Coquina’s Little Blessings Preschool - 3 Year Old Overview

Three Year olds learn best when they have opportunities to choose experiences that interest them.  Each three year old classroom is arranged in learning centers which allow the children to play, talk, move around and engage in meaningful activities.

Each learning center is designed to help meet the child’s physical, emotional, social, mental, and spiritual needs.  The children are immersed in purposeful learning experiences, numerous opportunities are provided for practicing skills with authentic, real life experiences. 
The children choose their own work (task), the length of practice, and the pace of the activity.  The teacher will model essential aspects of the task until the child feels comfortable enough to pursue the task himself.  We view learning as a developmental process that proceeds continuously in an orderly sequence.  The learning centers allow a variation in rate of progress and learning style from child to child. 

We provide a safe, secure and supportive learning environment.  Help is available, and every child succeeds.  Children are given opportunities for sharing and performing what they have learned.

The concepts and skills listed below are organized around four basic areas of development: intellectual, physical, emotional, and social.  This list does not include the entire range of competencies for all the Three year olds but gives you an idea and a guideline as to what our activities provide.  Each child develops at different rates, some may move beyond these and others may not be developmentally ready to work on all of these skills and concepts.

INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT
Matches objects with pictures                       
compares sizes of two or more objects
Groups objects that are same/different        
Sequencing ( puts pictures in sequence, seed to tree)
Counts objects                                    
Counts verbally 1-10 (or more)
Uses plurals                                                    
speaks in sentences
Knows first and last name                             
answers questions
Knows some shapes, colors                           
Gives information                                          
tells own stories
Reads pictures for story meaning                 
writes messages using scribbles, lines, and circles
Begin to recognize name in print                  
recognizes some letters (upper and lower case)
Can follow 2 step direction                            
follows simple rules
Expresses oneself with language
Begins to understand that writing is intended for communication  
Uses and understands spatial words (up, over, under, top, bottom)
Able to sit and listen to story, sits for group time

PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT
Jumps in place (both feet)                             
walks up and down stairs
Throws a large ball                                        
Catches a large ball with both hands
Peddles a tricycle                                           
draws representational pictures
Can trace                                                       
Starts to write first name
Can draw a circle, line                                               
Can put together puzzles, manipulatives and toys
Uses scissors to cut                                        
washes and dries hands by self
Builds and stacks blocks                                 
able to dress self
Toilet trained                                                 
cares for self at toilet

SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Begins to take turns & share                         
Learning about empathy, feelings of others
Plays beside and with friends                        
has appropriate control over own feelings
Helps clean up                                                           
Adjusts to change/transition
Pretends or has imaginary companion         
Able to make own choices
Responds to teachers requests