| HighScope COR | Preschool Academic Standards | Teaching Strategies GOLD | Colorado Building Blocks | Head Start Child Development & Early Learning Framework |
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0 - Child turns head. |
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1 - Child pounds with, shakes, twists, or swings an arm or a leg. |
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2 - Child runs, marches, gallops, or jumps. |
Health and Physical Education Movement Competence and Understanding in Physical Education 1 - Travel in a variety of directions using basic locomotor skills, and demonstrate understanding of personal and general space d - Move with even and uneven rhythms Health and Physical Education Physical and Personal Wellness 1 - Recognize the positive feelings experienced during and after physical activity a - Participate in activities that increase the heart rate |
Physical 4 - Demonstrates traveling skills - 6 - Moves purposefully from place to place with control Social Studies 29 - Demonstrates knowledge about self - - |
Creativity 2 - Creative Expression Children engage in individual or group activities that represent real-life experiences, ideas, knowledge, feelings and fantasy. b - Use movement and a variety of musical styles to express feelings and to understand and interpret experiences. Physical Health and Development 1 - Play Children engage in play as a means to understand healthy behavior and develop their physical bodies. a - Participate in games, outdoor play and other forms of play that enhance physical fitness. Physical Health and Development 2 - Gross Motor Children increasingly move their bodies in ways that demonstrate control, balance and coordination. a - Demonstrate increasing strength and stamina in movement activities. |
Physical Development & Health Health Knowledge and Practice: The understanding of healthy and safe habits and practicing healthy habits. Participates in structured and unstructured physical activities. Creative Arts Expression Creative Movement & Dance: The use of the body to move to music and express oneself. Moves to different patterns of beat and rhythm in music. |
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3 - Child walks up or down stairs, alternating feet. |
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4 - Child names a movement and does it. |
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5 - Child hops, skips, or twirls around and stops without falling. |
Health and Physical Education Movement Competence and Understanding in Physical Education 1 - Travel in a variety of directions using basic locomotor skills, and demonstrate understanding of personal and general space a - Move safely in a large group without bumping into others or falling while using locomotor skills |
Physical 4 - Demonstrates traveling skills - 6 - Moves purposefully from place to place with control |
Physical Health and Development 2 - Gross Motor Children increasingly move their bodies in ways that demonstrate control, balance and coordination. b - Demonstrate body and space awareness to move and stop with control over speed and direction. |
Physical Development & Health Gross Motor Skills: The control of large muscles for movement, navigation, and balance. Understands movement concepts, such as control of the body, how the body moves (such as an awareness of space and directionality), and that the body can move independently or in coordination with other objects. |
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0 - Child moves or uses play equipment. |
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1 - Child throws or kicks an object. |
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2 - Child catches an object. |
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3 - Child coordinates both hands to manipulate one or more objects. |
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4 - Child dribbles a ball. |
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5 - Child strikes a moving object with a bat or paddle. |
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N - Feeling and expressing steady beat 0 - Child pats, taps, or pounds briefly or without steady movement. |
Music Expression of Music 2 - Respond to rhythmic patterns and elements of music a - Move to music of various tempos, meters, dynamics, modes, genres, and styles Music Theory of Music 1 - Describe and respond to musical elements b - Use body movement to respond to dynamics and tempo |
The Arts 34 - Explores musical concepts and expression - - The Arts 34 - Explores musical concepts and expression - - |
Creativity 1 - Play Children engage in play as a means of self-expression and creativity. b - Use movement, a variety of media and music while playing to represent stories, moods and experiences. Creativity 1 - Play Children engage in play as a means of self-expression and creativity. b - Use movement, a variety of media and music while playing to represent stories, moods and experiences. Creativity 2 - Creative Expression Children engage in individual or group activities that represent real-life experiences, ideas, knowledge, feelings and fantasy. b - Use movement and a variety of musical styles to express feelings and to understand and interpret experiences. Creativity 2 - Creative Expression Children engage in individual or group activities that represent real-life experiences, ideas, knowledge, feelings and fantasy. b - Use movement and a variety of musical styles to express feelings and to understand and interpret experiences. |
Creative Arts Expression Creative Movement & Dance: The use of the body to move to music and express oneself. Moves to different patterns of beat and rhythm in music. Creative Arts Expression Creative Movement & Dance: The use of the body to move to music and express oneself. Moves to different patterns of beat and rhythm in music. |
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N - Feeling and expressing steady beat 1 - Child engages in a steady movement. |
Music Expression of Music 2 - Respond to rhythmic patterns and elements of music c - Match movement to rhythmic patterns |
Mathematics 23 - Demonstrates knowledge of patterns - 6 - Extends and creates simple repeating patterns |
Mathematics 1 - Play Children engage in play to develop their mathematical thinking and problem solving. b - Use counting and number vocabulary as a part of play. Creativity 1 - Play Children engage in play as a means of self-expression and creativity. b - Use movement, a variety of media and music while playing to represent stories, moods and experiences. Creativity 2 - Creative Expression Children engage in individual or group activities that represent real-life experiences, ideas, knowledge, feelings and fantasy. b - Use movement and a variety of musical styles to express feelings and to understand and interpret experiences. |
Creative Arts Expression Creative Movement & Dance: The use of the body to move to music and express oneself. Moves to different patterns of beat and rhythm in music. |
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N - Feeling and expressing steady beat 2 - Child joins others in a steady movement. |
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N - Feeling and expressing steady beat 3 - Child maintains a steady beat to music for 4–8 beats. |
