Caterpillar Curriculum Goals

Art Development

  • Explores art materials and their usage, including crayons, paints, glue, brushes, etc.

Socio-Emotional Adjustment & Personal Habits

  • Learns to adjust to new situations

  • Gets along with other children

  • Identifies and labels own feelings

  • Follows classroom rules with reminders

  • Shows respect for own and others belongings

  • Willing to try new activities​

Math Readiness & Science

  • Approaches problems flexibly

  • Shows an interest in the world around him/her

  • Explores cause and effect

Music Development

  • Listens to music

  • Participates in musical activities

  • Uses musical instruments

Physical Development

  • Large muscle development (running, hopping, jumping)

  • Learns to communicate and master bathroom needs effectively

  • Shows dominant hand

  • Demonstrates hand-eye coordination (puzzles, stringing)

  • Fine muscle development (cutting, coloring, pasting)

Language Development & Reading Readiness

  • Begins to recognize colors and alphabet letters

  • Develops a larger vocabulary through stories and discussion

  • Knows own name, the teacher’s name, and some classmates’ names

  • Plays with words sounds and rhymes

  • Recognizes first name

  • Knows 6 basic colors