Grade PreK • Physical Well-Being and Motor Development What Your Child Will Learn

Fine Motor

• Use strength and control to perform simple tasks:

• Pushing marker caps off and on
• Pushing cookie cutter into dough
• Using a paper punch to make holes
• Using glue and a glue stick
• Pasting on appropriate side

• Use and explore various drawing and art tools:
• Drawing with crayons and markers
• Painting with a brush at the easel
• Using chalk on the chalkboard
• Copying a line
• Copying simple shapes
• Drawing simple shapes
• Writing letters and numbers
• Adding two parts to an incomplete person
• Holding a pencil in a pincer grasp
• Drawing a picture and labeling it

Gross Motor

• Foundational Skills
• Walking and Running
• Balance and Jumping
• Trapping and Catching
• Throwing
• Striking
• Kicking

Perception and sensory integration

• Use and integrate information from the senses to explore and learn about objects, people and experiences and to navigate own movement and actions.

gross motor

• Demonstrate increased control and movement of the body using large muscles (involving the use of head, trunk, legs and arms).
• Use large muscles and whole body movements to explore their environment and interact with others.

fine motor

• Demonstrate increased control and coordination of small muscles in the hands and fingers to allow for more precise actions and objects.
• Use tools as a way to extend the abilities of their body and accomplish goals more efficiently.

Daily Routines, Health & Nutrition

• Develop increasing independence around daily routines and self-care.
• Show and interest in health eating habits and nutritious food.