Logic

•Parts to Wholes, Wholes to Parts•Patterns•Generalizations or Hypotheses•Curiosity, Questioning•Spatial/Temporal Understanding

Reading Math Science Social StudiesWriting

Read books Nature walks Play puzzles Food/toys on shelves Draw with shapes Draw the other half Play I Spy Play What If Dancing and music

Hear/represent sounds Identify one from three sounds

in position Visually track from left to right Discriminate between sounds

and pictures

Reading Writing

Play repeat games with sounds and pictures Play matching games Play sequencing games String beads from left to right Play find the hidden object games

Print name Color inside lines Trace hard outside Soft slide inside Cut on lines Draw recognizable shapes Sit still on chair

Writing

Color Finger paint Dropper paint Clothespin games Play playdough Cut traced shapes Raisin art (noodles, beans, popcorn kernels,

peanuts) Leg games (hopscotch, jump rope, etc.)

Self care Balance between seeking

help/problem solving Internalized rules/consequences Initiate/maintain relationships Identify/respect emotions in self,

others Parallel play vs cooperative play

Preschool with different authority figure Routines for self-care Choice-making opportunities in routines Chores or “responsibilities” Decision-making opportunities in regular

chore routines Play “Your shoes, my shoes”

Identify capital letters Identify numbers through twenty Get involved in a story Retell the story with at least

beginning, middle, ending Hear and remember a set of three

directions Vocabulary Familiar with Our Father, Hail

Mary

Leap Frog “Letter Factory” DVD Leap Frog “Math Adventure to the Moon” Read, read, read Preview-Review reading Provide daily experience with direction

following Mystery Object Add prayer to routines