Communication:
- Expressive language - wants and needs
- Receptive language - understanding what is said
- Practicing listening - parents, teachers and peers
- Sequencing what we hear - listening to directions
- Increasing vocabulary
- Ways we communicate: speech, sign
Cognitive:
- Early literacy skills - learning to use books
- Manipulatives - number sense
- Exploration – songs, movement activities
Physical:
- Gross motor: running, climbing, swinging, ball playing / handling, jumping
- Fine motor: cutting with scissors, coloring, gluing lacing, stringing beads, pouring
- Social/emotional: (supporting positive self image / esteem)
- Sharing—materials, ideas and opinions
Expressing feelings
- Experiencing joys of friendship
- Establishing positive relationship between student/teachers
- Encouraging confidence in all areas of student life
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