Grade PreK • Physical Well-Being and Motor Development What Your Child Will Learn
Grade PreK Physical Well-Being and Motor Development
What Your Child will Learn
Pre-K (4's)
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
3-Year-Olds
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.