Goals for Private Pre-Kindergarten/VPK
These goals represent an overview of the social, emotional, physical and academic skills that we are teaching the children throughout this year. This list is not exhaustive, but a guide and we will ensure that we are using developmentally appropriate methods to complete these goals.
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The teachers and staff will continue to help children learn social skills such as sharing and taking turns
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The teachers and staff will provide a structured day with time for free choice activities
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The teachers and staff will provide opportunities to allow children to increase their decision making skills
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The teachers and staff will help children increase their large motor skills with outdoor play
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The teachers and staff will have large group activities to help children with their listening and social skills
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The teachers and staff will provide opportunities for children to increase their fine motor skills by cutting with scissors, drawing with markers, and using small manipulatives
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The teachers, staff and librarian will conduct daily read alouds to help enrich students’ imagination
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The teachers, staff, and librarian will help children learn about and explore books in order to create a love for books and reading
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Children will be exposed to non-fiction reading to build background, vocabulary, and oral language
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The teachers and staff will help children to learn the names of letters and the sounds connected to that letter
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Children will work on properly forming letters
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The teachers and staff will help children to identify and write common sight words
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Children will identify and write their own name in print
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The teachers and staff will help children to add and subtract items in a group
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Children will recognize, name, sort, and compare shapes
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The teachers and staff will help children to observe, classify, collect, and interpret data