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

Interested in new experiences
Cooperates with other children
Plays “Mom” or “Dad”
Increasingly inventive in fantasy play
Dresses and undresses
Negotiates solutions to conflicts
More independent
Imagines that many unfamiliar images may be “monsters”
Views self as a whole person involving body, mind, and feelings
Often cannot distinguish between fantasy and reality

Cognitive milestones

Correctly names some colors
Understands the concept of counting and may know a few numbers
Approaches problems from a single point of view
Begins to have a clearer sense of time
Follows three-part commands
Recalls parts of a story
Understands the concept of same/different
Engages in fantasy play

Movement milestones

Hops and stands on one foot up to five seconds
Goes upstairs and downstairs without support
Kicks ball forward
Throws ball overhand
Catches bounced ball most of the time
Moves forward and backward with agility
Milestones in hand and finger skills
Copies square shapes
Draws a person with two to four body parts
Uses scissors
Draws circles and squares
Begins to copy some capital letters

Language milestones

Understands the concepts of “same” and “different”
Has mastered some basic rules of grammar
Speaks in sentences of five to six words
Speaks clearly enough for strangers to understand
Tells stories