| 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 early reading and writing skills. a - Use symbols and forms of early writing to create more complex play. |
Music Theory of Music 2 - Recognition of a wide variety of sounds and sound sources b - Use invented symbols to represent musical sounds and ideas |
The Arts 34 - Explores musical concepts and expression - - |
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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 engage in play as a means to develop early reading and writing skills. b - Use writing tools and materials in all areas of the learning environment. |
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Children engage in play as a means to develop early reading and writing skills. c - Create play ideas that come from favorite stories, poems and songs. |
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Children demonstrate an interest and ability to use symbols to represent words and ideas. a - Begin to print letters in own name. |
Reading and Writing Writing and Composition 2 - Letters are formed with accuracy b - Write and recognize letters in own name |
Literacy 19 - Demonstrates emergent writing skills a - Writes name 6 - Accurate name |
Language and Literacy V - Using letter names and sounds 0 - Child identifies personal label or a letter in own name. |
Literacy Knowledge & Skills Print Concepts & Conventions: The concepts about print and early decoding (identifying letter-sound relationships). Recognizes print in everyday life, such as numbers, letters, one’s name, words, and familiar logos and signs. Literacy Knowledge & Skills Early Writing: The familiarity with writing implements, conventions, and emerging skills to communicate through written representations, symbols, and letters. Copies, traces, or independently writes letters or words. |
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Children demonstrate an interest and ability to use symbols to represent words and ideas. b - Understand that writing carries a message |
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Children demonstrate an interest and ability to use symbols to represent words and ideas. c - Experiment with a variety of writing tools and materials; |
Reading and Writing Writing and Composition 2 - Letters are formed with accuracy a - Begin to develop proper pencil grip when drawing or writing |
Physical 7 - Demonstrates fine-motor strength and coordination a - Uses fingers and hands 6 - Uses refined wrist and finger movements |
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Physical Development & Health Fine Motor Skills: The control of small muscles for such purposes as using utensils, self-care, building, and exploring. Develops hand strength and dexterity. |
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Children demonstrate an interest and ability to use symbols to represent words and ideas. d - Use scribbles, shapes, letter-like symbols and letters to write or represent words or ideas. |
Music Theory of Music 2 - Recognition of a wide variety of sounds and sound sources b - Use invented symbols to represent musical sounds and ideas Reading and Writing Writing and Composition 1 - Pictures express ideas c - Use shapes, letter-like symbols, and letters to represent words or ideas Reading and Writing Writing and Composition 2 - Letters are formed with accuracy a - Begin to develop proper pencil grip when drawing or writing |
Physical 7 - Demonstrates fine-motor strength and coordination b - Uses writing and drawing tools 6 - Holds drawing and writing tools by using a three-point finger grip but may hold the instrument too close to one end Literacy 19 - Demonstrates emergent writing skills b - Writes to convey meaning 3 - Mock letters or letter-like forms The Arts 34 - Explores musical concepts and expression - - |
Language and Literacy X - Writing 1 - Child writes using pictures, squiggles, or letterlike forms. |
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. Literacy Knowledge & Skills Early Writing: The familiarity with writing implements, conventions, and emerging skills to communicate through written representations, symbols, and letters. Copies, traces, or independently writes letters or words. |
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Children demonstrate an interest and ability to use symbols to represent words and ideas. e - Begin to dictate ideas, sentences and stories. |
Reading and Writing Writing and Composition 1 - Pictures express ideas b - Orally describe or tell about a picture Reading and Writing Writing and Composition 1 - Pictures express ideas d - Dictate ideas to an adult |
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 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 |
Creative Representation J - Drawing and painting pictures 3 - Child draws or paints something and explains what it stands for. |
Literacy Knowledge & Skills Early Writing: The familiarity with writing implements, conventions, and emerging skills to communicate through written representations, symbols, and letters. Recognizes that writing is a way of communicating for a variety of purposes, such as giving information, sharing stories, or giving an opinion. Literacy Knowledge & Skills Early Writing: The familiarity with writing implements, conventions, and emerging skills to communicate through written representations, symbols, and letters. Recognizes that writing is a way of communicating for a variety of purposes, such as giving information, sharing stories, or giving an opinion. |
