Massachusetts State Alignment

Learning Box Preschool Curriculum Alignment with the Massachusetts Guidelines for Preschool Learning Experiences (2003) Ages 3-5 Years Old

Language

Observe and use appropriate ways of interacting in a group (taking turns in talking; listening to peers; waiting until someone is finished; asking questions and waiting for an answer; gaining the floor in appropriate ways).

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
SE 2.2 Cooperates
SE 3.3 Cooperates within shared space
SE 1.1 Aware of thoughts, needs, and feelings of self and others
SE 2.1 Makes positive social connections
LL 5.2 Listens for understanding and responds appropriately
LL 6.1 Participates in conversations
LL 6.2 Shares stories and/or information

Participate actively in discussions, listen to the ideas of others, and ask and answer relevant questions.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
LL 5.2 Listens for understanding and responds appropriately
LL 6.1 Participates in conversations
LL 6.2 Shares stories and/or information

ELA.3 - Children love the intimacy of reading with an adult. Teachers, parents, and caregivers should find time daily to read with every child. Being read to as an infant or young child is a pleasant memory for many of us. The pleasure that is experienced between an adult and a child when they read together contributes to the child’s interest in repeating that experience on their own. Quickly, children learn that information is contained first in the pictures of a book, but soon that words on a page convey meaning, too. Holding a book upright is often the beginning of using a book for pleasure, not just imitating what an adult does with a book. Favorite books of a child are often memorized by the adult who is asked to read it repeatedly. The child imitates “reading” the story from their memory long before they can actually read the words. Preschool children will learn to orient to a title, author and the print of a book and be able to select a book based on the content inside. In building a foundation for reading and understanding a variety of materials, young children need experiences with language and a variety of reading materials. They need to see adults obtaining and using information from many different printed sources: recipes, manuals, newspapers, Websites, books, encyclopedias, and many others. Young children learn that books and technical materials are a major source of needed and useful information. They also begin to recognize the different formats in which informational materials come. The developmentally progressive steps to mastering the use of print for pleasure and information are: engages with a book; imitates proper handling of books; distinguishes print from pictures; orients to print in books; chooses reading activities for meaning.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
LL 4.1 Builds meaning of words
2.1 Shows understanding of print concepts
LL 5.1 Responds to text
LL 5.2 Listens for understanding and responds appropriately
LL 3.2 Understands that letters and words have meanings

Communicate personal experiences or interests.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
LL 6.1 Participates in conversations
LL 6.2 Shares stories and/or information

Engage in play experiences that involve naming and sorting common words into various classifications using general and specific language.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
LL 1.1 Demonstrates understanding of sounds, rhyme, and patterns in letters and words
LL 3.3 Identifies letters and words
LL 4.1 Builds meaning of words

Listen to and use formal and informal language.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
LL 4.1 Builds meaning of words
LL 5.2 Listens for understanding and responds appropriately
LL 6.1 Participates in conversations
LL 6.2 Shares stories and/or information

Reading & Literature

Listen to a wide variety of age appropriate literature read aloud.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
LL 7.1 Enjoys reading
LL 7.2 Participates in reading
LL 5.2 Listens for understanding and responds appropriately
LL 5.1 Responds to text

Develop familiarity with the forms of alphabet letters, awareness of print, and letter forms.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
LL 1.1 Demonstrates understanding of sounds, rhyme, and patterns in letters and words
LL 3.3 Identifies letters and words
LL 4.1 Builds meaning of words

Listen to, identify, and manipulate language sounds to develop auditory discrimination and phonemic awareness.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
LL 1.1 Demonstrates understanding of sounds, rhyme, and patterns in letters and words
LL 3.3 Identifies letters and words
LL 4.1 Builds meaning of words

Link letters with sounds in play activities

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
LL 1.1 Demonstrates understanding of sounds, rhyme, and patterns in letters and words
LL 3.3 Identifies letters and words
LL 4.1 Builds meaning of words

Engage actively in read-aloud activities by asking questions, offering ideas, predicting or retelling important parts of a story or informational book.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
LL 7.1 Enjoys reading
LL 7.2 Participates in reading
LL 5.2 Listens for understanding and responds appropriately
LL 5.1 Responds to text

