2 years & 9 Months Goals

Social-Emotional Development

Children will express interest in familiar and new people, objects, and activities by exploring and asking simple questions.
Children will recognize and label basic emotions (happy, sad, mad) in themselves and others.
Children will separate from parents with increasing confidence and seek comfort or assistance from familiar adults when needed.
Children will express their needs, wants, and ideas to teachers and peers using words, gestures, or facial expressions.
Children will engage in turn-taking with peers during play and learning activities, with adult support.
Children will begin to demonstrate an emerging understanding of empathy by noticing and responding to others' emotions.
Children will engage in imaginative play by using objects symbolically and creating simple pretend scenarios.

Children will communicate their toileting needs to teachers and develop independence in self-care routines.
Children will learn to put on and take off their jackets with some assistance.
Children will practice putting on and taking off shoes with increasing independence.
Children will demonstrate emerging self-care skills, such as pulling up pants and beginning to dress themselves.

Children will begin to develop control of writing and cutting tools, holding crayons, markers, and child-safe scissors with an emerging tripod grasp.
Children will strengthen their pincer grasp through activities such as picking up small objects, tearing paper, and using tweezers.
Children will attempt to cut along a straight line and trace simple shapes with adult guidance.
Children will lace beads onto a string to build hand-eye coordination and fine motor strength.
Children will copy basic shapes, such as circles and lines, using a crayon or pencil.
Children will explore twisting and turning objects, such as screwing and unscrewing jar lids, to strengthen hand muscles.

Children will actively participate in outdoor play and structured movement activities.
Children will demonstrate increased coordination when climbing, running, and moving through space.
Children will walk up and down stairs using alternating feet, sometimes needing handrail support.
Children will jump with both feet together and begin attempting to hop on one foot.
Children will pedal a tricycle or three-wheeled bike, learning to coordinate movement.

Children will recognize and name basic colors.
Children will recite numbers in order from one to ten with no more than a few errors.
Children will count five objects or more using one-to-one correspondence.
Children will recognize and name a few written numerals under 10.
Children will begin to recognize their name in print.
Children will recognize some uppercase letters and begin to identify a few lowercase letters.
Children will engage in songs and rhymes that build phonological awareness, such as singing the alphabet song.

Hermosa Beach Preschool at View • 1800 Prospect Avenue • Hermosa Beach, CA 90254 • (424) 333-9950 x2046

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