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Whole Child Enrichment

Hover over one of the 9 Key Development Areas to the right to see the curriculum objectives for that age range.

Self-Exploration: School-Age

  • Accountability for ones actions
  • Develops limits
  • Able to control emotions
  • Expression feelings
  • Active listening

Self-Awareness & Development: School-Age

  • Awareness of gender
  • Shows concern & empathy for others
  • Problem-solving (socially)
  • Can tell what is real/make-believe

Cognitive: School-Age

  • Eagerness to learn
  • Pay attention for up to 20 min.
  • Retelling of stories
  • Sequence events
  • How and why questions

Fine & Gross Motor: School-Age

  • Holding pencils & crayons correctly
  • Sequence of movements
  • Can cut straight and wavy lines
  • Stacking and coloring objects neatly and accurately.

Physical & Arts: School-Age

  • Hops and skips
  • Balance on one foot
  • Somersaults
  • Tumbling
  • Draws people with body parts, copies shapes by looking or memory
  • Tracing

Social & Emotional: School-Age

  • Wants to please friends
  • Wants to be like friends
  • Aids in figuring out what they like and instilling confidence in those choices.

Math & Science: School-Age

  • Recognition of numbers 1-100
  • Grouping numbers, counting by 5’s, 10’s, 20
  • Understanding of presenting problems and trying to find solutions

Speech & Language: School-Age

  • Recognition of letters & sounds
  • Grouping syllables
  • Phonics of vowels & consonants
  • Confidence in attempting to put letters together making words.

Literacy – Read & Write: School-Age

  • Writing & reading both upper & lower case
  • Formation of full thoughts in sentences
  • Punctuation
  • Expressing thoughts
  • Retelling a story in proper sequence

Self-Exploration: Kindergarten-Enhance

  • Starts to take accountability for actions
  • Beginning to control emotions
  • Calms self down after outburst

Self-Awareness & Development: Kindergarten-Enhance

  • Can be in control of feelings
  • Begins to show empathy for others
  • Self-help skills (tying shoes)
  • Growing independence

Cognitive: Kindergarten-Enhance

  • Problem-solving (how something works)
  • Representational thought (symbols: stop sign means stop)
  • Cause & Effect

Fine & Gross Motor: Kindergarten-Enhance

  • Eye-hand coordination
  • Balance (on one foot)
  • Use writing/drawing tools & scissors with control
  • Cutting on lines with little mistakes

Physical & Arts: Kindergarten-Enhance

  • Process Art (collage, printmaking, sculptures)
  • Listens and creates music
  • Shows steady and keep rhythm
  • Can independently color, cut & paste items

Social & Emotional: Kindergarten-Enhance

  • Engages in social interaction positively
  • Expresses emotions
  • Can transition, engages in cooperative pretend play
  • Sharing

Math & Science: Kindergarten-Enhance

  • One-to-one correspondence
  • Number sense & counting
  • Identify & draw shapes
  • Sorting & patterning
  • Experiments (predict, & record results)

Speech & Language: Kindergarten-Enhance

  • Expressive & receptive vocabulary>
  • Listening & speaking
  • Telling and retelling a story in logical sequence
  • Animated while speaking
  • Responds to open ended questions
  • Speaks in clear sentences

Literacy – Read & Write: Kindergarten-Enhance

  • Print concepts
  • Knowledge of books & print
  • Name recognition (visual)
  • Writing skills (name)
  • Sequence of events
  • Writing the alphabet (upper case)
  • Emerging letter (upper & lower case)

Self-Exploration: Pre-Kindergarten

  • Starts to take accountability for actions
  • Beginning to control emotions
  • Calms self down after outburst

Self-Awareness & Development: Pre-Kindergarten

  • Can be in control of feelings
  • Begins to show empathy for others
  • Self-help skills (tying shoes)
  • Growing independence

Cognitive: Pre-Kindergarten

  • Problem-solving (how something works)
  • Representational thought (symbols: stop sign means stop)
  • Cause & Effect

Fine & Gross Motor: Pre-Kindergarten

  • Eye-hand coordination
  • Balance (on one foot)
  • Use writing/drawing tools & scissors with control
  • Cutting on lines with little mistakes

Physical & Arts: Pre-Kindergarten

  • Process Art (collage, printmaking, sculptures)
  • Listens and creates music
  • Shows steady and keep rhythm
  • Can independently color, cut & paste items

Social & Emotional: Pre-Kindergarten

  • Engages in social interaction positively
  • Expresses emotions
  • Can transition, engages in cooperative pretend play
  • Sharing

Math & Science: Pre-Kindergarten

  • One-to-one correspondence
  • Number sense & counting
  • Identify & draw shapes
  • Sorting & patterning
  • Experiments (predict, & record results)

Speech & Language: Pre-Kindergarten

  • Expressive & receptive vocabulary>
  • Listening & speaking
  • Telling and retelling a story in logical sequence
  • Animated while speaking
  • Responds to open ended questions
  • Speaks in clear sentences