Listen to several books by the same author or using the same illustrator.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
LL 7.1 Enjoys reading
LL 7.2 Participates in reading
LL 5.2 Listens for understanding and responds appropriately
LL 5.1 Responds to text

Listen to, recite, sing, and dramatize a variety of age-appropriate literature.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
CE 1.1 Participates and enjoys music
CE 4.1 Participates in dramatic play
LL 7.1 Enjoys reading
LL 7.2 Participates in reading
LL 5.2 Listens for understanding and responds appropriately
LL 5.1 Responds to text
SE 2.2 Cooperates

Relate themes and information in books to personal experiences.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
LL 7.2 Participates in reading
LL 5.2 Listens for understanding and responds appropriately
LL 6.1 Participates in conversation
LL 6.2 Shares stories and/or information
SS 5.2 Shows interest and/or shares past, current, and future events

Recognize and supply rhythm and rhyme in poetry.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
LL 1.1 Demonstrates understanding of sounds, rhyme, and patterns in letters and words
LL 3.3 Identifies letters and words
LL 4.1 Builds meaning of words

Listen to, recognize, and use a broad vocabulary of sensory words.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
LL 1.1 Demonstrates understanding of sounds, rhyme, and patterns in letters and words
LL 3.3 Identifies letters and words
LL 4.1 Builds meaning of words

Use their own words or illustrations to describe their experiences, tell imaginative stories, or communicate information about a topic of interest.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
CE 3.1 Communicates through visual arts
LL 6.2 Shares stories and/or information
SS 5.2 Shows interest and/or shares past, current, and future events
LL 5.2 Listens for understanding and responds appropriately
LL 6.1 Participates in conversations

Add details or make changes to published or class-made stories.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
LL 8.1 Write letters, words, and name
LL 8.2 Aware that words can be written down and read
LL 6.2 Shares stories and/or information

Use emergent writing skills to make letters in many settings and for many purposes.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
LL 8.1 Write letters, words, and name
LL 8.2 Aware that words can be written down and read
LL 6.2 Shares stories and/or information

Arrange events in order when dictating a story.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
LL 5.2 Listens for understanding and responds appropriately
LL 6.1 Participates in conversation
LL 6.2 Shares stories and/or information
M 4.1 Compares and orders

Generate questions and gather information to answer their questions in various ways.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
AL 3.2 Asks questions and problem solves
AL 3.1 Demonstrates a desire to seek out information
SE 3.4 Initiates learning

Mathematics

Number Sense

Listen to and say the names of numbers in meaningful contexts.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
M 1.1 Understands numbers and quantities
M 1.2 Identifies numbers and relationships
L 5.2 Listens for understanding and responds appropriately

Connect many kinds/quantities of concrete objects and actions to numbers.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
M 1.1 Understands numbers and quantities
M 1.2 Identifies numbers and relationships
LL 5.2 Listens for understanding and responds appropriately

Use positional language and ordinal numbers (first, second, third) in everyday activities.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
M 3.2 Comprehends positions in space
M 1.1 Understands numbers and quantities
M 1.2 Identifies numbers and relationships

Use concrete objects to solve simple addition and subtraction problems using comparative language (more than, fewer than, same number of).

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
M 1.1 Understands numbers and quantities
M 1.2 Identifies numbers and relationships
M 5.1 Solves mathematical problems

Observe and manipulate concrete examples of whole and half.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
M 4.2 Measures and/or estimates
M 1.1 Understands numbers and quantities
M 1.2 Identifies numbers and relationships
M 5.1 Solves mathematical problems

Examine, manipulate, and identify familiar U.S. coins (penny, nickel, dime, quarter) in play activities.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
SS 3.2 Understands the role of money in society
M 4.1 Compares and orders

Patterns and Relations

Explore and describe a wide variety of concrete objects by their attributes.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
M 4.1 Compares and orders
M 2.2 Classifies, sorts, and charts data

Sort, categorize, or classify objects by more than one attribute.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
M 4.1 Compares and orders
M 2.2 Classifies, sorts, and charts data

