4 Plus Program Objectives

During the school year, each of the objectives below will be addressed during the course of the daily instruction and activities:

By the end of the school year, each 4 Plus student should be able to:

Social

• Put on and take off outdoor clothing independently and store correctly
• Practice good personal hygiene including proper hand washing
• Follow instructions and ask appropriate questions to clarify directions
• Use good table manners including waiting for everyone, eating neatly, using “please” and “thank you” for requests, and cleaning up
• Recite own phone number and address
• Play both independently and in cooperative groups
• Use appropriate techniques for handling conflicts
  

Creative Arts

• Use paints, pastels, play dough, scissors, construction paper, and mixed media to create both representational and abstract works of art
• Sing many songs with appropriate movements and gestures
• Use simple rhythm instruments
  

Motor Development

• Use climbing equipment safely
• Pedal a tricycle
• Run, jump, hop, gallop, and skip
• Hold a pencil using the correct (tripod) grip
• Cut neatly with scissors
• Put together Legos and puzzle pieces and string beads
  

Language Arts

• Listen to and understand stories read aloud
• Retell a story or summarize information learned in class using an expanded vocabulary
• Rhyme words and name words with the same beginning sound
• Understand the concepts of print (the relationship between language and print, conventions of left to right, top to bottom, and spaces between words)
• Identify all upper and lower case letters
• Identify the initial sound and letter of spoken and written words
• Recognize own first and last names
• Print own first and last names
  

Math

• Count by rote to 30 or more
• Recognize numerals to 30
• Use a one-to-one correspondence in counting objects and playing games
• Recognize sets of 1 – 10
• Use the terms "more," "less," "add," and "take away" when using numbers
• Use counting and adding when creating sets in projects and in play

If you need to contact us about your child during school session, please call 662-9348 ext 317.