| Colorado Building Blocks | Preschool Academic Standards | Teaching Strategies GOLD | HighScope COR | Head Start Child Development & Early Learning Framework |
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Children engage in play as a means to develop their individual approach to learning. a - Initiate sustained play with peers. |
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Children engage in play as a means to develop their individual approach to learning. b - Enter into and play cooperatively with other children. |
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Children engage in play as a means to develop their individual approach to learning. c - Choose from a variety of play activities. |
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Children demonstrate curiosity and a willingness to participate in tasks and challenges. a - Demonstrate an eagerness and interest in learning through questioning and adding ideas. |
Drama Critically Respond 1 - Respond to stories and plays b - Demonstrate an eagerness and interest in performances or dramatizations through asking questions Reading and Writing Research and Reasoning 2 - Problems can be identified and possible solutions can be created a - Generate questions and investigate answers about topics of interest |
Cognitive 11 - Demonstrates positive approaches to learning a - Attends and engages 6 - Sustains work on age-appropriate, interesting tasks; can ignore most distractions and interruptions Cognitive 11 - Demonstrates positive approaches to learning d - Shows curiosity and motivation 6 - Shows eagerness to learn about a variety of topics and ideas |
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Approaches To Learning Initiative & Curiosity: An interest in varied topics and activities, desire to learn, creativeness, and independence in learning. Demonstrates eagerness to learn about and discuss a range of topics, ideas, and tasks. Approaches To Learning Initiative & Curiosity: An interest in varied topics and activities, desire to learn, creativeness, and independence in learning. Asks questions and seeks new information. |
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Children demonstrate curiosity and a willingness to participate in tasks and challenges. b - Show an interest in people, things, and the world around them. |
Reading and Writing Research and Reasoning 2 - Problems can be identified and possible solutions can be created a - Generate questions and investigate answers about topics of interest Visual Arts Observe and Learn to Comprehend 1 - Artists and viewers identify art in daily life a - Identify individual preferences in images when presented with visual examples such as picture books, cartoons, computer games, community, and home events |
Cognitive 11 - Demonstrates positive approaches to learning d - Shows curiosity and motivation 6 - Shows eagerness to learn about a variety of topics and ideas The Arts 33 - Explores the visual arts - - |
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Approaches To Learning Initiative & Curiosity: An interest in varied topics and activities, desire to learn, creativeness, and independence in learning. Asks questions and seeks new information. |
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Children demonstrate curiosity and a willingness to participate in tasks and challenges. c - Choose to participate in an increasing variety of activities, tasks and play areas. |
Drama Critically Respond 1 - Respond to stories and plays b - Demonstrate an eagerness and interest in performances or dramatizations through asking questions |
Cognitive 11 - Demonstrates positive approaches to learning d - Shows curiosity and motivation 6 - Shows eagerness to learn about a variety of topics and ideas |
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Approaches To Learning Initiative & Curiosity: An interest in varied topics and activities, desire to learn, creativeness, and independence in learning. Demonstrates eagerness to learn about and discuss a range of topics, ideas, and tasks. |
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Children demonstrate an increased ability to show initiative, accept help, take risks and work towards completing tasks. a - Invest time in a sustained activity despite distractions and interruptions. |
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Children demonstrate an increased ability to show initiative, accept help, take risks and work towards completing tasks. b - Accept help from another child or adult when encountering a problem. |
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Children demonstrate an increased ability to show initiative, accept help, take risks and work towards completing tasks. c - Seek help when appropriate from another child or adult. |
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Children demonstrate an increased ability to establish goals, develop and follow through with plans. a - Demonstrate an increased ability to understand a task as a series of steps. |
Social Studies History 1 - Recognize change and sequence over time c - Sequence a simple set of activities or events |
