• Increase in vocabulary
• Putting feelings/desires into words

• Asking questions
• Exploring the world
• using all five senses

Achieved through: art table, sensory bin, block play, outdoor play, and science activities

• Sense of worth
• Sense of belonging
• Making choices and decisions
• Sense of independence and control in projects (encouragement of open-ended projects )
• Being a part of a group
• Social interaction and problem solving
• Values such as empathy, friendship and giving are stressed

Achieved through: Chapel time,classroom jobs, teacher role modeling,choice of activities during free play, sharing thoughts and ideas at circle time, actively participating in music and creative movement, independent use of art and building type materials

• Recognition of letters of the alphabet (upper and lower case letters)
• Recognition of the sounds of the letters for pre-reading skills development
• Recognition of ones' own name and  other names of significance, i.e., Mom, Dad, etc.)
• Recognition of numerals 1 through 20
• Increase in counting, sorting, matching skills
• Recognition of shapes, colors and patterns
• Ability to write first (possibly last) name and also small words that are personally important to them

Achieved through: circle time activities including "star of the week" and "letter bags", journal time, games, songs, rhymes, art, "thematic books" 

• Further developing the skills to put on own coat, open items in lunch box, clean up classroom materials and toys
• Taking care of personal needs in the bathroom (washing hands, using toilet)

Achieved through: encouragement and assistance from teachers, modeling peers who are skilled at it, lots of patience, practice and praise, parental support at home