Growing Years Nursery program (3-year-olds) is a fully developmental program enabling your child to advance socially, emotionally, and creatively at their own pace.
Activities are selected to encourage your child to think, to communicate, to participate, and to grow in a safe comfortable and loving atmosphere.
The following is a group of goals that your child will be developing throughout the year: |
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Social/Emotional
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To feel comfortable and safe in a group situation |
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To express feelings and needs |
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To begin to solve social problems with or without a teacher's assistance |
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Motor Skills |
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Gross: |
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To feel comfortable with their bodies and explore running, climbing, jumping, and other movement skills |
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To begin to dress themselves |
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Fine: |
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To use pencils, markers and scissors effectively |
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To manipulate small toys in an appropriate manner |
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Cognitive |
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To develop the ability to focus in group situations (story, music, small group time) |
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To develop the abillity to choose an activity and work on it for an appropriate length of time |
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To develop language and conversational skills |
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To develop memory skills (stories, songs, shapes, and games) |
