Social-Emotional Development
This is the ability to recognize and label one's own emotions.
What is self-awareness?
This refers to the use of large muscles to perform movements like running, jumping, and throwing.
What are gross motor skills?
This is the ability to understand and use languages to communicate.
What is expressive language?
This is the ability to recall information about familiar people, places, or objects.
What is memory recall?
This is the ability to recognize and name letters of the alphabet.
What is letter recognition?
This involves forming and maintaining positive relationships with adults and peers.
What is social relationships?
The ability to coordinate hand and eye movements to catch a ball.
What is hand-eye coordination?
This refers to the understanding of spoken words and sentences.
What is receptive language?
This is the ability to use objects to represent something else, like using a block as a car.
What is symbolic play?
This is the ability to draw or write using scribbles that resemble letters or shapes.
What is early writing or scribbling?
This term refers to a child's ability to manage their emotions and behaviors in different situations.
What is self-regulation?
The ability to pick up small objects using the thumb and forefinger.
What is pincer grasp?
This is the ability to follow directions with two or more steps.
What is following multi-step directions?
This involves continuing to work on a difficult task even when it's challenging.
What is persistence?
This refers to understanding that print has meaning and is used for communication.
What is print awareness?
This is the ability to work together with others in a group setting.
What is cooperation?
The ability to maintain balance while walking on a line or beam.
What is balance?
The ability to understand that print carries meaning, such as recognizing signs or labels.
What is print awareness?
The ability to sort objects based on attributes like color, shape, or size.
What is sorting and classifying?
The ability to retell a story with key details after hearing it.
What is comprehension?
The ability to show care and concern for others.
What is empathy?
This refers to manipulating building blocks or puzzle pieces to fit them together.
What is construction with manipulation?
This involves recognizing that words are made up of individual sounds.
What is phonemic awareness?
The skill of counting objects and understanding that the last number counted represents the total.
What is counting and cardinality?
The ability to identify the first letter in one's name and other familiar words.
What is identifying initial letters?