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3 - Early Reading - Phonemic and Phonological Awareness Children demonstrate an interest in learning letters and the combination of letter sounds with letter symbols a - Show increasing ability to discriminate and identify the sounds of language. |
Reading and Writing Oral Expression and Listening 3 - Early knowledge of phonemic awareness is the building block of understanding language a - Recognize patterns of sounds in songs, storytelling, and poetry |
Literacy 15 - Demonstrates phonological awareness a - Notices and discriminates rhyme 4 - Fills in the missing rhyming word; generates rhyming words spontaneously Literacy 15 - Demonstrates phonological awareness b - Notices and discriminates alliteration 4 - Shows awareness that some words begin the same way |
Language and Literacy T - Showing awareness of sounds in words 2 - Child joins in saying or repeating a rhyme or a series of words that start with the same sound. |
Literacy Knowledge & Skills Phonological Awareness: An awareness that language can be broken into words, syllables, and smaller pieces of sound. Identifies and discriminates between words in language. Literacy Knowledge & Skills Alphabet Knowledge: The names and sounds associated with letters. Recognizes that letters of the alphabet have distinct sound(s) associated with them. |
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3 - Early Reading - Phonemic and Phonological Awareness Children demonstrate an interest in learning letters and the combination of letter sounds with letter symbols b - Demonstrate growing awareness of the beginning sounds of words. |
Reading and Writing Oral Expression and Listening 3 - Early knowledge of phonemic awareness is the building block of understanding language d - Demonstrate understanding of initial sounds in words (such as mop begins with the /m/ sound) |
Literacy 16 - Demonstrates knowledge of the alphabet b - Uses letter–sound knowledge 2 - Identifies the sounds of a few letters |
Language and Literacy T - Showing awareness of sounds in words 4 - Child says that two words begin with the same sound. |
Literacy Knowledge & Skills Phonological Awareness: An awareness that language can be broken into words, syllables, and smaller pieces of sound. Identifies and discriminates between sounds and phonemes in language, such as attention to beginning and ending sounds of words and recognition that different words begin or end with the same sound. Literacy Knowledge & Skills Alphabet Knowledge: The names and sounds associated with letters. Attends to the beginning letters and sounds in familiar words. |
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3 - Early Reading - Phonemic and Phonological Awareness Children demonstrate an interest in learning letters and the combination of letter sounds with letter symbols c - Show growing ability to hear and discriminate separate syllables in words. |
Reading and Writing Oral Expression and Listening 3 - Early knowledge of phonemic awareness is the building block of understanding language b - Understand that words are made up of one or more syllables |
Literacy 15 - Demonstrates phonological awareness c - Notices and discriminates smaller and smaller units of sound 4 - Hears and shows awareness of separate syllables in words |
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Literacy Knowledge & Skills Phonological Awareness: An awareness that language can be broken into words, syllables, and smaller pieces of sound. Identifies and discriminates between separate syllables in words. |
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3 - Early Reading - Phonemic and Phonological Awareness Children demonstrate an interest in learning letters and the combination of letter sounds with letter symbols d - Begin to associate sounds with written words. |
Reading and Writing Reading for All Purposes 1 - Print conveys meaning b - Recognize print in the environment |
Literacy 17 - Demonstrates knowledge of print and its uses b - Uses print concepts 2 - Shows understanding that text is meaningful and can be read |
Language and Literacy W - Reading 3 - Child calls attention to print. |
Literacy Knowledge & Skills Print Concepts & Conventions: The concepts about print and early decoding (identifying letter-sound relationships). Recognizes print in everyday life, such as numbers, letters, one’s name, words, and familiar logos and signs. |
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3 - Early Reading - Phonemic and Phonological Awareness Children demonstrate an interest in learning letters and the combination of letter sounds with letter symbols e - Recognize and generate rhymes. |
Reading and Writing Oral Expression and Listening 2 - Listening and comprehension skills are required to be clearly understood b - Recite songs, poems, and stories with repeated rhyme Reading and Writing Oral Expression and Listening 3 - Early knowledge of phonemic awareness is the building block of understanding language c - Recognize rhyming words and alliterations Reading and Writing Reading for All Purposes 2 - Symbol, object, and letter recognition is a fundamental of reading and requires accuracy and speed a - Recognize own name in print |
