| Colorado Building Blocks | Preschool Academic Standards | Teaching Strategies GOLD | HighScope COR | Head Start Child Development & Early Learning Framework |
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Children use a variety of tools and art media to creatively express their ideas. a - Experiment with different tools to creatively express and present ideas. |
Music Creation of Music 1 - Improvise movement and sound responses to music a - Improvise sound effects to accompany play activities Reading and Writing Writing and Composition 1 - Pictures express ideas a - Draw pictures to generate, represent, and express ideas or share information Social Studies Geography 1 - Develop spatial understanding, perspectives, and connections to the world. e - Use nonlinguistic representations to show understanding of geographic terms Visual Arts Invent and Discover to Create 1 - Create works of art based on personal relevance b - Use art materials safely and with respect in any environment |
Social-Emotional 1 - Regulates own emotions and behaviors b - Follows limits and expectations 6 - Manages classroom rules, routines, and transitions with occasional reminders Cognitive 14 - Uses symbols and images to represent something not present a - Thinks symbolically 6 - Plans and then uses drawings, constructions, movements, and dramatizations to represent ideas Cognitive 14 - Uses symbols and images to represent something not present a - Thinks symbolically 6 - Plans and then uses drawings, constructions, movements, and dramatizations to represent ideas The Arts 34 - Explores musical concepts and expression - - |
Creative Representation J - Drawing and painting pictures 3 - Child draws or paints something and explains what it stands for. Creative Representation K - Pretending 0 - Child imitates the sound or action of a person or animal. |
Physical Development & Health Fine Motor Skills: The control of small muscles for such purposes as using utensils, self-care, building, and exploring. Manipulates writing, drawing, and art tools. 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. Literacy Knowledge & Skills Early Writing: The familiarity with writing implements, conventions, and emerging skills to communicate through written representations, symbols, and letters. Uses scribbles, shapes, pictures, and letters to represent objects, stories, experiences, or ideas. Social Studies Knowledge & Skills Self, Family, & Community: The understanding of one’s relationship to the family and community, roles in the family and community, and respect for diversity. Describes or draws aspects of the geography of the classroom, home, and community. |
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Children use a variety of tools and art media to creatively express their ideas. b - Select and use a variety of tools to approach tasks. |
Visual Arts Invent and Discover to Create 1 - Create works of art based on personal relevance b - Use art materials safely and with respect in any environment |
Social-Emotional 1 - Regulates own emotions and behaviors b - Follows limits and expectations 6 - Manages classroom rules, routines, and transitions with occasional reminders |
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