Recognize, describe, reproduce, extend, create, and compare repeating patterns of concrete materials.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
M 2.1 Follows and/or creates simple patterns
AL 1.1 Uses imagination and creativity to create new ideas or extend understanding

Shapes & Spatial Sense

Investigate and identify materials of various shapes, using appropriate language.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
M 3.1 Identifies shapes
LL 4.1 Builds meaning of words

Explore and identify space, direction, movement, relative position, and size using body movement and concrete objects.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
M 3.2 Comprehends positions in space
CE 2.2 Participates in a variety of body movements
PD 2.2 Uses locomotor movement
PD 3.1 Controls small muscle movement
PD 3.2 Manipulates varied objects

Listen to and use comparative words to describe the relationships of objects to one another.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
LL5.3 Compares and contrasts
LL 5.2 Listens for understanding and responds appropriately

Measurement

Use estimation in meaningful ways and follow up by verifying the accuracy of estimations.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
M 4.2 Measures and/or estimates

Use nonstandard units to measure length, weight, and amount of content in familiar objects.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
M 4.2 Measures and/or estimates

Data Collection & Analysis

Organize and draw conclusions from facts they have collected.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
S 1.2 Makes predictions and describes outcomes
LL 5.3 Compare and contrast
AL 3.2 Asks questions and problem solves
LL 5.4 Makes predictions

Science and Technology/Engineering

Ask and seek out answers to questions about objects and events with the assistance of interested adults.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
S 1.1 Engages in observation and investigation
AL 5.1 Initiates social interactions
SE 3.4 Initiates learning
SE 1.2 Demonstrates confidence
S 1.2 Make predictions and describes outcomes

Make predictions about changes in materials or objects based on past experience.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
S 1.2 Make predictions and describes outcomes
S 1.1 Engages in observation and investigation

Identify and use simple tools appropriately to extend observations.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
LL 4.1 Builds meaning of words
PD 3.2 Manipulates varied objects
S 1.1 Engages in observation and investigation

Record observations and share ideas through simple forms of representation such as drawings.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
CE 3.1 Communicates through visual arts
M 2.2 Classifies, sorts, and charts data

Earth and Space Sciences

Compare and contrast natural materials such as water, rocks, soil, and living organisms using descriptive language.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
LL 4.1 Builds meaning of words
LL 4.2 Uses age-appropriate grammar
LL 5.3 Compare and contrast
S 2.1 Identifies characteristics of Earth’s environment
S 3.1 Understands characteristics of living things

Explore and discuss what air is or does (air takes up space inside bubbles and beach balls; air can move things; air can support things such as parachutes and kites).

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
S 1.1 Engages in observation and investigation
S 4.1 Recognizes physical properties of objects and materials
S 2.1 Identifies characteristics of Earth’s environment
LL 6.1 Participates in conversations
LL 6.2 Shares stories and/or information

Identify the characteristics of local weather based on first-hand observations.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
S 2.1 Identifies characteristics of Earth’s environment
LL 6.1 Participates in conversations
LL 6.2 Shares stories and/or information

Explore sunlight and shadows and describe the effects of the sun or sunlight.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
S 2.1 Identifies characteristics of Earth’s environment
LL 6.1 Participates in conversations
LL 6.2 Shares stories and/or information

Observe and describe or represent scientific phenomena meaningful to children’s lives that have a repeating pattern (e.g., day and night).

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
M 2.1 Follows and/or creates simple patterns
S 2.1 Identifies characteristics of Earth’s environment
S 3.1 Understands characteristics of living things
S 1.1 Engages in observation and investigation
S 4.1 Recognizes physical properties of objects and materials

Life Sciences

Observe and identify the characteristics and needs of living things: humans, animals, and plants.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
S 3.1 Understands characteristics of living things
S 1.1 Engages in observation and investigation

Investigate, describe, and compare the characteristics that differentiate living from non-living things.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
S 2.1 Identifies characteristics of Earth’s environment
S 3.1 Understands characteristics of living things
S 1.1 Engages in observation and investigation
S 4.1 Recognizes physical properties of objects and materials
LL 6.1 Participates in conversations
LL 6.2 Shares stories and/or information
LL 5.3 Compare and contrast

Observe and describe plants, insects, and animals as they go through predictable life cycles.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
S 3.1 Understands characteristics of living things
S 1.1 Engages in observation and investigation
LL 6.1 Participates in conversations
L 6.2 Shares stories and/or information

Observe and describe ways in which many plants and animals closely resemble their parents in observed appearance.

