What are The Creative Curriculum for Preschool Objectives ...

1 10 SOCIAL EMOTIONAL1. Regulates own emotions and behaviors a. Manages feelings b. Follows limits and expectations c. Takes care of own needs appropriately2. Establishes and sustains positive relationships a. Forms relationships with adults b. Responds to emotional cues c. Interacts with peers d. Makes friends3. Participates cooperatively and constructively in group situations a. Balances needs and rights of self and others b. Solves social problemsPHYSICAL4. Demonstrates traveling skills5. Demonstrates balancing skills6. Demonstrates gross-motor manipulative skills7. Demonstrates fine-motor strength and coordination a. Uses fingers and hands b. Uses writing and drawing toolsLANGUAGE 8. Listens to and understands increasingly complex language a.

2 Comprehends language b. Follows directions 9. Uses language to express thoughts and needs a. Uses an expanding expressive vocabulary b. Speaks clearly c. Uses conventional grammar d. Tells about another time or place10. Uses appropriate conversational and other communication skills a. Engages in conversations b. Uses social rules of languageCOGNITIVE11. Demonstrates positive approaches to learning a. Attends and engages b. Persists c. Solves problems d. Shows curiosity and motivation e. Shows flexibility and inventiveness in thinking12. Remembers and connects experiences a. Recognizes and recalls b. Makes connections13. Uses classification skills14. Uses symbols and images to represent something not present a.

3 Thinks symbolically b. Engages in sociodramatic playWhat are The Creative Curriculum for Preschool Objectives for Development & Learning?The 38 research-based Objectives are the heart of the Curriculum and define the path teachers take with children in their classroom. They inform every aspect of teaching, include predictors of school success, and are aligned with state early learning guidelines and the Head Start Child Development and Early Learning Framework. The Objectives cover 10 areas of development and learning, including broad developmental areas, content areas, and English language acquisition. Many of the Objectives also include dimensions that guide teachers thinking about various aspects of that objective, and help clarify what it Demonstrates phonological awareness a.

4 Notices and discriminates rhyme b. Notices and discriminates alliteration c. Notices and discriminates smaller and smaller units of sound16. Demonstrates knowledge of the alphabet a. Identifies and names letters b. Uses letter sound knowledge1 7. Demonstrates knowledge of print and its uses a. Uses and appreciates books b. Uses print concepts18. Comprehends and responds to books and other texts a. Interacts during read-alouds and book conversations b. Uses emergent reading skills c. Retells stories19. Demonstrates emergent writing skills a. Writes name b. Writes to convey meaningMATHEMATICS20. Uses number concepts and operations a. Counts b. Quantifies c. Connects numerals with their quantities21.

5 Explores and describes spatial relationships and shapes a. Understands spatial relationships b. Understands shapes22. Compares and measures23. Demonstrates knowledge of patternsSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY24. Uses scientific inquiry skills25. Demonstrates knowledge of the characteristics of living things26. Demonstrates knowledge of the physical properties of objects and materials2 7. Demonstrates knowledge of Earth s environment28. Uses tools and other technology to perform tasksSOCIAL STUDIES29. Demonstrates knowledge about self30. Shows basic understanding of people and how they live31. Explores change related to familiar people or places32. Demonstrates simple geographic knowledgeTHE ARTS33. Explores the visual arts34.

6 Explores musical concepts and expression35. Explores dance and movement concepts36. Explores drama through actions and languageENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION3 7. Demonstrates progress in listening to and understanding English38. Demonstrates progress in speaking English11 Curriculum Overview2 SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENTPHYSICAL DEVELOPMENTCOGNITIVE DEVELOPMENTLANGUAGE DEVELOPMENTTo learn about self and known, caring own own to others feelings with growing with other to be a member of a personal care skills To learn about moving 8. Demonstrates basic gross motor skills9. Demonstrates basic fine motor skillsTo learn about the how objects can be a beginning understanding of cause and a beginning understanding that things can be grouped problem-solving in pretend play To learn about receptive expressive in books and being read an awareness of pictures and with drawing and writingFOR INFANTS, TODDLERS & TWOS ObjectivesandGoalsAt a Glance 2006 Teaching Strategies, Inc.

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