Here are some examples of the skills your child will learn and practice
during a typical day at our day care center.
Activity Learned
|
Specific Skills
|
| Finding toys or learning materials to work with by self
or with others. |
Cognitive: Makes decisions about interest and abilities.
Self-Help: Finds toys by himself or sets up environment for play.
Social/Language: Learns to share, barter, manage conflict, ask
for help.
Emotional: Learns about acceptance and rejection. Expresses
needs. |
| Block Play |
Physical: Learns to balance blocks and line them up (small
motor coordination).
Cognitive: May count blocks, sees pattern and design. Learns to
build and plan structure. Matches blocks that look alike.
Social: Learns to share and cooperate. |
| Dramatic Play |
Social: Plays adult roles. Develops self-image and
coordinates with others.
Language: Learns to express self in another role. |
| Setting the table |
Cognitive: Counts silverware, glasses, and napkins, or places
one object by each setting. Follows pattern of place settings.
Social: Cooperates with other children. May teach younger
children to help.
Physical: Picks up and places objects (small motor coordination). |
| Sitting down to eat |
Physical: Pours milk, passes the dish (small motor
coordination).
Cognitive: Measure to pour. Understands directions.
Social/Language: Learns appropriate table conversation and
manners. |
| Story time or listening to music |
Cognitive: Listens and retains information. Follows story
line (sequencing) with eyes and/or ears. Recognizes words, pictures,
instruments, and rhythms. |
| Finger plays and songs |
Cognitive/Language: Learns words, gestures, and melody
(sequencing, repetition, speech and listening skills). Follows
directions.
Physical: Coordination (small and large motor) for gestures and
finger plays. |
| Dance |
Cognitive/Language: Listens to music and rhythms. Learn to
understand simple movement directions and their relationship to the
music. |
| Climbing/riding |
Cognitive: May count the rungs to the top of a climbing
structure; plans his climb. Maps out direction and distance to ride;
watches for others in path.
Physical: Large motor coordination, balance.
Social: Takes turns, interacts. |
| Sand play |
Cognitive: Measures sand and maps out roads (spacial
relationships).
Physical: Pours, dumps, pushes, gathers, scoops, packs (small and
large motor).
Social: Shares, interacts, cooperates. |
| Putting away toys |
Cognitive: Sorts toys, follows directions.
Physical: Places objects on the shelf, replaces lids, opens and
shuts doors.
Social: Takes turns, learns to handle toys carefully. |
