Preschool children’s language skills are some of the best predictors of reading success in first and second grade. Their use of language to listen and speak, as well as their understanding of reading and writing, will be critical to their academic success in the early elementary grades.
Effective language and literacy instruction for young children go hand in hand because listening, speaking, reading, and writing develop interdependently in children.
Mathematics is a way of thinking, knowing, problem-solving, and reasoning that helps children to connect ideas, develop logical thinking, question, analyze, and understand the world around them.
Concepts include: sense of numbers, identification of relationships in objects, concepts of geometry, and analysis of data information.
Young children learn science by demonstrating curiosity and exploring the world around them.
Children investigate by figuring out how things work, conducting experiments, and manipulating objects. Concepts include: exploring life, physical and earth sciences, and engineering.
