For Your Information
To:
Toddler 1 Parents
From:
Leslie Marley, Director of Education and Curriculum
[email protected]
Re:
2017 Program Learning Goals
January, 2017
As we enter the new year, I recognize the continued importance of keeping you informed regarding
U-GRO’s commitment to ensuring that your child is receiving the highest quality early education possible.
On the reverse side are our 2017 school year early learning goals for your child’s development in the
following domains: Language and Literacy, Fine Motor, Mathematical Thinking and Expression, and
Scientific Thinking. These goals are aligned with the Infant-Toddler Pennsylvania Learning
Standards
for
Early
Childhood
http://www.pakeys.org/uploadedContent/Docs/Career%
20Development/2014%20Pennsylvania%20Learning%20Standards%20for%20Early%20Childhood%
20Infants%20Toddlers.pdf which U-GRO teachers use as a basis for their activity planning and program
content.
Please use these learning goals as a resource to discover and encourage the skills your child will be
working on now through May.
U-GRO is committed to provide the highest quality early childhood education through our proprietary
Blended Model curriculum. The Blended Model was conceived to provide a balanced approach to
classroom learning. It provides opportunities for structured activities (teacher-directed) as well as
investigative (child-led) discovery.
If you have any questions regarding these program goals, please see your center director or email me at
your convenience.
What can you learn from the provided goals?
You can determine what skills your child will be working on throughout the remainder of the school year.
How can you discover the goals your child’s teacher is currently presenting?
As you look at the learning goals, you will note that there is an abbreviation next to each one. This
abbreviation correlates to the PA Learning Standard. These learning standards are identified
on the weekly lesson plan posted outside your child’s classroom. By glancing at the lesson
plan, you will see what types of activities your child is doing in school to practice the skills needed
to attain these goals.
What can you do now that you have this information?
As you review the goals, you will discover skills that you can reinforce while interacting with your
child in the everyday routine activities you and your child are already doing together. For example:
You can practice many of the listed language skills when you are reading stories together at home.
Where can you find ideas on how to reinforce these skills at home?
Using the Teaching Strategies Gold assessment system, your child’s teacher will provide an
Individual Child Report at 12, 18 and 24 mos. which will indicate your child’s development in
reference to widely held expectations for each learning domain. In addition, you will receive the
Development and Learning Report which will indicate your child’s current development level
and provide what the next developmental steps are likely to be. Use this information to see what
skills you can work on at home to help guide your child towards their next learning goals.
Empowering Families!
www.u-gro.com
Toddler 1 Learning Goals
January—May 2017
Empowering Families
January 2017
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29 30 31
February 2017
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu
5
6
7
Fri
Sat
4
1
2
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8
9
10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28
March 2017
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu
5
6
7
Fri
Sat
4
1
2
3
8
9
10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31
April 2017
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Fri
Sat
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Basis: PA Infants-Toddlers Learning Standards for Early Childhood
http://www.pakeys.org/uploadedContent/Docs/Career%20Development/2014%
20Pennsylvania%20Learning%20Standards%20for%20Early%20Childhood%
20Infants%20Toddlers.pdf
Language & Literacy
 Points to picture in a text when asked by an adult
1.2.YT.B
 Understands about 200 words and uses about 50 in everyday speech
1.2.YT.J
 Answers simple questions about the text being read aloud
1.2.YT.L
 Responds to simple questions about a story
1.3.YT.B
 Follows a one-step simple direction
1.5.YT.C
 Scribbles with writing and drawing tools
1.4.YT.R
 Uses 1-2 words and/or signs to communicate.
1.5.YT.D/E
Fine Motor
 Twists the wrist to turn hands
10.5.YT.A
 Imitates motions of basic finger plays
10.5.YT.A
 Attempts to turn pages of a book using thumb and fingertips
10.5.YT.B
 Stacks toys and blocks
10.5.YT.B
 Manipulates pieces of age-appropriate puzzles
10.5.YT.B
 Uses spoon and fork for eating
10.5.YT.C
Math
 Attempts to count, not always in correct order
2.1.YT.A.1
 Notices differences in quantity: who has more? less?
2.1.YT.A.3
 Engages in experiences related to numbers
2.1.YT.MP
1
 Counts and groups objects
2.2.YT.A.1
8
 Describes objects by shape and name
2.3.YT.A.1
 Engages and persists in geometric play: puzzles, shape sorters
2.3.YT.MP
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
 Begins to use size words and explores objects to determine size
2.4.YT.A.1
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
 Begins to sort objects by size or shape
2.4.YTA.2
2
3
4
5
6
7
9
10 11 12 13 14 15
30
Scientific Thinking
May 2017
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu
7
4
Fri
Sat
5
6
1
2
3
8
9
10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30 31
 Explores characteristics of living things
3.1 YT.A.1
 Names some common animals and their babies
3.1 YT.B.1
 Explores the motion of objects with varying sizes, weights and shapes 3.2 YT.B.7
 Explores earth materials (large rocks, soil, wood) using senses and
simple tools
 Engages in water play activities in sink or water table
3.3 YT.A.1
3.3 YT.A.4