Describe or represent living things that inhabited the earth years ago, as children express interest.

Living Things and Their Environment

Use their senses of sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste to explore their environment using sensory vocabulary.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
LL 4.1 Builds meaning of words
S 1.1 Engages in observation and investigation
LL 6.1 Participates in conversations
LL 6.2 Shares stories and/or information

Observe and describe seasonal changes in plants, animals and their personal lives.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
S 1.1 Engages in observation and investigation
LL 6.1 Participates in conversations
LL 6.2 Shares stories and/or information
S 3.1 Understands characteristics of living things

Observe and describe how natural habitats provide for the basic needs of plants and animals with respect to shelter, food, water, air, and light.

The Physical Sciences

Manipulate a wide variety of familiar and unfamiliar objects to observe, describe, and compare their properties using appropriate language.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
S 4.1 Recognizes physical properties of objects and materials
LL 4.1 Builds meaning of words
S 1.1 Engages in observation and investigation
LL 6.1 Participates in conversations
LL 6.2 Shares stories and/or information

Explore, describe, and compare the properties of liquids and solids found in children’s daily environment.

Investigate and describe or demonstrate various ways that objects can move.

Explore and describe various actions that can change an object’s motion such as pulling, pushing, twisting, rolling, and throwing.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
S 5.2 Investigates how things work
S 4.1 Recognizes physical properties of objects and materials
LL 4.1 Builds meaning of words
S 1.1 Engages in observation and investigation
LL 6.1 Participates in conversations
LL 6.2 Shares stories and/or information

Experiment with a variety of objects to determine when the objects can stand and ways that objects can be balanced.

Technology and Engineering

Explore and describe a wide variety of natural and man-made materials through sensory experiences.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
S 5.1 Explores technology
S 5.2 Investigates how things work

Demonstrate and explain the safe and proper use of tools and materials.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
S 5.2 Investigates how things work
PD 1.2 Comprehends and applies safety rules

Explore and identify simple machines such as ramps, gears, wheels, pulleys, and levers through play experiences.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
S 5.2 Investigates how things work

Observe and describe ways that animals, birds, and insects use various parts of their bodies to accomplish certain tasks and compare them to ways people would accomplish a similar task.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
S 5.2 Investigates how things work
LL 5.3 Compare and contrast

History and Social Science

Discuss and identify the order of daily routines.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
LL 6.1 Participates in conversations
SS Identifies personal and family roles within their home and community

Discuss and use vocabulary related to time in relevant activities.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
SSS 1.1 Identifies personal and family roles within their home and community
LL 4.1 Builds meaning of words
SS 5.2 Shows interest and shares past, current, and future events
LL 6.1 Participates in conversations
LL 6.2 Shares stories and/or information

Identify and describe cause and effect as they relate to personal experiences and age-appropriate stories.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
SS 5.2 Shows interest and shares past, current, and future events
LL 6.1 Participates in conversations
LL 6.2 Shares stories and/or information
LL 5.3 Compare and contrast

Engage in activities that build understanding of words for location and direction.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
LL 4.1 Builds meaning of words
SS 4.2 Develops mapping skills
SS 4.1 Comprehends and compares characteristics of the local area
M 3.1 Comprehends positions in space

Construct and describe simple maps of their immediate neighborhood.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
SS 4.2 Develops mapping skills
SS 4.1 Comprehends and compares characteristics of the local area
M 3.1 Comprehends positions in space
LL 6.1 Participates in conversations
LL 6.2 Shares stories and/or information
D 3.1 Controls small muscle movement
PD 3.2 Manipulates varied objects

Discuss examples of rules, fairness, personal responsibilities, and authority in their own experiences and in stories read to them.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
LL 6.1 Participates in conversations
LL 6.2 Shares stories and/or information
LL 7.2 Participates in reading
SS 1.1 Identifies personal and family roles within their home and community
SS 2.1 Understands citizenship and responsibilities
SE 3.5 Accepts responsibility

Talk about the qualities we value in a person’s character such as honesty, courage, courtesy, willingness to work hard, kindness, fairness, trustworthiness, self-discipline, loyalty, and personal responsibility.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
LL 6.1 Participates in conversations
LL 6.2 Shares stories and/or information
SS 1.1 Identifies personal and family roles within their home and community
SS 2.1 Understands citizenship and responsibilities
SE 3.5 Accepts responsibility

Discuss classroom responsibilities in daily activities.

