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Aligned to Your Guidelines to
Differentiate Instruction for Every Child
Teaching Strategies’ objectives for development and
learning are at the heart of everything we do and they define
the path teachers take with the children in their classrooms.
Inform every aspect of teaching
At Teaching Strategies, our goals for young children are represented by 38 research-based
objectives, and you’ll find them at the heart of every one of our solutions.
SOCIAL–EMOTIONAL
1.
Regulates own emotions and behaviors
a. Manages feelings
b. Follows limits and expectations
c. Takes care of own needs appropriately
2.
Establishes and sustains positive relationships
a. Forms relationships with adults
b. Responds to emotional cues
c. Interacts with peers
d. Makes friends
3.
Participates cooperatively and constructively
in group situations
a. Balances needs and rights of self and others
b. Solves social problems
PHYSICAL
4.
Demonstrates traveling skills
5.
Demonstrates balancing skills
6.
Demonstrates gross-motor manipulative skills
7.
Demonstrates fine-motor strength and
coordination
a. Uses fingers and hands
b. Uses writing and drawing tools
LANGUAGE
8. Listens to and understands increasingly
complex language
a. Comprehends language
b. Follows directions
9. Uses language to express thoughts and needs
a. Uses an expanding expressive vocabulary
b. Speaks clearly
c. Uses conventional grammar
d. Tells about another time or place
10. Uses appropriate conversational and other
communication skills
a. Engages in conversations
b. Uses social rules of language
COGNITIVE
11. Demonstrates positive approaches to learning
a. Attends and engages
b. Persists
c. Solves problems
d. Shows curiosity and motivation
e. Shows flexibility and inventiveness in thinking
12. Remembers and connects experiences
a. Recognizes and recalls
b. Makes connections
13. Uses classification skills
14. Uses symbols and images to represent
something not present
a. Thinks symbolically
b. Engages in sociodramatic play
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