Mathematics 22 - Compares and measures - 4 - Compares and orders a small set of objects as appropriate according to size, length, weight, area, or volume; knows usual sequence of basic daily events and a few ordinal numbers |
Mathematics and Science DD - Identifying sequence, change, and causality 2 - Child describes a sequence of events. |
Logic & Reasoning Symbolic Representation: The use of symbols or objects to represent something else. Represents people, places, or things through drawings, movement, and three-dimensional objects. |
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Children demonstrate an increased ability to establish goals, develop and follow through with plans. b - Demonstrate an increased ability to organize themselves and materials in the learning environment. |
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Children demonstrate an increased ability to establish goals, develop and follow through with plans. c - Follow through to complete tasks and activities. |
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Children demonstrate an increased ability to identify possible solutions to problems. a - Demonstrate an increased ability to generate different approaches to solving problems. |
Reading and Writing Research and Reasoning 2 - Problems can be identified and possible solutions can be created b - Gather relevant information and apply it to their problem-solving process or current event |
Cognitive 11 - Demonstrates positive approaches to learning c - Solves problems 6 - Solves problems without having to try every possibility |
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Approaches To Learning Initiative & Curiosity: An interest in varied topics and activities, desire to learn, creativeness, and independence in learning. Demonstrates flexibility, imagination, and inventiveness in approaching tasks and activities. |
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Children demonstrate an increased ability to identify possible solutions to problems. b - Seek alternative approaches to problem solving. |
Reading and Writing Research and Reasoning 2 - Problems can be identified and possible solutions can be created c - Seek and generate alternative approaches to solving problems |
Cognitive 11 - Demonstrates positive approaches to learning e - Shows flexibility and inventiveness in thinking 6 - Changes plans if a better idea is thought of or proposed |
Initiative B - Solving Problems with Materials 5 - Child tries three or more ways to solve a problem with materials. |
Approaches To Learning Initiative & Curiosity: An interest in varied topics and activities, desire to learn, creativeness, and independence in learning. Demonstrates flexibility, imagination, and inventiveness in approaching tasks and activities. |
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Children use their prior experiences, sense and knowledge to learn in new ways. a - Communicate about events and experiences. |
Visual Arts Observe and Learn to Comprehend 1 - Artists and viewers identify art in daily life b - Use age-appropriate vocabulary to describe works of art Visual Arts Envision and Critique to Reflect 1 - Works of art can represent people, places, and things a - Explain that works of art communicate ideas |
Language 9 - Uses language to express thoughts and needs a - Uses an expanding expressive vocabulary 6 - Describes and tells the use of many familiar items The Arts 33 - Explores the visual arts - - |
Creative Representation J - Drawing and painting pictures 3 - Child draws or paints something and explains what it stands for. Creative Representation J - Drawing and painting pictures 3 - Child draws or paints something and explains what it stands for. |
Creative Arts Expression Art: The use of a range of media and materials to create drawings, pictures, or other objects. Discusses one’s own artistic creations and those of others. Creative Arts Expression Art: The use of a range of media and materials to create drawings, pictures, or other objects. Discusses one’s own artistic creations and those of others. |
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Children use their prior experiences, sense and knowledge to learn in new ways. b - Use prior knowledge to understand new experiences |
Reading and Writing Oral Expression and Listening 2 - Listening and comprehension skills are required to be clearly understood d - Remember spoken information for a short period of time Reading and Writing Research and Reasoning 2 - Problems can be identified and possible solutions can be created b - Gather relevant information and apply it to their problem-solving process or current event |
Cognitive 11 - Demonstrates positive approaches to learning c - Solves problems 6 - Solves problems without having to try every possibility Cognitive 12 - Remembers and connects experiences a - Recognizes and recalls 6 - Tells about experience in order, provides details, and evaluates the experience; recalls 3 or 4 items removed from view |
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Approaches To Learning Initiative & Curiosity: An interest in varied topics and activities, desire to learn, creativeness, and independence in learning. Demonstrates flexibility, imagination, and inventiveness in approaching tasks and activities. |