Discuss roles and responsibilities of family or community members who promote the welfare and safety of children and adults.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
PD 1.1 Practices daily self-care
SE 3.4 Initiates learning
PD 3.1 Controls small muscle movement
PD 3.2 Manipulates varied objects
PD 3.3 Exhibits hand-eye coordination

Care of Hands, Face, Nose

PC.4 - Young children gradually learn how to take of cleaning their hands, face and nose with lots of prompting, in clear directions/steps, with assistance and modeling from adults or other children. Young children can be overwhelmed by a Kleenex coming towards them out of nowhere to wipe at their nose or mouth. Being prompted to take control over this necessary task, may be motivating for some two and three old children, as they are shown the steps in taking of their face and understand the expectations from adults. The older preschool child will be helped by the expectation of taking of their body, again with prompts, consistent routines, and appropriate supports.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
SS 3.1 Understands roles and occupations in society
LL 6.1 Participates in conversations
LL 6.2 Shares stories and/or information
SS 3.1 Identifies personal and family roles within their home and community
SS 2.1 Understands citizenship and responsibilities
SE 3.5 Accepts responsibility

Observe and discuss the various kinds of work people do outside and inside their homes.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
S 1.1 Engages in observation and investigation
SS 3.1 Understands roles and occupations in society
LL 6.1 Participates in conversations
LL 6.2 Shares stories and/or information

Observe, discuss, and dramatize basic economic concepts such as buying and selling, producing, and consuming.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
CE 4.1 Participates in dramatic play
SS 3.2 Understands the role of money in society
S 1.1 Engages in observation and investigation
SS 3.1 Understands roles and occupations in society
LL 6.1 Participates in conversations
LL 6.2 Shares stories and/or information

Observe some U.S. national holidays and discuss how and why we celebrate them.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
SS 1.2 Examines diversity, culture, and traditions
SS 5.2 Shows interest and shares past, current, and future events
LL 6.1 Participates in conversations
LL 6.2 Shares stories and/or information

Observe or listen to important American symbols including the American flag and its colors and shapes; the melody of the national anthem; the picture and name of the current President, and the words of the Pledge of Allegiance.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
S 1.1 Engages in observation and investigation
SS 1.2 Examines diversity, culture, and traditions
SS 5.2 Shows interest and shares past, current, and future events
LL 6.1 Participates in conversations
LL 6.2 Shares stories and/or information

Physical Development

Listen to and use appropriate language describing the names and functions of parts of the human body.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
LL 4.1 Builds meaning of words
SE 1.1 Aware of thoughts, needs, and feelings of self and others
S 3.1 Understands characteristics of living things

Build body awareness, strength, and coordination through locomotion activities.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
SS 1.1 Identifies personal and family roles within their community
PD 2.1 Displays balance and coordination
PD 2.2 Uses locomotor skills
PD 4.1 Actively participates
PD 4.2 Builds muscular strength and/or cardiovascular endurance

Discuss various aids and accommodations used by people for the activities of daily life.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
LL 6.1 Participates in conversation
LL 6.2 Shares stories and/or information

Build awareness of directionality and position in space.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
S 3.2 Comprehends positions in space
PD 2.1 Displays balance and coordination
PD 2.2 Uses locomotor skills

Use both sides of the body to strengthen bilateral coordination.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
S 3.2 Comprehends positions in space
PD 2.1 Displays balance and coordination
PD 2.2 Uses locomotor skills

Alternate the left and right sides of the body and cross the midline of the body.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
S 3.2 Comprehends positions in space
PD 2.1 Displays balance and coordination
PD 2.2 Uses locomotor skills

