Develop social and cultural awareness:
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Learn the value of relationships within the family
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Develop friendships with those who may be a different gender,
race, age or who may have different abilities or beliefs
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Understand holidays
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Be introduced to American history
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Be introduced to the roles of community helpers
Academically
Develop a positive attitude toward education/school
Learn new skills:
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Counting
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Quantitative concepts (more/less, full/empty, etc.)
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Classification and Patterning
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One-to-one correspondence
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Ordering, sequencing (short, shorter, shortest and story sequencing)
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Number recognition
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Measurement
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Fractions
Develop curiosity, creativity, and problem-solving ability:
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Making comparison (same/different; big/bigger/biggest)
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Classifying
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Noting sequence
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Understanding cause and effect
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Making inferences
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Predicting outcomes
Develop ability to use and understand language:
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Auditory discrimination and memory
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Rhyming
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Oral communication and vocabulary development
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Dictating stories (having their own stories written down)
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Classification
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Visual discrimination and memory
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Alphabet recognition
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Left-to-right progression
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Whole/part relationships
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Comprehension
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Using position words
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Opposites
Understand God’s universe and the people of His Word:
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Matter and energy
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The earth
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The cosmos
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Living things
