Preschool Program Objectives

Learning and creativity are incorporated into free and structured activities during a preschooler’s day. A kindergarten-readiness based curriculum continues to strengthen academic skills while small and large group activities promote the development of social skills.

Physical Development Objectives

1. •Balances easily on one foot
   

2. •Can gallop
   

3. •Hops forward on 1 foot
   

4. •Works a ten piece puzzle
   

5. •Cuts along line with scissors
   

6. •Copies a few letters with some accuracy
   

7. •Can lace shoes
   

8. •Draws with purpose and design
   

9. •Manipulates small pieces to make designs
   

Social/Emotional Development Objectives

1. •Enjoys a cooperative group play
   

2. •Engages in “role playing” frequently
   

3. •Enthusiastic, adventurous and eager to please
   

4. •Specialized interests
   

5. •High level of imagination
   

6. •Polite, outgoing, and sometimes boastful
   

7. •Developing jealousy of other children
   

8. •Needs an outlet for aggressive behaviors
   

9. •Begins to exclude specific children from games (varies daily)
   

Communication/Language Development Objectives

1. •Begins to negotiate with peers
   

2. •Uses name calling to feel powerful
   

3. •Most of language is now directed to other children
   

4. •Maintains 20-30 minute conversation
   

5. •Tells “secrets” to friends
   

6. •Enjoys stories with blanks they get to fill in
   

7. •Language becomes exaggerated
   

8. •Vocabulary increasing dramatically
   

Intellectual Development Objectives

1. •Growing interest in letters and numbers
   

2. •Enjoys complex and smaller picture books
   

3. •Able to draw a picture and tell a story about it
   

4. •Likes hearing a story told and imagining it
   

5. •Classifies objects with two or three criteria
   

6. •Enjoys lotto games, matching and sorting
   

7. •Understands simple science and math concepts
   

8. •Developing a conscience
   

9. •Beginning to use “Yesterday” and “Tomorrow” in conversation

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