Build upper body strength and stability to gain controlled movement of shoulders.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
PD 4.2 Builds muscular strength and/or cardiovascular endurance
S 3.2 Comprehends positions in space
PD 2.1 Displays balance and coordination
PD 2.2 Uses locomotor skills
PD 2.1 Displays balance and coordination

Strengthen hand grasp and flexibility.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
PD 4.2 Builds muscular strength and/or cardiovascular endurance
PD 3.1 Controls small muscle movement
PD 3.2 Manipulates varied objects

Use thumb/forefinger in pincer grasp.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
PD 3.1 Controls small muscle movement
PD 3.2 Manipulates varied objects

Use a variety of tools and materials to build grasp-and-release skill.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
PD 3.1 Controls small muscle movement
PD 3.2 Manipulates varied objects

Build finger dexterity.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
PD 3.1 Controls small muscle movement
PD 3.2 Manipulates varied objects

Discuss nutritious meals and snacks and the difference between junk food and healthy food.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
LL 6.1 Participates in conversations
LL 6.2 Shares stories and/or information
PD 1.3 Makes healthy food choices

Practice personal hygiene and safety measures.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
PD 1.1 Practices daily self-care
PD 1.2 Comprehends and applies safety rules

Discuss gender and growth in age-appropriate ways.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
LL 6.1 Participates in conversations
LL 6.2 Shares stories and/or information

Social & Emotional Health

Recognize and describe or represent emotions such as happiness, surprise, anger, fear, sadness.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
SE 1.1 Aware of thoughts, needs, and feelings of self and others
SE 4.1 Manages emotions appropriately
LL 6.1 Participates in conversations
LL 6.2 Shares stories and/or information

Talk about ways to solve or prevent problems and discuss situations that illustrate that actions have consequences.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
AL 3.2 Ask questions and problem solves
LL 6.1 Participates in conversations
LL 6.2 Shares stories and/or information
SE 3.4 Initiates learning
SE 2.1 Makes positive social connections
SE 4.1 Manages emotions appropriately
SE 2.3 Shows empathy for others

Practice independence and self-help skills.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
SE 4.1 Manages emotions appropriately
PD 1.1 Practices daily self-care
PD 1.2 Comprehends and applies safety rules
PD 1.3 Makes healthy food choices
SE 3.4 Initiates learning
SE 2.1 Makes positive social connections
AL 3.2 Ask questions and problem solves
SE 1.2 Demonstrates confidence

Describe members of their family and discuss what parents do for their children to keep them safe and healthy.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
LL 6.1 Participates in conversation
LL 6.2 Shares stories and/or information
SS 1.1 Identifies personal and family rules within their home and community

Safety & Health Care

Discuss strategies to prevent injury and illness, control the spread of disease, and promote cleanliness.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
PD 1.1 Practices daily self-care
PD 1.2 Comprehends and applies safety rules
PD 1.3 Makes healthy food choices
SE 3.4 Initiates learning

Talk about the common symptoms of illness and injury and what they should do when they hurt or don’t feel well.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
SE 1.1 Aware of thoughts, needs, and feelings of self and others
LL 6.1 Participates in conversation
LL 6.2 Shares stories and/or information
PD 1.1 Practices daily self-care
PD 1.2 Comprehends and applies safety rules
PD 1.3 Makes healthy food choices
SE 3.4 Initiates learning

Talk about the common symptoms of illness and injury and what they should do when they hurt or don’t feel well.

Discuss tooth care and dental health including brushing, flossing, and healthy foods.

Discuss rules for safety in a variety of settings including fire safety, weapons safety, bus safety, seat belt use, playground safety, as well as safety at home and in the community.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
PD 1.2 Comprehends and applies safety rules
SS 3.1 Understands roles and occupations in society

Talk and listen to stories about safe, unsafe, and inappropriate touch and ways to protect themselves.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
AL 2.2 Communicates verbally or through body language
LL 6.1 Participates in conversations
LL 6.2 Shares stories and/or information
SE 1.1 Aware of thoughts, needs, and feelings of self and others
SE 1.2 Demonstrates confidence

Talk about what to do when someone gets hurt and the rules for universal precautions (do not touch body fluids; wash hands after touching body fluids).

