Curriculum for 2 to 3 Year-Olds

Language Skills Math/Reasoning Science Skills Social/Emotional Physical Skills

Skills Skills
1.0 Understands 1.0 Beginning to 1.0 Begins to 1.0 Plays in 1.0 Developing
language and understand notice people different areas coordination.
sounds. numbers. and animals. with different
children. 1.1 Developing
1.1 Understands 1.1 Match items 1.1 Begins to balance and
you and others that are the watch and talk 1.1 Can play coordination.
when you speak to same and items about animals alone, next to
him/her. that are almost and where they another child, or 1.2 Beginning
the same. live. watching to move in
1.2 Pays attention another child in rhythm with
when you read 1.2 Recite from 1 1.2 Begins to different songs and
short stories, to 5 from notice things learning centers. music.
especially stories memory. about him/her
about him/her. and others. 1.2 Can be 2.0 Developing
1.3 Count a creative and use physical skills.
small number of 2.0 Begins to his/her
items. notice the world imagination in 2.1 Developing
around him/her. different coordination
2.0 Beginning to centers. and movement.
understand 2.1 Begins to
patterns. notice the 2.0 Learning to 2.2 Participates
1.3 Names sounds
different take care of in group
heard throughout
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 the day. 2.1 Copy, make, seasons and himself. movement
and continue can describe activities.
1.4 Listens to patterns that the weather. 2.1 Interested in
music and plays he/she hears, different 3.0 Developing
with instruments. sees, and makes 2.2 Begins to learning centers fine-motor skills.
with his/her notice the and can decide
1.5 Follows simple body. passage of where to play. 3.1 Learning to
directions. time. do tasks with
3.0 Learning to 2.2 Can solve his/her hands.
2.0 Uses words compare and sort 3.0 Begins to his/her own
that you can items. explore and problems. 3.2
understand. experiment. Experimenting
2.3 Can do with writing.
2.1 Uses more and 3.1 Begins to many things
more words that notice textures- alone and get 3.3 Interested
you can how different help when in the computer
understand. thing feel. needed. and other
electronics.
2.2 Can name 3.1 Tell the 3.2 Recognizes 3.0 Is an active
common objects difference basic colors- member of the
and pictures. between the red, blue, family and
sizes of objects. yellow, green, community.
2.3 Uses words to orange, black,
describe what he is 3.2 Group things white. 3.1 Can follow
doing. together that are the classroom
alike. 3.3 Begins to rules and
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 2.4 Uses words to notice the five routines.
tell you how 3.3 Put things in senses- sight,
he/she feels and order from smell, touch, 3.2 Can follow
what he/she smallest to hearing, taste. simple requests,
thinks. largest, or help with
shortest to 3.4 Begins to cleaning up, and
2.5 Uses words to tallest. compare items is careful with
tell you about and ask classroom toys
something that 4.0 Learning questions, and and materials.
happened. basic shapes. explores items
with tools and 3.3 Can care for
2.6 Learning the 4.1 Recognize objects. plants and
rules of how and name a animals.
sentences are square, triangle, 4.0 Begins to
structured. circle, and learn the 3.4 Can take
rectangle. routines of turns, talk to
3.0 Beginning to health care and other children,
understand the 4.2 Use words to safety. participate in
sounds that letters tell you where circle time, and
make. things are. (over, respect the
under, etc.) belongings of
3.1 Can hear others.
sound patterns 5.0 Beginning to
and can repeat understand that 4.0 Learning to
them. whole objects can control his/her
be divided into own feelings.
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 3.2 The child can parts. 4.1 Becomes
sing short songs more 4.1 Can express
and say simple 5.1 Tell you what independent anger without
rhymes. part of an object when washing hurting anyone
is missing. hands, using or anything.
4.0 Beginning to the bathroom,
notice words in 5.2 Understands and eating. 4.2 Learning
print in books. that the whole about other
remains the 4.2 Can follow families.
4.1 Looks at the same when it is the rules during
pictures in books divided into fire drills. 4.3 Can protect
and turns the parts. himself.
pages. 4.3 Begins to
recognize 4.4 Can make
4.2 Can tell a story dangerous choices.
following the situations.
pictures in a book. 4.5 Can help
and encourage
other children
and accept
support from
others.
 

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