters language to describe activities, stories, and spatial relationships
Demonstrates sense of autonomy
Becomes aware of own effect on the emotions of others and testes this concept
Count to 20 with one to one correspondence
Recognize numbers to at least 10 and can write them
Name and recognize basic shapes and know basic colors
Write their first name and know their full name
Name the 26 letters, write them and recognize their sounds
Know many of the lower case letters by name, write many of them, and recognize their sounds
Use scissors and a pencil correctly without help
Follow 3-4 directions at one time
Cooperate with teachers, adults and peers
Be able to sit and listen to a story with complete attention
Can remember poems and songs
Know and recognize rhyming words
Can answer questions about a book I have heard, demonstrating comprehension
Can tell 3 events in a story, in order
Express themselves using words and/or appropriate actions for the situation
