Building Blocks to Success in Kindergarten - Skills Developed at Daycare...

  • Kindergarten readiness is a combination of many different factors. A child who is
    ready in all areas will be able to cope with the school environment. Here are some
    developmental skills your child should demonstrate before kindergarten.

  • Personal and Social Development.  Can express himself/herself verbally.  Speak in  
   complete sentences.  Can label or name things appropriately.

  • Has an interest in reading, listening to stories, letters,  and numbers.

  • Can retain information and focus on an activity.

  • Demonstrate self-confidence and self-direction.  Follows simple rules & routines.
   Can cooperate.   Can work individually & in a small group.

  • Manages transitions. (can your child separate from the primary caretaker easily)

  • Attend to a task & seek help when encountering a problem.  
   Can finish what he/she starts.

  • Interact easily with one or more children and familiar adults.

  • Seeks adult help when needed to resolve conflicts.  
   Asks for help when  appropriate.

  • Can identify & care for own belongings.  Respects rights & belongings of others.
   Understands the idea of sharing and taking turns.

  • Can follow  two or three step directions.  

  • Can listen to a story or participate in an activity and respond to questions
   related to that activity.  Can answer open ended questions.  Can ask questions.

  • Can sit still for 10 to 15 minutes.

  • Demonstrates phonetic awareness. (e.g.rhyming words)

  • Can recognize, write and spell their name.  Can identify 10 letters.

  • Comprehends, responds, retell and predict outcomes to stories read aloud.
   Represents ideas and stories through pictures.

  • Can count  to 20 and understand simple number concepts.

  • Can identify the numbers 1-10 and their quantity.

  • Can recognize and duplicate simple patterns.

  • Recognizes the shapes-triangle, circle, square and rectangle.  Can name colors.

  • Shows the understanding of positional words-inside, outside, before, after,
   between, top, bottom, middle, above, below, under, beside, and behind.

  • Coordinates gross motor movements to perform simple tasks (e.g. throwing
   and catching a ball, jumping, galloping, balance activities

  • Knows the correct way to hold a pencil crayon, and scissors and works with them   
   comfortably.  Enjoys coloring and drawing.

  • Dresses self-can zip, snap & button.

  • Performs self-help skills independently.  Takes care of own toilet needs and  
   washes hands w/o assistance.
    We Provide
    We provide small group quality child care for children ages 2 months to
    about 10 years of age, in a safe, clean, stimulating, fun filled environment
    with 2 adults and lots of TLC!
    We offer a Kindergarten readiness program using, Zoo Phonics,  computer
    play, Touch Math, developmental play,  potty training, outside play, sand &
    water play, art, music, and a touch of science.  We go on walks around the
    neighborhood and to the park.  Occasionally we go on field trips,  to the
    pumpkin patch, to the duck park, or the Kindergarten readiness center.
    We pick up from local schools, help with homework and have outings for
    school aged children during the school breaks.
    We provide lunch and snacks.
    We accept all programs.

    Typical daily schedule:
    7:00 Daycare Opens
    Arrivals, Snack, Inside Play, Computer Time
    Infants Nap, *Preschool Time*  or go to Jump Start
    Table Time (art, worksheets, puzzles, playdoh, coloring, etc..)
    Circle Time (who is here today, name recognition, shapes, colors,
    ABC's & 123's, poems, songs, stories, etc...)
    Music Time (Rhythm and movement, instruments, following
    directions, left & right, bean bag fun, dance)
    Outside Play, and/or go for a walk  *adult supervised at all times*
    Clean up for Lunch
    Lunch Time
    Prepare for Nap Time
    Nap Time
    Outside Play, and/or go for a walk *adult supervised at all times*
    Snack Time
    Homework Time
    Inside Play, Computer & Play station Time, Vsmile
    6:00  Daycare Closes

Joyce's Family Daycare
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Typical Skills Children Learn in Family Day Care

Activity
Specific Skills Learned

Finding Toys or learning materials to work with by self or with others.
Cognitive: Makes decisions about interests and abilities. Self help: Finds toys by
himself or sets up environment for play. Social/Language: Learns to share, barter,
manage conflict, and ask for help. Emotional: Learns about acceptance and
rejection. Expresses needs.

Block play
Physical: Learns to balance blocks and line them up (small motor coordination).
Cognitive: May count blocks, sees pattern and design. Learns to build and plan
structure. Matches blocks that look alike. Social: Learns to share and cooperate.

Dramatic play
Social: Plays adult roles. Develops self-image and coordinates with others.
Language: Learns to express self in another role. Cognitive: Decides appropriate
dress and appearance for role; uses visual perceptions to assist self, others, and
play environment. Learns and remembers behaviors to imitate. Develops abstract
thinking abilities. Self-help: Dresses self. Sets up play environment and finds props.

Setting the table
Cognitive: Counts silverware, glasses and napkins, or places one object by each
setting. Follows pattern of place settings. Social: Cooperates with other children.
May teach younger children to help. Physical: Picks up and places objects (small
motor coordination).

Sitting down to eat
Physical: Pours milk, passes the dish (small motor coordination). Cognitive:
Measures to pour. Understands directions. Social/Language: Learns appropriate
table conversation and manners.

Story time or listening to music
Cognitive: Listens and retains information. Follows story line (sequencing) with
eyes and/or ears. Recognizes words, pictures, instruments, and rhythms.

Fingerplays or songs
Cognitive/Language: Learns words, gestures, and melody (sequencing, repetition,
speech and listening skills). Follows directions. Physical: Coordination (small and
large motor) for gestures and fingerplays.

Dance
Cognitive/Language: Listens to music and rhythms. Learns to understand simple
movement directions and their relationship to the music. Physical: Coordinates
movements (large motor).

Climbing/riding
Cognitive: May count the rungs to the top of a climbing structure; plans his climb.
Maps out direction and distance to ride: watches for others in path. Physical: Large
motor coordination, balance. Social: Takes turns, interacts.

Sand play
Cognitive: Measures sand and maps out roads (spacial relationships). Physical:
Pours, dumps, pushes, gathers, scoops, packs (small and large motor). Social:
Shares, interacts, cooperates.

Putting away toys
Cognitive: Sorts toys, follows directions. Physical: Places object on the shelf,
replaces lids, opens and shuts doors. Social: Takes turns, learns to handle toys
carefully.