Sing simple songs alone and in groups. Provide opportunities for literature exposure, storytelling, and some author studies. Develop fine and gross motor skills, body space awareness and manipulative skills involving the use of a variety of objects. Interact with developmentally appropriate software to enhance readiness and enrich content skill areas. Be introduced to decision-making skills through choices and consequences Develop skills that are basic to health.
Instruction moves from concrete to representational to abstract.
Add and subtract facts to 18. Write and recognize numerals to 999. Perform whole number operations in addition with regrouping. Increase estimation skills. Understand place value with expanded notation.