| Colorado Building Blocks | Preschool Academic Standards | Teaching Strategies GOLD | HighScope COR | Head Start Child Development & Early Learning Framework |
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Children learn about the development of the natural and physical world. a - Collect, describe and learn to record information through discussion, drawings and charts. |
Science Physical Science 1 - Objects have properties and characteristics c - Collect, describe, and record information through discussion, drawings, and charts Science Life Science 1 - Living things have characteristics and basic needs d - Collect, describe, and record information about living things through discussion, drawings, and charts |
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 |
Mathematics and Science DD - Identifying sequence, change, and causality 2 - Child describes a sequence of events. |
Science Knowledge & Skills Scientific Skills & Method: The skills to observe and collect information and use it to ask questions, predict, explain, and draw conclusions. Collects, describes, and records information through discussions, drawings, maps, and charts. Science Knowledge & Skills Scientific Skills & Method: The skills to observe and collect information and use it to ask questions, predict, explain, and draw conclusions. Collects, describes, and records information through discussions, drawings, maps, and charts. |
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Children learn about the development of the natural and physical world. b - Use tools and their senses to make observations, gather and record information and make predictions about what might happen. |
Science Physical Science 1 - Objects have properties and characteristics a - Use senses to gather information about objects Science Life Science 1 - Living things have characteristics and basic needs a - Use senses to gather information about living things Science Earth Systems Science 1 - Earth’s materials have properties and characteristics that affect how we use those materials a - Use senses to gather information about Earth’s materials |
Science and Technology 24 - Uses scientific inquiry skills - - Science and Technology 25 - Demonstrates knowledge of the characteristics of living things - - Science and Technology 27 - Demonstrates knowledge of Earth’s environment - - |
Initiative C - Initiating Play 1 - Child engages in exploratory play. Language and Literacy R - Using vocabulary 1 - Child talks about people or objects close at hand. Mathematics and Science FF - Identifying natural and living things 0 - Child watches, picks up, examines, or uses a natural object or material. Mathematics and Science FF - Identifying natural and living things 0 - Child watches, picks up, examines, or uses a natural object or material. Mathematics and Science FF - Identifying natural and living things 0 - Child watches, picks up, examines, or uses a natural object or material. |
Science Knowledge & Skills Scientific Skills & Method: The skills to observe and collect information and use it to ask questions, predict, explain, and draw conclusions. Uses senses and tools, including technology, to gather information, investigate materials, and observe processes and relationships. Science Knowledge & Skills Scientific Skills & Method: The skills to observe and collect information and use it to ask questions, predict, explain, and draw conclusions. Uses senses and tools, including technology, to gather information, investigate materials, and observe processes and relationships. Science Knowledge & Skills Scientific Skills & Method: The skills to observe and collect information and use it to ask questions, predict, explain, and draw conclusions. Uses senses and tools, including technology, to gather information, investigate materials, and observe processes and relationships. |
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Children learn about the development of the natural and physical world. c - Investigate changes in materials and cause-effect relationships. |
Science Physical Science 2 - There are cause-and-effect relationships in everyday experiences a - Recognize and investigate cause-and-effect relationships in everyday experiences – pushing, pulling, kicking, rolling, or blowing objects |
Science and Technology 26 - Demonstrates knowledge of the physical properties of objects and materials - - |
Mathematics and Science FF - Identifying natural and living things 4 - Child identifies a change (in a material or the environment) and a possible cause. |
Logic & Reasoning Reasoning & Problem Solving: The ability to recognize, understand, and analyze a problem and draw on knowledge or experience to seek solutions to a problem. Recognizes cause and effect relationships. |
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Children learn about the development of the natural and physical world. d - Ask and pursue their questions through simple investigations. |
Science Life Science 1 - Living things have characteristics and basic needs c - Ask and pursue questions through simple investigations and observations of living things |
Cognitive 11 - Demonstrates positive approaches to learning b - Persists 6 - Plans and pursues a variety of appropriately challenging tasks |
No Match |
Science Knowledge & Skills Scientific Skills & Method: The skills to observe and collect information and use it to ask questions, predict, explain, and draw conclusions. Describes and discusses predictions, explanations, and generalizations based on past experience. |