FOUR'S
Welcome to Ms. Nydasia's Class
6:30 - 8:20am
Arrival, Free Play
8:20 - 9:00am
9:00 - 9:40pm
9:40 - 11:15pm
11:15 - 12:00pm
12:00 - 2:30pm
2:30 - 3:15pm
3:15 - 4:00pm
4:00 - 4:40pm
4:40 - 6:00pm
Cleanup, Breakfast, Free Play
Outside Play or Vigorous Indoor Activity
Circle Time, Centers
Hand washing, Lunch, Bathroom
Rest Time
Bathroom, Snack
Teacher Directed Activity
Outside Play or Vigorous Indoor Activity
Hand washing, Free Play, Departure
Milestones
Social and emotional milestones
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Interested in new experiences
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Cooperates with other children
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Plays “Mom” or “Dad”
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Increasingly inventive in fantasy play
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Dresses and undresses
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Negotiates solutions to conflicts
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More independent
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Imagines that many unfamiliar images may be “monsters”
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Views self as a whole person involving body, mind, and feelings
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Often cannot distinguish between fantasy and reality
Cognitive milestones
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Correctly names some colors
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Understands the concept of counting and may know a few numbers
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Approaches problems from a single point of view
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Begins to have a clearer sense of time
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Follows three-part commands
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Recalls parts of a story
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Understands the concept of same/different
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Engages in fantasy play
Movement milestones
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Hops and stands on one foot up to five seconds
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Goes upstairs and downstairs without support
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Kicks ball forward
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Throws ball overhand
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Catches bounced ball most of the time
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Moves forward and backward with agility
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Milestones in hand and finger skills
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Copies square shapes
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Draws a person with two to four body parts
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Uses scissors
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Draws circles and squares
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Begins to copy some capital letters
Language milestones
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Understands the concepts of “same” and “different”
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Has mastered some basic rules of grammar
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Speaks in sentences of five to six words
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Speaks clearly enough for strangers to understand
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Tells stories