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July 29, 2014

Assessment Support for Preschool and Pre-K Teachers

This post is intended to provide support for teachers who are assessing children’s growth related to the following commonly held developmental objectives for children ages 3-5. Click on each objective to find related indicators and suggested strategies to promote growth:

1. Establishes and sustains positive relationships.
2. Demonstrates knowledge about self.
3. Regulates own feelings and behaviors.
4. Participates cooperatively and constructively in group situations.
5. Demonstrates positive approaches to learning.
6. Demonstrates personal care skills.
7. Demonstrates gross motor skills.
8. Demonstrates fine motor skills.
9. Explores the visual arts.
10. Explores musical concepts and expression.
11. Uses number concepts and operations.
12. Explores and describes spatial relationships and shapes.
13. Compares and measures.
14. Additional baseline math data (rote counting, number concepts, color recognition)
15. Listens to and understands increasingly complex language.
16. Demonstrates knowledge of print.
17. Comprehends and responds to books and other texts.
18. Demonstrates phonological awareness.
19. Uses language to express thoughts and needs.
20. Demonstrates emergent writing skills.
21. Uses scientific inquiry skills.
22. Additional baseline data (syntax and fluency, personal oral responses, name recognition)

 

If you are looking for resources to share with families, use the following age-specific links. Note that these activities are easily adaptable for classroom use too!

For children 36-42 months:

• Personal-Social 36-42 months (most closely related to objectives 1 – 6)
• Gross Motor 36-42 months (objective 7)
• Fine Motor 36-42 months (objective 8)
• Problem Solving 36-42 months (objectives 11 – 14)
• Communication 36-42 months (objectives 15 – 22)

For children 42 – 48 months:

• Personal-Social 42-48 months (objectives 1 – 6)
• Gross Motor 42-48 months (objective 7)
• Fine Motor 42-48 months (objective 8)
• Problem Solving 42-48 months (objectives 11 – 14)
• Communication 42-48 months (objectives 15 – 22)

For children 48 – 54 months:

• Personal-Social 48-54 months (objectives 1 – 6)
• Gross Motor 48-54 months (objective 7)
• Fine Motor 48-54 months (objective 8)
• Problem Solving 48-54 months (objectives 11 – 14)
• Communication 48-54 months (objectives 15 – 22)

For children 54 – 60 months:

• Personal-Social 54-60 months (objectives 1 – 6)
• Gross Motor 54-60 months(objective 7)
• Fine Motor 54-60 months(objective 8)
• Problem Solving 48-54 months (objectives 11 – 14)
• Communication 54-60 months (objectives 15 – 22)