Literacy 15 - Demonstrates phonological awareness a - Notices and discriminates rhyme 4 - Fills in the missing rhyming word; generates rhyming words spontaneously Literacy 15 - Demonstrates phonological awareness a - Notices and discriminates rhyme 6 - Decides whether two words rhyme Literacy 15 - Demonstrates phonological awareness b - Notices and discriminates alliteration 4 - Shows awareness that some words begin the same way Literacy 17 - Demonstrates knowledge of print and its uses b - Uses print concepts 6 - Shows awareness of various features of print: letters, words, spaces, upper- and lowercase letters, some punctuation |
Language and Literacy T - Showing awareness of sounds in words 2 - Child joins in saying or repeating a rhyme or a series of words that start with the same sound. Language and Literacy T - Showing awareness of sounds in words 2 - Child joins in saying or repeating a rhyme or a series of words that start with the same sound. Language and Literacy W - Reading 4 - Child recognizes a written word. |
Language Development Expressive Language: The ability to use language. Uses different forms of language. Literacy Knowledge & Skills Phonological Awareness: An awareness that language can be broken into words, syllables, and smaller pieces of sound. Identifies and discriminates between words in language. Literacy Knowledge & Skills Print Concepts & Conventions: The concepts about print and early decoding (identifying letter-sound relationships). Recognizes print in everyday life, such as numbers, letters, one’s name, words, and familiar logos and signs. |
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4 - Early Reading - Book Knowledge and Appreciation Children demonstrate an understanding and appreciation that books and other forms of print have a purpose. a - Attempt to read or tell a story and guess what happens next. |
Reading and Writing Reading for All Purposes 1 - Print conveys meaning e - Make predictions based on illustrations or portions of story or text |
Literacy 18 - Comprehends and responds to books and other texts a - Interacts during read-alouds and book conversations 6 - Identifies story-related problems, events, and resolutions during conversations with an adult |
Language and Literacy U - Demonstrating knowledge about books 4 - Looking at the pictures in a book, child tells the story or makes up a story related to the pictures. |
Literacy Knowledge & Skills Book Appreciation and Knowledge: The interest in books and their characteristics, and the ability to understand and get meaning from stories and information from books and other texts. Asks and answers questions and makes comments about print materials. |
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4 - Early Reading - Book Knowledge and Appreciation Children demonstrate an understanding and appreciation that books and other forms of print have a purpose. b - Listen to and talk about a variety of types of literature. |
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4 - Early Reading - Book Knowledge and Appreciation Children demonstrate an understanding and appreciation that books and other forms of print have a purpose. c - Handle and care for books in a respectful manner. |
Reading and Writing Reading for All Purposes 1 - Print conveys meaning a - Hold books in upright position, turn pages sequentially, recognize correct orientation (top to bottom, left to right) |
Literacy 17 - Demonstrates knowledge of print and its uses a - Uses and appreciates books 4 - Orients book correctly; turns pages from front of the book to the back; recognizes familiar books by their covers |
Language and Literacy U - Demonstrating knowledge about books 2 - Child holds a book right-side up, turns the pages, and looks at them. |
Literacy Knowledge & Skills Book Appreciation and Knowledge: The interest in books and their characteristics, and the ability to understand and get meaning from stories and information from books and other texts. Recognizes how books are read, such as front-to-back and one page at a time, and recognizes basic characteristics, such as title, author, and illustrator. |
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5 - Early Reading - Comprehension Children demonstrate an interest in understanding that spoken and written words have meaning. a - Retell parts of a story with prompts. |
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5 - Early Reading - Comprehension Children demonstrate an interest in understanding that spoken and written words have meaning. b - Connect information to familiar experiences when being read a story. |
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5 - Early Reading - Comprehension Children demonstrate an interest in understanding that spoken and written words have meaning. c - Demonstrate understanding of the meaning of a story. |
Reading and Writing Reading for All Purposes 1 - Print conveys meaning d - Use and interpret illustrations to gain meaning Reading and Writing Reading for All Purposes 1 - Print conveys meaning f - Generate a picture or written response to a read-aloud that identifies the who or what of the story or text |
