4 YEARS OLD curriculum

4-5yr old Skills and Concepts.pdf

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Moving - Physical or Motor Development

  • Catches a bounced ball most of the time.
  • Hops and stands on one foot for a few seconds.
  • Pours beverages, cuts with supervision and mashes own food.

Talking - Communication and Language Development

  • Tells stories and recalls parts of stories.
  • Knows some basic rules of grammar and uses words correctly.
  • Sings a song or says a rhyme from memory.
  • Says first and last name.
  • Communicates clearly and speaks in complete sentences.

 Interacting - Social and Emotional Development

  • Plays cooperatively with other children.
  • Negotiates solutions to conflicts.
  • Prefers playing with other children than playing alone.
  • Enjoys doing new things.
  • Becomes more creative in make-believe play.
  • Confuses what’s real and what’s make-believe.
  • Expresses likes and dislikes.
  • Seeks new experiences

Thinking - Cognitive Development

  • Copies simple shapes.
  • Understands the concepts of “same” and “different.”
  • Follows instructions with two or three steps.
  • Understands the concept of counting and may know numbers.
  • Draws a person with two to four body parts.
  • Begins to understand time.
  • Knows basic colors.
  • Uses scissors.
  • Copies letters.
  • Plays board games or card games.
  • Tells you what will happen next in a story.