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EXPLORER AGES:
SCHEDULE OPTIONS:
- 5 days a week; all day
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday; all day
- Tuesday and Thursday; all day
LANGUAGE ARTS
- Babble in a way that sounds like talking and try to “talk” with you
- Understand basic commands like stop
- Beginning basic language development(saying words like mama, no)
- Beginning to recognize repetitive finger plays, rhymes, songs
- Beginning intro to Spanish
MATH CONCEPTS
- Beginning to recognize colors and shapes
- Beginning to count objects
- Beginning to rote count(most likely skipping or numbers in non-sequential order)
- Basic Problem-Solving
- Basic sorting by color and shape
SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL
- Smile and laugh in reaction to somebody else or when playing
- Cry when someone nearby is upset
- Feel comfortable exploring the room when a caregiver is nearby
- Show affection to familiar people
- Have temper tantrums when frustrated
- Beginning self help skills (pushing in chair, throwing away own trash at mealtime)
GROSS MOTOR SKILLS
- Stick out their arms, legs and feet to help get dressed and undressed
- Walk without help
- Begin walking up stairs
- Begin trying to kick a ball
- Can squat to pick up an object from floor and stand back up without help
FINE MOTOR SKILLS
- Drink from a sippy cup
- Use a spoon—clumsily—to eat
- Point, poke and maybe even pinch
- Put things into a bucket and take them out again
- Scribble with a thick crayon or marker
- Stacking blocks on own
- Turning pages of a book
COGNITIVE
- Know the use of everyday objects, such as a spoon, a toothbrush or phone
- Start following simple directions such as “blow me a kiss” or “sit down”
- Start simple pretend play, like feeding a stuffed animal
- Recognizing body parts(eyes, head, nose, etc)
- Making a connection between a word you say and a picture in a book
- Start testing cause and effect, such as what happens when he throws his cup on the floor