Curriculum
Toddlers Milestones – All lessons are taught in English & Spanish
August-October
» Identify Letters A-I (upper and lowercase)
» Identify numbers 0-5
» Identify basic colors (yellow, orange and brown)
» Identify and count objects up to 5 (such as ball, book, car etc.)
» Show beginning awareness as they turn pages of a book
Challenge : Gross Motor Skills (Walk on Tiptoes)
November-January
» Identify First name & letters of name
» Identify Numbers 6-12
» Identify Letters J-R
» Students should be able to identify & recognize basic colors
(red, blue, yellow, green, purple, orange)
» Students will be able to learn, recognize basic shapes
(Circle, square, rectangle, oval, and diamond)
» Students should be able to identify & count objects up to 12
Challenge: Stay engaged for a reasonable amount of time
February-May
» Identify all basic colors
» Identify, recognize & count numbers 0-20
» Identify & recognize letters A-Z
» Identify & recognize all shapes
» Students should know how to properly hold a crayon
» Students should know how to properly hold scissors
Challenge: All students should be able to identify learning wall
Head start Milestones – All lessons are taught in English & Spanish
August-October
» Identify Letters A-I (upper and lowercase)
» Identify numbers 0-20 (count aloud)
» Identify colors (yellow, orange, brown, red, white)
» Identify and match objects up to 20
» Identify First & Last name
Challenge: Describe how different objectives relate to one another
November-January
» Identify numbers 20-40
» Identify Letters J-Z
» Students should be identifying simple sight words (such as: my, it, I, me)
» Students should be able to complete two-three step directions
» Students should be able to begin to build sentences / words
Challenge: Complete two-step directions independently
February-May
» Identify, recognize & count numbers 1-60
» Identify & recognize letters A-Z
» Students should know how to properly hold a pencil (pinch grasp)
» Scissors cutting skills
» Students should know how to identify 25 sight words
» Students should be able to build sentences (teacher lead)
Challenge: Acquire story sense and build print awareness (such as retell a simple story or identify familiar logos)
Pre-k Milestone
Learning Wall is taugh through English/ Spanish
August 2017-December 2017
» Identify Upper and Lower-case Letters (Aa-Zz)
» Match Upper and Lower-case Letters (Aa-Zz)
» Phonic sound for Alphabets (A-Z) and vowels (A, E, I, O, U)
» Identify COLORS (red, purple, blue, green, orange, black, pink, white, yellow)
» Identify common SHAPES (Circle, oval, triangle, rhombus, trapezoid, rectangle, pentagon, hexagon, octagon)
» Counting to 1-100 and identifying/recognize 40-50 numbers before “Christmas “
» Days of the WEEK
» Months of the YEAR
» Identify POSITION/ DIRECTION concepts (ABOVE, AFTER, AROUND, BEFORE, BEGINNING, BEHIND, BELOW, BESIDES, BETWEEN, BOTTOM)
» Use comparative words BIG/SMALL, UP/DOWN, RIGHT/LEFT
» Write FRIST and LAST Name by Christmas can write FRIST and LAST name without props
» Practice Phone #, Address, and Birthday
» Practice writing Alphabets Upper & Lower
» Introduce Sign Language (alphabets)
o PRACTICE, IDENTIFY, WRITING & COUNTING (Numbers #1-100, 5’S & 10’S)
o Practice Scissors SKILLS
o Identify PATTERNS
o Rhyme familiar WORDS
o Put 3-6 PICTURES together to tell a story (FELT)
READ A BOOK FOUR (4) TIMES A DAY!!!!
January 2018 – May 2018
After Christmas Vacation (continue to RECAP THE ABOVE AND IMPLEMENT THE FOLLOWING)
» BEGIN to focus on “PHONICS”
» Focus on “BLENDING” 2 & 3 LETTERS SOUNDS TO MAKE WORDS
» Focus on site WORDS AND IDENTIFY 200 WORDS
» Implementing all 50 STATES
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