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N - Feeling and expressing steady beat 4 - Child maintains a steady beat to music for 12–16 beats. |
Music Expression of Music 2 - Respond to rhythmic patterns and elements of music b - Move or use body percussion to demonstrate awareness of beat and tempo |
The Arts 35 - Explores dance and movement concepts - - |
Creativity 1 - Play Children engage in play as a means of self-expression and creativity. b - Use movement, a variety of media and music while playing to represent stories, moods and experiences. Creativity 2 - Creative Expression Children engage in individual or group activities that represent real-life experiences, ideas, knowledge, feelings and fantasy. b - Use movement and a variety of musical styles to express feelings and to understand and interpret experiences. |
Creative Arts Expression Creative Movement & Dance: The use of the body to move to music and express oneself. Moves to different patterns of beat and rhythm in music. |
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N - Feeling and expressing steady beat 5 - Child chants or sings while maintaining movement to a steady beat. |
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0 - Child turns toward or stops to listen to instrumental music. |
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1 - Child moves to music. |
Health and Physical Education Movement Competence and Understanding in Physical Education 1 - Travel in a variety of directions using basic locomotor skills, and demonstrate understanding of personal and general space e - Perform movements to the rhythm of music Dance Movement, Technique, and Peformace 1 - Demonstrate simple phrases of movement in time and space c - Explore how to move using qualities of movement Music Creation of Music 1 - Improvise movement and sound responses to music b - Use improvised movement to demonstrate musical awareness Music Aesthetic Valuation of Music 2 - Express feeling responses to music a - Create movements in response to music |
The Arts 34 - Explores musical concepts and expression - - The Arts 35 - Explores dance and movement concepts - - The Arts 35 - Explores dance and movement concepts - - The Arts 35 - Explores dance and movement concepts - - |
Creativity 1 - Play Children engage in play as a means of self-expression and creativity. b - Use movement, a variety of media and music while playing to represent stories, moods and experiences. Creativity 2 - Creative Expression Children engage in individual or group activities that represent real-life experiences, ideas, knowledge, feelings and fantasy. b - Use movement and a variety of musical styles to express feelings and to understand and interpret experiences. Physical Health and Development 5 - Senses Children increase their understanding of the use of their eyes, ears, fingers, nose and mouth and how the senses work together. c - Combine and use different senses depending on the activity. |
Physical Development & Health Gross Motor Skills: The control of large muscles for movement, navigation, and balance. Understands movement concepts, such as control of the body, how the body moves (such as an awareness of space and directionality), and that the body can move independently or in coordination with other objects. 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. Creative Arts Expression Creative Movement & Dance: The use of the body to move to music and express oneself. Moves to different patterns of beat and rhythm in music. Creative Arts Expression Creative Movement & Dance: The use of the body to move to music and express oneself. Moves to different patterns of beat and rhythm in music. |
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2 - Child imitates others as they move to music. |
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3 - Child names a movement and engages in it to music. |
Dance Movement, Technique, and Peformace 1 - Demonstrate simple phrases of movement in time and space a - Practice how to move with action movements to action words (movement vocabulary) using simple non-locomotor body actions such as bend, stretch, twist, turn, shake, and stretch, and simple locomotor body actions such as travel, jump, run, hop, and roll |
The Arts 35 - Explores dance and movement concepts - - |
Physical Health and Development 1 - Play Children engage in play as a means to understand healthy behavior and develop their physical bodies. d - Initiate activities that challenge their bodies in new ways. |
Physical Development & Health Gross Motor Skills: The control of large muscles for movement, navigation, and balance. Develops motor control and balance for a range of physical activities, such as walking, propelling a wheelchair or mobility device, skipping, running, climbing, and hopping. |
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4 - Child creates and repeats a two-movement pattern to music. |
Dance Movement, Technique, and Peformace 1 - Demonstrate simple phrases of movement in time and space d - Perform simple phrases of movement to experience movements in sequence, rhythm, and relationships Dance Create, Compose and Choreograph 1 - Translate simple ideas and stories into movement c - Select some movements out of many, and create a simple movement phrase to encourage self-expression |
The Arts 35 - Explores dance and movement concepts - - The Arts 35 - Explores dance and movement concepts - - |
Creativity 1 - Play Children engage in play as a means of self-expression and creativity. b - Use movement, a variety of media and music while playing to represent stories, moods and experiences. Creativity 1 - Play Children engage in play as a means of self-expression and creativity. b - Use movement, a variety of media and music while playing to represent stories, moods and experiences. Creativity 2 - Creative Expression Children engage in individual or group activities that represent real-life experiences, ideas, knowledge, feelings and fantasy. b - Use movement and a variety of musical styles to express feelings and to understand and interpret experiences. |
Creative Arts Expression Creative Movement & Dance: The use of the body to move to music and express oneself. Moves to different patterns of beat and rhythm in music. Creative Arts Expression Creative Movement & Dance: The use of the body to move to music and express oneself. Uses creative movement to express concepts, ideas, or feelings. |
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5 - Child creates (or copies) and repeats a pattern of four or more movements to music. |
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0 - Child shows interest in singing. |
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1 - Child makes vocal sounds that vary in pitch. |
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2 - Child hums or sings while engaged in another activity. |
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3 - Child sings part of a simple song with others. |
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4 - Child sings a three-pitch song. |
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5 - Child sings a song with five or more pitches |
Music Expression of Music 1 - Peform Expressively c - Demonstrate fundamental performance skills such as correct posture and behavior |
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