Literacy – Read & Write: Pre-Kindergarten

  • Print concepts
  • Knowledge of books & print
  • Name recognition (visual)
  • Writing skills (name)
  • Sequence of events
  • Writing the alphabet (upper case)
  • Emerging letter (upper & lower case)

Self-Exploration: Pre-School

  • Beginning stages of understanding accountability for actions
  • Talks about emotions
  • Trying new things that may be different

Self-Awareness & Development: Pre-School

  • Intermediate stages of self control (frustration)
  • Self-help skills (dressing)
  • Interacts with peers in positive ways
  • Displays manners (please, thank you, excuse me)

Cognitive: Pre-School

  • Problem-solving (how to make something work)
  • Representational thought (A is for apple)
  • Cause & Effect (what happens when I do this?)

Fine & Gross Motor: Pre-School

  • Eye-hand coordination
  • Beginning tripod grip (pencil, crayon)
  • Skipping
  • Galloping
  • Geginner puzzles
  • Learning correct hold of scissors
  • Practice cutting lines

Physical & Arts: Pre-School

  • Process Art (clay, collages)
  • Using paint brushes, crayons, & markers
  • Beginning steady beat and keeping rhythm
  • Can begin to independently color, cut & paste items

Social & Emotional: Pre-School

  • Engages in social interactions
  • Expresses emotions (all)
  • Engages in pretend play (along or with others)
  • Begins to understand transitions and how to cope

Math & Science: Pre-School

  • One-to-one correspondence
  • Number sense & counting
  • Identify & draw shapes
  • Sorting
  • Patterning
  • Experiments (will this rock sink or float?)

Speech & Language: Pre-School

  • Expressive & receptive vocabulary
  • Listening & speaking
  • Beginning stages of telling and retelling a story
  • Use of animation while speaking
  • Responds to open ended questions

Literacy – Read & Write: Pre-School

  • Print concepts
  • Knowledge of books & print
  • Name recognition (visual)
  • Pre-writing skills (lines & curves)
  • Sequence of events

Self-Exploration: Toddler

  • Identify body parts (ears, knees, belly)
  • Further exploration of surroundings
  • Trying new things (foods)

Self-Awareness & Development: Toddler

  • Beginning stages of self control (frustration)
  • Self-help skills (potty training)
  • Begins to play with friends

Cognitive: Toddler

  • Problem-solving (how something works)
  • Sorting
  • Begins to understand and follow simple directions (sit in chair)

Fine & Gross Motor: Toddler

  • Eye-hand coordination
  • Hand strength & grasp
  • Running
  • Climbing and jumping
  • Beginning to move with balance

Physical & Arts: Toddler

  • Creativity-process art, scribbling, color recognition
  • Creative movement
  • Tries to keep steady beat
  • Enjoys fingers painting and messy activities

Social & Emotional: Toddler

  • Begins to identify feelings
  • Interacts with adults & peers
  • Engages in pretend play
  • Parallel play
  • Use of manners

Math & Science: Toddler

  • Use senses to explore
  • Identifying body parts
  • Shape & color recognition
  • Number sense (more/less, empty/full)

Speech & Language: Toddler

  • Intermediate stage of social communication (I want)
  • Repetition of words
  • Tone recognition (positive vs. negative)
  • Book knowledge and enjoyment of story

Literacy – Read & Write: Toddler

  • Beginning stages of comprehension & listening skills
  • Uses scribbling as writing
  • Looks at books and turns pages

Self-Exploration: Infant

  • Basic body awareness
  • Curiosity
  • Trying new things
  • Exploring surroundings

Self-Awareness & Development: Infant

  • Self-soothing skills
  • Independence
  • Self-recognition (recognize self in mirror)

Cognitive: Infant

  • Problem solving (navigation of space)
  • Object permanence (peek-a-boo)
  • Cause and effect

Fine & Gross Motor: Infant

  • Holding head up
  • Sitting
  • Crawling
  • Standing
  • Walking
  • Finger manipulation
  • Grasping
  • Balance

Physical & Arts: Infant

  • 5 Senses explore materials related to them (smell: lemon)
  • Moves and wiggles to music
  • Enjoys making music
  • Dramatic movements (hello/goodbye)

Social & Emotional: Infant

  • Develops attachment
  • Trust and security
  • Expresses emotion to get needs met
  • Begins to recognize family in pictures

Math & Science: Infant

  • Uses senses to explore nature (touch: grass)
  • Sensory play
  • Collections and patterns (big & small)
  • Spatial relationships

Speech & Language: Infant

  • Beginning stages of social communication
  • Imitation of sounds
  • Basic sign language
  • Simple directions
  • Enjoyment of stories
  • Understands simple directions (no, sit in chair)

Literacy – Read & Write: Infant

  • Sound imitation
  • Enjoyment of stories
  • Starts to say one or more words
  • Begins to use words to make theirs