Goals for 4 year olds

Spiritual:

• To know who Jesus is
• To learn to pray and that God answers prayer
• To know that the Bible is God’s truth
• To know that God is always with us watching over us
• To learn to love God’s words through Bible stories and songs
  
  

Cognitive:

• To be able to recognize and print own name (using proper case)
• To recognize most letters (upper and lower case) at random
• To be able to recognize most letter sounds
• To be able to receive and perform 3 verbal directions
• To be able to reproduce common shapes and patterns
• To have a general understanding of time (seasons, months, weeks, and days)
• To be able to match and name shapes and colors
• To be able to recognize and understand the concept of numbers 1-20
• To recognize opposites
• To recognize rhyming words when listening to nursery rhymes
• To be able to pair related items
• To be able to express oneself in complete sentences
  
  

Physical:

• To be able to identify one’s own body parts
• To be able to identify left and right sides of the body
• To be able to walk, run, and march with coordination
• To be able to bounce and catch an 8 to 12 inch ball
• To develop good balance on the balance beam
• To be able to dress oneself (fastening snaps, hooks, buttons, and zippers)
• To develop left to right eye movement
• To be coordinated when using paint, glue, etc. and
  proficient when using scissors
  
  

Social:

• To show sympathy and kindness to others
• To be able to share and take turns
• To be able to listen and follow directions
• To be able to use good manners
• To work and play cooperatively with others
• To be able to use appropriate words
• To develop good self-help skills
• To develop good peer relationships

Emotional:

• To be able to separate easily when arriving at school
• To develop appropriate self-control
• To be able to interpret facial expressions appropriately
• To be able to show affection when appropriate
• To accept self and others
• To learn to problem solve
• To show respect for self and others
• To be compassionate toward others