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
PD 1.1 Practices daily self-care
PD 1.2 Comprehends and applies safety rules

Identify and distinguish between substances that are safe to be taken by mouth.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
PD 1.2 Comprehends and applies safety rules

Describe the purpose of medicines and how they can be used or misused, and what to do in an emergency.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
PD 1.2 Comprehends and applies safety rules
SS 3.1 Understands roles and occupations in society
LL 6.1 Participates in conversations
LL 6.2 Shares stories and/or information

Talk about some basic ways they can keep their environment clean or take care of it.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
SS 4.3 Shows concern for the environment
SS 2.1 Understands citizenship and responsibilities
LL 6.1 Participates in conversations
LL 6.2 Shares stories and/or information

Arts

Movement & Dance

Explore activities and vocabulary related to movement, balance, strength, and flexibility.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
LL 4.1 Builds meaning of words
PD 2.1 Displays balance and coordination
PD 2.2 Uses locomotor skills
CE 2.2 Participates in a variety of body movements
PD 4.2 Builds muscular strength and/or cardiovascular endurance

Respond to a variety of musical rhythms through body movement.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
CE 2.1 Expresses self through dance
PD 2.1 Displays balance and coordination
PD 2.2 Uses locomotor skills
CE 2.2 Participates in a variety of body movements

Participate in simple sequences of movements and dance to various kinds of music.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
CE 1.1 Participates and enjoys music
CE 2.1 Expresses self through dance
PD 2.1 Displays balance and coordination
PD 2.2 Uses locomotor skills
CE 2.2 Participates in a variety of body movements

Express themselves freely through movement.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
AL 1.1 Uses imagination and creativity to create new ideas or extend understanding
PD 2.2 Uses locomotor skills
CE 2.2 Participates in a variety of body movements

Use props to explore space and movement.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
CE 2.2 Participates in a variety of body movements
E 4.1 Participates in dramatic play

Act out ways that movement and dance can show feelings or convey meaning.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
CE 4.1 Participates in dramatic play
AL 1.1 Uses imagination and creativity to create new ideas or extend understanding
PD 2.2 Uses locomotor skills
CE 2.2 Participates in a variety of body movements

Develop audience skills by observing performances or artists at work in various aspects of the Arts.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
SE 1.2 Demonstrates confidence
SE 2.1 Makes positive social connections
SE 3.3 Cooperates within shared space
CE 4.1 Participates in dramatic play
AL 4.2 Displays a positive attitude
AL 5.2 Participates in “shared thinking”
LL 5.3 Compare and contrast

Music

Sing a variety of songs within children’s vocal range, independently and with others.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
CE 1.1 Participates and enjoys music
SE 1.2 Demonstrates confidence

Sing expressively.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
CE 1.1 Participates and enjoys music
SE 1.2 Demonstrates confidence

Sing songs with repetitive phrases and rhythmic patterns.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
CE 1.1 Participates and enjoys music
SE 1.2 Demonstrates confidence
LL 1.1 Demonstrates understanding of sounds, rhyme, and patterns in letters and words
M 2.1 Follows and creates simple patterns

Listen to various kinds of instrumental music and explore a variety of melody and rhythmic instruments.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
CE 1.1 Participates and enjoys music

Play instruments using different beats, tempos, dynamics, and interpretation.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
CE 1.1 Participates and enjoys music

Listen to, imitate, and improvise sounds, patterns, or songs.

Theatre Arts

Listen to storytellers and watch puppet shows.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
LL 5.2 Listens for understanding and responds appropriately
CE 4.1 Participates in dramatic play

Use dramatic play, costumes, and props to pretend to be someone else.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
CE 4.1 Participates in dramatic play

Create characters through physical movement, gesture, sound, speech, and facial expressions.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
CE 4.1 Participates in dramatic play
AL 2.2 Communicates verbally or through body language
CE 2.2 Participates in a variety of body movements

Create scenarios, props, and settings for dramatizations and dramatic play.

Learning Box Preschool Foundational Skills
CE 4.1 Participates in dramatic play

Visual Arts

Explore a variety of age-appropriate materials and media to create two-and three-dimensional artwork.