Skills Learned

Attention Span

The length of time a child is able to focus on an activity.

Balance

The ability to maintain a body position against the force of gravity.

Bilateral Coordination

The ability to use both sides of the body alternatively, such as in crawling, walking, climbing stairs, etc.

Body Awareness

The ability to find ones body parts without looking; in general, cognizance about ones body.

Cause and Effect

The understanding of how one action causes another.

Classifying

Grouping objects based on a common characteristic.

Concept Development

To expand on previous knowledge in order to introduce a generalized idea.

Coordination

The ability to produce harmonious, willful movement.

Counting Concepts

Ideas or skills involved in numbers and quantities.

Creative Expression

The use of music, movement, drama, or art to communicate.

Creative Movement

Using the body to communicate.

Emotional Development

The expansion or explanation of feelings or reactions.

Eye Foot Coordination

The ability to adjust or move the feet in response to visual information.

Eye Hand Coordination

The ability to adjust or move the hands in relation to visual information.

Fine Motor

Skills which require the use of the small muscles, especially those of the hand.

Grasp and Release

The ability to intentionally grip, then release an object.

Gross Motor

Skills which require the use of the large muscles, such as those in the arms and legs.

Imagination

The act of creating mental images of what is not actually present or been experienced before.

Language Development

The acquisition of speech and oral comprehension as well as the understanding of written communication.

Listening

The ability to understand the spoken language as well as discriminate sounds, rhythm, and pitch.

Lower Body Strength

The power or resistance of the muscles in the legs and lower trunk.

Matching

The skill of recognizing two things that are equal in appearance, size, or other quality.

Object Permanence

The idea or knowledge that an object exists even when it is no longer visible.

Patterning

The ability to recognize and continue a predictable series of objects.

Pre-Writing

Any of the skills which prepare the hands and eyes for written communication.

Problem Solving

The ability to find a solution to a mental or physical question.

Rhythm Exploration

To examine and play with beat, movement, and dance.

Role Play

Using the imagination to predict and act out the actions of another person, animal, or object.

Self Concept

The idea that one is an individual and possesses unique qualities.

Sensory Development

The use of the senses to experience the world.

Sequencing

The skill needed to follow a chronological, causal, or logical order of objects or events.

Size and Shape Discrimination

The ability to compare and relate objects based on their dimensions or form.

Smelling Discrimination

The ability to identify and discriminate using the olfactory sense.

Social Development

The understanding of how one relates to others.

Sorting

To group or separate objects based on their characteristics.

Sound Discrimination

The ability to identify and discriminate with the auditory sense.

Spatial Awareness

The understanding of where ones body is in relation to other people and objects.

Tactile Stimulation

To rouse or excite the sense of touch with stimuli.

Trust

The belief in the reliability of others.

Upper Body Strength

The power or resistance of the muscles in the neck, shoulders, arms, and upper trunk.

Visual Development

The maturation of the the visual sense.

Visual Discrimination

The ability to discriminate and recognize differences between visual stimuli.

Visual Stimulation

The use of images designed to excite the visual sense.

Visual Tracking

Following a moving item with the eyes and head.

Vocabulary Enrichment

The adding of new words to the list of words already learned.