At Skills Learning Center, all concepts are given when the child is ready, and not a given chronological age.

​2-Year Old Class

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THE BASICS

2-year olds are learning about:

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1. INDEPENDENCE

• Potty training

• Putting on their shoes

• Washing Hands

• Cleaning up

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2. THEMSELVES

• Body parts

• How to make friends

• Language and communication

• Dealing with emotions

• Sensory awareness

​3-Year Old Class
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THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF THE BASICS DOWN

3-year olds are ready for:

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1. MORE INDEPENDENCE

• Dressing themselves

• Doing chores

• Following more complex directions

• Completing tasks

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2. FINE MOTOR SKILLS

• Tracing and writing their names

• Cutting with scissors

• Folding, drawing, coloring

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3. SOCIALIZATION

• The interest in making friends grows

• Conflict resolution

• Making choices

3. ENVIRONMENT

• Following a schedule

• Following simple directions

• Caring for the classroom

• Caring for others

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4. GROWING

• Awareness of their own capabilities and limitations

• Development of gross motor skills through outdoor play and manipulative objects in the classroom

• Awareness of counting, colors, shapes, words and music

5. MATH

• Counting to 3

• Sorting by color

• Sorting by size

4. LANGUAGE

• Listening ability increases

• Rapid acquisition of new words

• Able to express feelings verbally

• Realization that words are made up of sounds

• Learning phonics

• Decoding 3 letter words

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5. IMAGINATION

• Dressing up

• Art

• Music

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6. MATH

• Counting to 10

• Writing numbers 1-10

• Simple clocks

• Skip counting by 10

• Distinguishing which number is bigger, e.g. 3 or 5, 6 or 2

​4-Year Old Class
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​WITH ALL THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND PHYSICAL ABILITY

4-year olds develop:

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1. GROSS MOTOR SKILLS

    They can

• Somersault

• Ride bikes

• Walk backwards

• Balance

• Participate in sports

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2. FINE MOTOR SKILLS

• Awareness that they can use their hands to make what their brain wants.
  Construction through any medium--art, Lego, blocks

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3. INDEPENDENCE

• Development of unique personality

• Large vocabulary allows curiosity to develop--lots of questions

• Memory has developed

  • Child can remember instructions and retell events and stories

4. LANGUAGE

• Using mostly correct grammar

• Can write their own name

• Phonetic reading and simple writing

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5. SOCIALIZATION

• Love playing with other children of the same age

• Play is imaginative, often with props

• Enjoys structured environment in which develops social, physical, intellectual and emotional abilities

6. MATH

• Adding

• Subtracting

• Skip Counting

• Coins

• Clocks

• Simple division

Kindergarten (5-6 year olds)

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AT THIS AGE, CHILDREN EXPLODE INTO LEARNING

They love school and love learning about biology, botany, geography, science, cultural events and history. They have a great interest in time--clocks, calendars, seasons and events that repeat annually.

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1. SOCIALIZATION

• Understand how to make friends

• Understand that their words have power--they can make others feel good or bad through their words

• Want to include friends in all aspects of their lives, whether they are creating art, dance, dress up, stories, play dates

• Develop leadership skills

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2. CREATIVITY

• Love everything imaginary--unicorns, dragons, super heroes, and princesses. Even "normal" objects become part of their imaginary game.

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3. LANGUAGE

• Read well enough to enjoy simple stories

• Can remember rules in language

• Good pencil control and can write simple sentences

• Letter formation and spatial consideration is good

4. MATH (5 year olds)

• Addition and subtraction

• Multiplication: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

• Division

• Fractions

• Clocks: 9:10, 9:16

• Money

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5. MATH (Kindergarten)

• Dynamic addition and subtraction - carrying, borrowing

• Multiplication

• Division

• Clocks - Roman numerals

• Coins - Decimal form

• Beginning geometry

• Beginning chemistry

• Math in picture form

• Math in word problems