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 Literacy 18 - Comprehends and responds to books and other texts b - Uses emergent reading skills 2 - Pretends to read a familiar book, treating each page as a separate unit; names and describes what is on each page, using pictures as cues |
Language and Literacy W - Reading 2 - Child says what a picture or symbol represents. |
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 Book Appreciation and Knowledge: The interest in books and their characteristics, and the ability to understand and get meaning from stories and information from books and other texts. Asks and answers questions and makes comments about print materials. Literacy Knowledge & Skills Book Appreciation and Knowledge: The interest in books and their characteristics, and the ability to understand and get meaning from stories and information from books and other texts. Asks and answers questions and makes comments about print materials. Literacy Knowledge & Skills Book Appreciation and Knowledge: The interest in books and their characteristics, and the ability to understand and get meaning from stories and information from books and other texts. Retells stories or information from books through conversation, artistic works, creative movement, or drama. |
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6 - Early Reading - Print Awareness and Concepts Children demonstrate an interest in recognizing the association between spoken and written words by following print as it is read aloud. a - Explore and investigate books and other forms of print. |
Reading and Writing Reading for All Purposes 1 - Print conveys meaning a - Hold books in upright position, turn pages sequentially, recognize correct orientation (top to bottom, left to right) Reading and Writing Reading for All Purposes 1 - Print conveys meaning c - Recognize that printed material conveys meaning and connects to the reader’s world |
Literacy 17 - Demonstrates knowledge of print and its uses a - Uses and appreciates books 4 - Orients book correctly; turns pages from front of the book to the back; recognizes familiar books by their covers Literacy 17 - Demonstrates knowledge of print and its uses b - Uses print concepts 2 - Shows understanding that text is meaningful and can be read |
Language and Literacy U - Demonstrating knowledge about books 2 - Child holds a book right-side up, turns the pages, and looks at them. Language and Literacy U - Demonstrating knowledge about books 5 - Child points to the words in a book or follows a line of text while telling or reading the story. |
Literacy Knowledge & Skills Print Concepts & Conventions: The concepts about print and early decoding (identifying letter-sound relationships). Understands that print conveys meaning. Literacy Knowledge & Skills Print Concepts & Conventions: The concepts about print and early decoding (identifying letter-sound relationships). Understands conventions, such as print moves from left to right and top to bottom of a page. |
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6 - Early Reading - Print Awareness and Concepts Children demonstrate an interest in recognizing the association between spoken and written words by following print as it is read aloud. b - Understand that print carries a message. |
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6 - Early Reading - Print Awareness and Concepts Children demonstrate an interest in recognizing the association between spoken and written words by following print as it is read aloud. c - Show an increasing awareness of how books are organized. |
Reading and Writing Reading for All Purposes 1 - Print conveys meaning a - Hold books in upright position, turn pages sequentially, recognize correct orientation (top to bottom, left to right) Reading and Writing Reading for All Purposes 1 - Print conveys meaning c - Recognize that printed material conveys meaning and connects to the reader’s world |
Literacy 17 - Demonstrates knowledge of print and its uses a - Uses and appreciates books 4 - Orients book correctly; turns pages from front of the book to the back; recognizes familiar books by their covers Literacy 17 - Demonstrates knowledge of print and its uses b - Uses print concepts 2 - Shows understanding that text is meaningful and can be read |
Language and Literacy U - Demonstrating knowledge about books 2 - Child holds a book right-side up, turns the pages, and looks at them. Language and Literacy U - Demonstrating knowledge about books 5 - Child points to the words in a book or follows a line of text while telling or reading the story. |
Literacy Knowledge & Skills Print Concepts & Conventions: The concepts about print and early decoding (identifying letter-sound relationships). Understands that print conveys meaning. Literacy Knowledge & Skills Print Concepts & Conventions: The concepts about print and early decoding (identifying letter-sound relationships). Understands conventions, such as print moves from left to right and top to bottom of a page. |
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6 - Early Reading - Print Awareness and Concepts Children demonstrate an interest in recognizing the association between spoken and written words by following print as it is read aloud. d - Recognize some letters and words captured in books and in the environment. |
