CONCEPTS INTRODUCED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR
- Recognize and name the letters A – Z
- Develop phonetic skills
- Number recognition 1 – 20
- Identify 11 colors – red, yellow, blue, green, orange, black, brown, purple, pink, white and gray
- Identify shapes – circle, square, triangle, rectangle, heart, diamond, oval, hexagon, octagon and trapezoid
- Exposure to a wide variety of art media
- Develop scissor skills
- Develop visual and auditory memory skills
- Exposure to various “Language” media; stories, books, songs, poems, fingerplays, puppet activities and fables
- Develop small muscle control and eye/hand coordination
- Continuing development of large muscle control, body coordination, balance, spatial relationships and right/left
- Develop a variety of large motor skills including ball handling, somersaults, hopping, skipping and galloping
- Readiness skills – matching, sorting, seriation, one to one correspondence, opposites and tactual discrimination
- Develop self help skills
- Develop sense of rhythm and music
- Develop confidence to respond alone and perform in front of peers