DEVELOPMENTAL GOALS OF HPP
Two Year Old Classes
Language 2’s
Say “please” and “thank you”
Ask for needs
Begin to express frustration with words instead of crying
Begin to use descriptive words (big, little, pretty)
Follow simple directions
Songs, rhymes and finger plays
Understand positional words
Identify body parts
Look at books, listen to stories and look at pictures of stories being read
Stack blocks
String large beads
Hold crayon, marker, and paintbrush
Sort and place lids on plastic containers
Use play dough
Drink from cup with out lid
Explore textures (rice, cooking, and finger painting)
Pouring from container to container (rice table)
Complete simple puzzles
Tear paper
Jump with two feet
Run and dance
Go up and down playground ramp
Hold onto swing while being pushed
Throw a ball
Walk on tiptoes
Kick a ball
Stand on one foot with aid
Catch a balloon
Drop objects into large container
Social and Self Help Skills 2’s
Respect others- no hitting or biting
Get along in the group
Sit at the table with group
Begin toilet training
Begin dressing self (pull up pants, put on coat)
Wash hands
Keep objects out of mouth
Hold onto pole when walking with group
Role plays (house keeping, dress up)
Science 2’s
Curiosity about how things work
Helps stir/shake, add ingredients when cooking
Begin to know colors
Weather words
Introduce seasons
Observe life cycles (frogs, butterflies, and chicks)
Sense
Math Skills 2’s
Starts sorting and classifying
Shapes, sorting and names of
Say how old they are
Count 2 or 3 objects
Counting finger plays (5 little monkeys, etc.)
Nest objects
Sing simple songs
Say nursery rhymes
Listen to simple stories
Sitting for longer stories
Looking at books
Simple conversation
Recognize their name
Opposites
Know positional words
Hold scissors correctly
Simple cutting and snipping
Sort colors, objects- larger to smaller
Lace
Pour into cup
Using 3 finger grasp
Swing by self
Catch a large ball
Know body parts
Toss objects into container
Pedal a tricycle
Social and Self Help Skills 3’s
Use bathroom by self
Put coat on by self
Hang up coat, school bag
Turns on water faucet, get soap and towel by self
Good hand washing habits
Get tissue and blow nose by self
Science 3’s
Try new foods
Learn about healthy eating
Learn 5 senses-eyes for seeing, nose for smelling, etc.
Pour rice, oatmeal, etc.
Weather
Earth/nature
“Where we live”
Seasons
Day and
night
Math Skills 3’s
Count objects to 10
Sort objects by color and shape
Follow simple patterns
Complete small cardboard puzzles
Counting snack foods
Recognize shapes (circle, square, triangle, star, and heart)
Recognize colors
Recognize most capitals and know there is a capital and lower case for each letter
Some letter sounds
Left/Right
Top/Bottom
Recognize own and friends printed names
Know there are theme words and everything has a word
Rhyming words
Sequencing 3-6 cards
Recite simple rhymes and nursery rhymes
Know days of week
Know months of year
Good cutting skills (simple shapes)
Draw simple shapes; connect shapes from simple drawings, rubber band boards
Small peg in pegboards and string small beads
Draws four parts on a body when drawing people
Complete 10-24 piece puzzles
Write own name
Zip and button
Gross Motor Skills 4’s
Skip
Walk using up/down steps alternating feet
Walk backwards
Walk on balance beam
Pedal a tricycle
Pump on swing
Hop with 2 feet and 1 foot
Skip
Catch a large ball
Gallop
Social and Self Help Skills 4’s
Follow 2-3 step directions
Know address/phone number
Sit 10-15 minutes
Extended play with items
Play cooperatively with 2 and 3 together
Independently can take care of selves (toilet, hand washing and clothing)
Science 4’s
Measuring (cooking, rice table)
Sort or name animals by type (farm, zoo, nocturnal, dinosaurs, insects, etc.)
Magnets
Balance weights (more, less, same)
Seasons, weather
Math Skills 4’s
Extend ABC patterns (aab, abb)
Count 1-20
Count 1-1 correspondence to at least 5
Sort by shape, size and color
Simple graphing
Recognize numbers 1-10
Introduce numbers to 100