WHEN YOUR CHILD BUILDS WITH BLOCKS: |
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She learns to use her imagination to create something from her own thinking. |
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She has the satisfaction of being able to make something. |
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She learns about sizes and shapes, weights and balances, height and depth, smoothness and roughness. |
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She is exercising her body. |
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She learns to play with others. |
WHEN YOUR CHILD PAINTS: |
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He is more concerned with the process he is going though than with a finished product. This is how it should be
for this stage in development. |
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He learns about colors and how he can use them. |
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He learns to use his imagination and transfers his ideas to paper. |
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He gets emotional satisfaction from being able to express himself. |
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He learns how to use small muscle coordination to handle a brush. |
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He learns how to make choices and decisions. |
WHEN YOUR CHILD USES THE OUTDOOR EQUIPMENT: |
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She learns how to use her body effectively. |
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She experiences joy in achieving a skill. |
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She has fun and experiences relaxation through bodily movement. |
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She learns the limitations of her body. |
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She learns safety and caution. |
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She learns to take turns and to share a piece of equipment. |
WHEN YOUR CHILD PLAYS IN THE HOUSEKEEPING CORNER: |
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He learns what the roles of mother, father and children are. |
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He understands what it feels like to play at being somebody other than himself. |
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He learns how to use his imagination. |
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He learns how to cooperate with other children. |
WHEN YOUR CHILD MAKES A GIFT OUT OF
PAPER AND PASTE: |
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She learns about doing things for others. |
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She learns how to use materials like scissors and paste. |
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She learns how to use her imagination to make the kind of present she has in mind. Again, the process,
not the finished product is important to her. |
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She learns about shapes, sizes, colors, and textures. |
WHEN YOUR CHILD PLAYS IN THE SAND OR WATER: |
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He finds it soothing to bury his hands in sand or pour water in and out of cups. |
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He is able to relax with these types of media and center his attention on a task. |
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He has an opportunity to play alone and not have to compete with other children as with
some activites. This is especially important to a child who has trouble getting along with others. |
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He has a great opportunity to learn about size and measurement, experimenting with measuring spoons,
cups and different sized containers. |
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He learns which things float in water. |
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He is not concerned with the final product, so he does not find it frustrating. |
WHEN YOUR CHILD WORKS WITH PUZZLES: |
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She has an opportunity to work alone or together with other children. |
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She gains satisfaction in completing a puzzle and builds her selfconfidence. |
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She has an opportunity to improve her eye-hand coordination. |
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She will use skills learned in doing puzzles later when she learns to read -
putting letters to sounds, making words with letters, and making stories with words. |
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She learns to play with others. |
WHEN YOUR CHILD COOKS: |
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She learns to follow directions. |
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She stimulates and uses all five senses. |
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She learns to recognize colors and shapes from different kinds of foods and kitchen utensils. |
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She has an opportunity to use different tools and equipment to improve small muscle coordination. |
WHEN YOUR CHILD LISTENS TO MUSIC, SINGS OR DANCES: |
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He learns to appreciate music from different countries, cultures, and time periods. |
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He learns to express himself and his ideas. |
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He increases his vocabulary. |
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He gains satisfaction from participating in an activity that can be fun, physical, and enriching. |
WHEN YOUR CHILD USES MANIPULATIVE ACTIVITES: |
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She explores new concepts, practices emerging skills, and reinforces skills already mastered. |
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She develops fine motor practice. |
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She learns about classifying, sorting, predicting, problem solving, and analyzing results. |
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She develops her knowledge of the world around her using real objects and concrete examples. |
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She learns how to learn. |
WHEN YOUR CHILD USES TECHNOLOGY AND COMPUTERS: |
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He learns how machines work and how they can help him learn more. |
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He practices eye-hand coordination, using the mouse. |
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He is able to learn the processes necessary to use technology. |
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He learns how to express his ideas through technology and share his ideas with others. |
WHEN YOUR CHILD PLAYS WITH PUPPETS: |
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She is able to verbalize her feelings using words. |
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She can begin to understand the feelings of others. |
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She can role-play and perhaps find solutions to situations that may disturb her. |
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She stretchs her imagination. |
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