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Preschool Child Development Goals

Social and Emotional Development

To be able to interact and communicate verbally with both children and adults.
To feel a positive sense of self.
To be able to respect other's property, differences and choices.
To be able to accept failure and try again.
To be able to follow rules in group games.
To be able to share with other children, work cooperatively and take turns.
To be able to show understanding of feelings by verbalizing anger, sadness, happiness.
To be able to learn self-help skills, i.e. putting on own shoes and clothing, clean up materials after use.
To be able to work independently, make self-directed decisions and initiate activities on his/her own.
To be able to develop relationships outside of family unit.
To be able to complete age appropriate activity.
To be able to feel confident enough to ask for help from peers and/or teachers

Cognitive Development

Physical Development

To be able to perform large motor skills: creeping, crawling, running, walking, jumping, hopping, skipping, balancing, etc.
To be able to change direction: forward, backward, side to side, etc.
To be able to move the whole body to wiggle, squirm, twirl, spin, sway, do a somersault, etc.
To be able to master ball skills: throw, catch, roll, kick, bounce.
To be able to master fine motor skills: eye/hand coordination, string beads, copy circle, cut with scissors, tie shoes, use a pencil and crayon, etc.
To be able to participate in cooperative group play/games.
To be able to cross the lateral bars hand over hand.

Oral Language Development

Promote the development of language so that child can speak more and complex phrases and finally full sentences.
Promote language opportunity for the child with adult as role model.
Promote language which expresses thoughts and ideas.
Promote language with a variety of activities, i.e. storytelling, finger plays, poems, rhymes, role-play, dramatic play and songs.
Promote development of child's native language to promote positive self-esteem.
To be able to learn age-appropriate vocabulary.

Math Skills

To be able to identify basic shapes: triangle, circle, square, rectangle, diamond, oval.
To be able to sort by shape, color, size, weight.
To be able to compare and describe size—long/short, big/small, etc.
To be able to reproduce a pattern using objects.
To be able to count from 1-20.
To be able to recognize numerals 1-10 and put them in order.
To be able to count 5-10 objects and answer how many.
To be able to develop one to one correspondence.
To be able to develop math vocabulary, e.g. simple fractions such as a quarter or half instead of big or little.
To be able to understand measuring concepts.
To be able to understand combinations of numbers and/or simple addition and subtraction concepts using pictures or objects.

Science Skills

To learn about ecology and the environment, i.e. weather, plants, animals, insects, gardening, conservation, etc.
To develop use and awareness of their five senses.
To learn how to explore through the use of the senses and other instruments such as the microscope, scales.
To foster curiosity and inquiry.
To learn about various properties of things around us, i.e. magnetic properties, liquid, solids, gases, temperature.
To learn measuring, lengths, weight, distance and time concepts.
To develop observation, prediction and cause and effect skills.

Music Skills

To be able to sing songs with melody, tone and rhythm.
To develop verbal and auditory discrimination skills.
To learn motor control through dance and movement with music.
To develop use of his/her imagination through free expression in moving to music.
To learn about different cultures, music, including one's own.
To be able to play or play to a steady beat on an instrument such as the drum, rhythm sticks, recorder.
To learn about different kinds of instruments, e.g. brass, string, winds, etc.

Art Skills

To use art as a means of self-expression, development of imagination and fostering creativity.
To use art activities to develop fine motor control.
To use art activities as a sensorial experience.
To use art activities to develop cultural awareness.
To be able to produce art work with a goal in mind.
To expose children to a wide variety of colors and to develop appreciation for other colors besides the primary colors.
To expose children to different art mediums such as finger painting, watercolor, different size and texture paint brushes, etc.

Safety Skills

Provide activities which promote a safe environment.
Encourage children to learn about, participate in and create safety rules.
Provide activities which promote safety awareness for fire, earthquake, crossing the street, talking to strangers and sexual abuse.

Health Skills

To encourage good health habits such as washing hands before eating, covering mouth when coughing, how to blow nose, etc.
To encourage good nutrition and eating habits through cooking activities, discussions, art projects and meal times.
To teach children about general hygiene: bathing, brushing teeth, sharing personal items, toileting skills, etc.
To teach children and parents about proper clothing for weather conditions.
To teach children the importance of rest and what their body needs to grow.

Japanese Language Skills

To be able to recognize and say the Japanese words for the basic colors, shapes, animals, parts of the body, family members, foods and different types of workers.
To be able to count from 1-20 in Japanese.
To be able to recognize and write their name in Japanese.
To be able to use daily proper greetings, i.e. good morning, thank you, good-bye.
To be able to recognize the Japanese alphabet.

Multicultural Awareness

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