Reading and Writing Reading for All Purposes 2 - Symbol, object, and letter recognition is a fundamental of reading and requires accuracy and speed b - Recognize the names of a minimum of 10 letters of the alphabet, specifically letters in own name |
Literacy 16 - Demonstrates knowledge of the alphabet a - Identifies and names letters 4 - Recognizes as many as 10 letters, especially those in own name |
Language and Literacy V - Using letter names and sounds 4 - Child names 10 or more letters over time. |
Literacy Knowledge & Skills Print Concepts & Conventions: The concepts about print and early decoding (identifying letter-sound relationships). Recognizes print in everyday life, such as numbers, letters, one’s name, words, and familiar logos and signs. |
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6 - Early Reading - Print Awareness and Concepts Children demonstrate an interest in recognizing the association between spoken and written words by following print as it is read aloud. e - Recognize own name in print |
Reading and Writing Reading for All Purposes 2 - Symbol, object, and letter recognition is a fundamental of reading and requires accuracy and speed a - Recognize own name in print |
Literacy 17 - Demonstrates knowledge of print and its uses b - Uses print concepts 6 - Shows awareness of various features of print: letters, words, spaces, upper- and lowercase letters, some punctuation |
Language and Literacy W - Reading 4 - Child recognizes a written word. |
Literacy Knowledge & Skills Print Concepts & Conventions: The concepts about print and early decoding (identifying letter-sound relationships). Recognizes print in everyday life, such as numbers, letters, one’s name, words, and familiar logos and signs. |
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6 - Early Reading - Print Awareness and Concepts Children demonstrate an interest in recognizing the association between spoken and written words by following print as it is read aloud. f - Show an increasing ability to recognize individual words in sentences. |
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7 - Early Reading - Alphabet Knowledge Children demonstrate and interest in recognizing that symbols are associated with letters of the alphabetand that they form words. a - Know the names of some letters and words |
Reading and Writing Reading for All Purposes 2 - Symbol, object, and letter recognition is a fundamental of reading and requires accuracy and speed b - Recognize the names of a minimum of 10 letters of the alphabet, specifically letters in own name |
Literacy 16 - Demonstrates knowledge of the alphabet a - Identifies and names letters 4 - Recognizes as many as 10 letters, especially those in own name |
Language and Literacy V - Using letter names and sounds 4 - Child names 10 or more letters over time. |
Literacy Knowledge & Skills Print Concepts & Conventions: The concepts about print and early decoding (identifying letter-sound relationships). Recognizes print in everyday life, such as numbers, letters, one’s name, words, and familiar logos and signs. |
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7 - Early Reading - Alphabet Knowledge Children demonstrate and interest in recognizing that symbols are associated with letters of the alphabetand that they form words. b - Identify some letters in print |
Reading and Writing Reading for All Purposes 2 - Symbol, object, and letter recognition is a fundamental of reading and requires accuracy and speed b - Recognize the names of a minimum of 10 letters of the alphabet, specifically letters in own name |
Literacy 16 - Demonstrates knowledge of the alphabet a - Identifies and names letters 4 - Recognizes as many as 10 letters, especially those in own name |
Language and Literacy V - Using letter names and sounds 4 - Child names 10 or more letters over time. |
Literacy Knowledge & Skills Print Concepts & Conventions: The concepts about print and early decoding (identifying letter-sound relationships). Recognizes print in everyday life, such as numbers, letters, one’s name, words, and familiar logos and signs. |
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7 - Early Reading - Alphabet Knowledge Children demonstrate and interest in recognizing that symbols are associated with letters of the alphabetand that they form words. c - Know the names of most letters in own name. |
Reading and Writing Reading for All Purposes 2 - Symbol, object, and letter recognition is a fundamental of reading and requires accuracy and speed b - Recognize the names of a minimum of 10 letters of the alphabet, specifically letters in own name |
Literacy 16 - Demonstrates knowledge of the alphabet a - Identifies and names letters 4 - Recognizes as many as 10 letters, especially those in own name |
Language and Literacy V - Using letter names and sounds 4 - Child names 10 or more letters over time. |
Literacy Knowledge & Skills Print Concepts & Conventions: The concepts about print and early decoding (identifying letter-sound relationships). Recognizes print in everyday life, such as numbers, letters, one’s name, words, and familiar logos and signs. |