Early Childhood Standards
Content Area
English/Language Arts
Standards / Benchmarks
Standard 1:
Demonstrate general skills and strategies of the communication
process
1.1 ) uses non-verbal communication for a variety of purposes
1.2) Uses spoken language for a variety of purposes.
Museum Connection
All
Museum Connection
1.3) speaks with increasing clarity and use of conventional grammar
Standard 2:
Demonstrates general skills and strategies of the listening and observing process
2.1) Engages in active listening in a variety of situations.
2.2) Observes to gain information and understanding
Aqua Tank, Hold Yer Horses, Dr
Kids, Keeping Current,
Wonderwoods, Moon, Homes
Around the World, Let’s Move!,
Get Fit!, Small World,
Kaleidoscope
Aqua Tank, Hold Yer Horses, Dr
Kids, Keeping Current,
Wonderwoods, Moon, Homes
Around the World, Let’s Move!,
Get Fit!, Small World,
Kaleidoscope
Aqua Tank, Small World,
Wonderwoods, Kaledisocope,
Passport to the World,
Bernoulli’s Balloon, Shadow Wall
Aqua Tank, Hold Yer’ Horses,
WonderWoods, Kaledisocope
Aqua Tank, Keeping Curren, Hold
Yer’ Horses, Wonderwoods,
Puppet Theater, Kaleidsocope,
Sunwise, Dr. Kids, Nutrition
Exhibit, Passport to the World,
Let’s Move!, Get fit!
WonderWoods, Kaleidoscope Standard 3:
Demonstrates general skills and
strategies of the reading process
3.1) Listens to and responds to reading materials with interest and enjoyment
Wonderwoods, Kaleidoscope
3.2) Shows interest and understanding of the basic concepts and conventions of
Wonderwoodsd, Kaleidoscope print
3.3)Demonstrates knowledge of Wonderwoods, Kaleidosocpe

Mathematics
Physical Education and Gross and Fine Motor Skills
Alphabet
3.4) Demonstrates emergent phonemic/phonological awareness
3.5) Draws meaning from pictures, print and text.
3.6) Tells and retells a story
Standard 4:
Demonstrates competence in the beginning skills and strategies of the writing process
4.1) Understands that the purpose of writing is communication
4.2) Produce marks, pictures, and symbols that represent print and ideas.
4.3) Explores the physical aspect of writing.
Standard 1:
Demonstrates general skills and uses concepts of mathematics
1.1) Demonstrates an understanding of numbers and counting
1.2) Recognizes and describes shapes and spatial relationships
1.3) Uses the attributes of objects for comparison and patterning
1.4) Measures and describes using nonstandard and standard unites
Standard 1:
Demonstrates basic gross and fine motor development
1.1) Moves through an environment with body control and balance
1.2) Performs a variety of locomotor skills with control
Wonderwoods, Kaleidoscope
Kaledisocope, Wonderwoods,
Computer, Keeping Current
Puppet Theater, Wonderwoods,
Kaleidoscope
Wonderwoods, Kaleidoscope,
Open Art Studio
Wonderwoods, Kaleidsocope
Wonderwoods, Kaleidoscope,
Open Art Studio
Open Art Studio
Museum Connection
Aqua Tank, Build-A-Rocket, Small
World, Wonderwoods,
Kaleidoscope
Aqua Tank, Build-A-Rocket, Lego
Staion,Wonderwoods,
Kaleidoscope
Aqua Tank, Lego Station,
Kaleidoscope, Wonderwoods,
Aqua Tank
Museum Connection
Moon, Wonderwoods,
Kaleidoscope, Homes Around the
World, Small World, Shadow
Wall, Keeping Current, Nutrition
Exhibit, Let’s Move!, Get Fit!,
Hold Yer’ Horses, Momentum
Machine, Bubble Zone
Aqua Tank,Bubble Zone, Keeping
Current, Wonderwoods,

Social Studies
Arts & Humanities
1.3)Performs a variety of nonlocomotors skills with control and balance
1.4)Combines a sequence of several motor skills with control and balance
1.5) and balance
Performs fine motor tasks using eye-hand coordination
Kaleidoscope, Hold Yer’ Horses,
Nutrition Exhibit, Momentum
Machine, RockWall/Small World,
Let’s Move!, Get Fit!, Shadow
Wall
Aqua Tank, Wonderwoods,
Kaleidoscope, Gravity Well,
Moon, Eye Play, Get Fit!,
Kaleidoscope, Nutrition Exhibit,
Open Art Studio, Bone Zone,
Bubble Zone
Fish,Build-A-Rocket, Moon,
Keeping Current, Hold Yer’
Horses, Let’s Move!, Get Fit!,
Wonderwoods, Kaleidoscope,
Nutrition Exhibit, Open Art
Studio, Bone Zone, Bubble Zone
Aqua Tank, Gravity Well, Build-A-
Rocket, Pipe Organ, Wall Maze,
Small World, Let’s Move!, Get
Fit!, Wonderwoods,
Kaleidoscope, Open Art Studio,
Bubble Zone
Museum Connection Standard 1:
Demonstrates basic understanding of the world in which he/she lives.
1.1) Differentiates between events that happen in the past, present, and future
1.2) Uses environmental clues and tools to understand surroundings
Aqua Tank,Hold Yer’ Horses,
Keeping Current, Wonderwoods,
Kaleidoscope, Moon, Open Art
Studio
1.3) Shows an awareness of fundamental economic concepts
1.4) Knows the rules within the home, school, and community
1.5) Understands the roles and relationships within his/her family
1.6) Knows that diversity exists in the world
Homes Around the World
Homes Around the World
Standard 1:
Participate and shows interest in a variety of visual arts, dance, music, and drama experiences.
1.1) Develops skills in and
Aqua Tank, Hold Yer’ Horses,
Small World, Bone Zone, Homes
Around the World
Museum Connection
Open Art Studio, Kaleidoscope,

Health Education
Health/Mental Wellness
Science appreciation of visual arts Homes Around the World, Let’s move!, Get Fit!
Let’s Move! 1.2 Develops skills in and appreciation of dance
1.3) Develops skills in and appreciation of music
1.4) Develops skills in and appreciation of drama
Standard 1:
Demonstrates health/mental wellness in individual and cooperative social environments
1.1 Shows social cooperation
1.2 Applies social problem solving skills
1.3 Exhibits independent behavior
WonderWood, Pipe Organ, Let’s move!
Puppet Theater, Kaleidoscope
All
All
Museum Connection
Standard 1:
Demonstrates scientific ways of thinking and working
(with wonder and curiosity)
1.1 Explores features of environment through manipulation
1.2 Asks simple scientific questions that can be answered with exploration
1.3 Uses a variety of tools to explore the environment
Wonderwoods, Kaleidoscope,
Moon, Shadow Wall, Build-A-
Rocket, Let’s Move, Momentum
Machine, Gravity Well, Homes
Around the World, Bubble Zone,
Bone Zone
Museum Connection
Gravity Well, Momentum
Machine, Pipe Organ, Homes,
F16, Bubble Zone, Bone Zone,
Hold Yer’ Horses, Open Art Studio
Aqua Tank, Gravity Well,
Momentum Machine, Bone Zone,
Bubble Zone, Keeping Current,
Wonderwoods
Aqua Tank, Hold Yer’ Horses,
Keeping Current, Wonderwoods,
Kaleidoscope, Bubble Zone, Bone
Zone, Homes Around the World