 
Ms.
Silva, Miss Brown
Creating a World of Play: What Children Are Learning
The purpose
of the preschool program is to provide opportunities for each
child to grow emotionally, physically, intellectually, and
socially. Each day, children will engage in a variety of
learning activities. Intentionally organized learning
experiences are planned that will build self-esteem, challenge
children's thinking and reasoning skills. encourage healthy
relationships with peers and staff, and explore various
curriculum topics. Children will spend time in self directed
learning centers that include blocks, dramatic play, math and
manipulative, art, discovery, computers, sand and water table
(sensory), and literacy centers. The following list highlights
what children will be learning at each interest area.
BLOCKS
~Spatial
Relationships
~Shape, Color, and Size Discrimination
~Cause and Effect
~Cooperation
~Balance and Hand Eye Coordination
~Organization and Sequential Skills
~Problem Solving, Design, and Construction Skills
~Quantity and Number Concepts
Dramatic Play
~Conflict
Resolution (Bringing the Adult World Down to Size)
~Verbal Skills and Language Development
~Cooperation
~Individual Expression and Creativity
~Making Choices and Plans
~Understanding and Expressing Feelings
Games, Puzzles, and Table Toys
~Perseverance and Self-Control
~Math Skills: Sequencing, Classifying, Estimating, Counting, Comparing, Sorting, Patterns and Shapes
~Visual Discrimination Skills
~Hand-Eye Coordination
~Fine Motor Skills
~Tactile Discrimination
~Distance and Directionality
ART
 ~Fine
Motor Skills
~Creative Representation
~Color, Shape, and Size Relationships
~Individual Expression
~Understanding Symbols
~Bringing Ideas to Life
~Eye Hand Coordination
~Language Development
Discovery
~Observation and Discovery
~Learning and Testing New Concepts
~Drawing Conclusions and Making Predictions
~Understanding Change and the Natural World
~Cause and Effect
~Identifying Living and Non-living Things
Sand and Water Table
 ~Sensory Exploration and Discovery
~Measurement
~Problem Solving Skills
~Cause and Effect
~Properties of Matter
~Conservation of Matter
Library and Listening Center
~Language Development
~Comprehension
~Sequencing and Story Telling
~Pre-Reading Skills
~Concepts About Print
~Reading for Enjoyment
Emily Brown, Alejandra Silva
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