CurriculumbartTwos

TWOS

Ages 2 To 3 years

Below are the program goals for children in our Toddler
Program. Generally by the end of this stage, children may be
able To do the following:

Emotional Development

•   Begin To assist with dressing self (e.g. jacket, hat,
   etc.)
• Care for some physical needs with supervision
•   Follow basic daily routines with staff assistance
•   Assist staff in putting some materials, toys and
   equipment in the proper place with supervision
•   Play alone and in small groups some of the time and
   with the total group occasionally
•   Deal with emotions in a way suitable for
   developmental level, most of the time
•   Respond To praise and suggestions from others
•   Make the transition from home To center with a
   minimum of anxiety

Social Development & Living

•   Participate in the total group some of the time
•   Share in a small group some of the time
•   Identify family members
•   Cooperate most of the time
•   Learn about some adult roles in the neighborhood
   (e.g. doctor, firefighter, etc.)

Physical Development / Gross Motor

•   Perform simple loco motor tasks, including walking
   forward and backward, running and jumping
•   Walk a few steps on a line on the floor
•   Throw a large ball at least two feet
•   Roll large and small balls
•   Perform simple somersaults with assistance
•   Manipulate large toys and wheeled equipment
•   Use some of the playground equipment (e.g. slide)
•   Begin To participate in simple group games

Fine Motor

•   Construct simple block structures
•   Stack at least three small objects (e.g. over two
   inches in diameter)
•   Complete 3-5 piece puzzle
•   Use crayons To create free-form designs
•   Practice turning book pages one at a time
•   Feed self using spoon and tumbler
•   Place pegs in pegboard, shapes into shape box, etc.
•   Begin To participate in simple group games

Cognitive Development

•   Use words "big" and "little"
•   Follow at least one direction
•   Recognize and name two colors
•   Identify familiar sounds in environment (e.g. car
   horn, baby cry, etc.)
•   Identify major body parts on own body
•   Name some familiar animals and identify the sounds
   they make (e.g. ducks quack)
•   Identify a missing part of an object in a picture (e.g
   car without wheels)
•   Identify functions of some familiar objects
   according To their use (e.g. furniture, food,
   clothing, etc.)

Language Development

•   Recognize own name and the name of caregiver
•   Give simple answers To questions
•   Identify some common objects and familiar people
   when names are given by staff
•   Name some familiar objects in his/her environment
•   Pronounce most words correctly (except for some
   articulation errors)
•   Express own needs and wants
•   Repeat a few simple finger plays
•   Relate a simple activity or event

Reading Readiness

•   Begin recognizing some letters of the alphabet
•   Recognize simple, common story characters (e.g.
  The Three Bears)
• Tell what is happening in a simple picture
•   Retell a part of a familiar story
•   Listen To short stories
•   Attend To films, filmstrips, puppet shows, etc.,
   appropriate To developmental level

Science

•   Show concern and care for animals
•   Help plant and maintain simple plants (e.g. indoors
   and outdoors)
•   Identify some textures (e.g. hard, soft, fuzzy, etc.)
•   Identify some foods according To taste
•   Assist with a cooking experience
•   Learn about some insects (e.g. butterfly, ant, etc.)
•   Give simple descriptions of the weather (e.g. it's
   raining, cloudy, hot, etc.)

Premath Skills

•   Use simple number songs, rhymes and finger plays
•   Indicate age in numbers of fingers and verbally
•   Rote count from 1-5
•   Sort like shapes (e.g. triangles, circles, squares, etc.)

Art, Music & Movement

•   Assist staff with care of art materials
•   Use some art media including crayons, markers,
   paints and play dough
•   Use paste with supervision
•   Use various art techniques with supervision,
   including collage and painting
•   Listen To music
•   Participate in simple singing games and songs
•   Use rhythm instruments
•   March To music
•   Use free-form movement and perform simple
   exercises To music