| Preschool Academic Standards | Teaching Strategies GOLD | HighScope COR | Colorado Building Blocks | Head Start Child Development & Early Learning Framework |
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1 - Develop spatial understanding, perspectives, and connections to the world. a - Use positional phrasing. Phrases to include but not limited to: over and under, here and there, inside and outside, up and down |
Mathematics 21 - Explores and describes spatial relationships and shapes a - Understands spatial relationships 6 - Uses and responds appropriately to positional words indicating location, direction, and distance |
Mathematics and Science CC - Identifying position and direction 2 - Child uses a position word. |
Mathematics 3 - Geometry and Spatial Sense Children show an interest in recognizing and creating shapes and an awareness of position in space. a - Describe and name common shapes found in the natural environment. |
Mathematics Knowledge & Skills Geometry & Spatial Sense: The understanding of shapes, their properties, and how objects are related to one another. Understands directionality, order, and position of objects, such as up, down, in front, behind. |
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1 - Develop spatial understanding, perspectives, and connections to the world. b - Identify common places to include but limited to home, school, cafeteria, and gymnasium |
Social Studies 32 - Demonstrates simple geographic knowledge - - |
No Match |
Social and Emotional Development 5 - Sense of Community Children increasingly demonstrate a sense of belonging to the program, family and community. b - Demonstrate a growing understanding and appreciation of the relationships, people and places that make up their communities. |
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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1 - Develop spatial understanding, perspectives, and connections to the world. c - Describe surroundings |
Social Studies 32 - Demonstrates simple geographic knowledge - - |
Language and Literacy R - Using vocabulary 1 - Child talks about people or objects close at hand. |
Language Development and Communication 1 - Play Children engage in play as a means to develop their listening and expressive langauge skills. b - Represent stories and experiences through play Language Development and Communication 3 - Speaking and Communicating Children will use verbal and non-verbal language to express and communicate information. a - Communicate needs or thoughts through nonverbal gestures, actions, expressions and words. Participate in communication around a topic. |
Language Development Expressive Language: The ability to use language. Uses language to express ideas and needs. 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. Social Studies Knowledge & Skills People & the Environment: The understanding of the relationship between people and the environment in which they live. Recognizes aspects of the environment, such as roads, buildings, trees, gardens, bodies of water, or land formations. |
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1 - Develop spatial understanding, perspectives, and connections to the world. d - Use pictures to locate familiar places |
Social Studies 32 - Demonstrates simple geographic knowledge - - |
No Match |
Social and Emotional Development 5 - Sense of Community Children increasingly demonstrate a sense of belonging to the program, family and community. b - Demonstrate a growing understanding and appreciation of the relationships, people and places that make up their communities. |
No Match |
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1 - Develop spatial understanding, perspectives, and connections to the world. e - Use nonlinguistic representations to show understanding of geographic terms |
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 |
No Match |
Creativity 3 - Tools 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. |
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. 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. |