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When I participate in circle time, I learn...

To listen, sit still and understand spoken words.

That my ideas have value to the other children and the teacher.

To wait my turn when others are talking.

New vocabulary words.

To remember the words of songs and poems I have learned and to put things in proper order (gaining a sense of time).

The names of others in the group.

To help plan what we will do and when we will need to do it.

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When I do cooking projects, I learn...

About nutrition, tastes and food groups.

How heat and cold change things, a science lesson.

Whole-part relationships and concepts of volume, measure, math and lessons.

Vocabulary, a language lesson.

Awareness of my own and other cultures, a social science lesson.

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When I easel paint I learn...

To develop my imagination and creativity.

To develop eye-hand coordination.

To distinguish and purposely create shapes.

To express my feelings and ideas.

That my ideas have value.

Relationships of space and size.

Concepts of symmetry balance and design.

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When I fingerpaint I learn...

To exercise my imagination and creativity.

About how colors mix to make new colors.

Concepts of shape, size and location.

Eye-hand coordination.

An acceptable way to make a mess, and have fun sharing ideas with others who are near.

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When I play on climbing equipment, I learn...

Physical strength, coordination and balance.

To use my imagination.

To cooperate with others when involved in group play.

To solve problems.

Self-confidence as I develop new skills.

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When I play with sand, I learn...

To exercise my imagination.

Concepts of size, shape and volume, empty and full.

How to use tools.

To solve problems.

Concepts of warm and cool, wet, damp and dry, heavy and light.

How to play socially with others.

To create systems for classifying, ordering and arranging, which are math skills.

To create my own patterns and symbols, which are reading and writing skills.

To observe changes, a science skill.

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When I paste, glue and collage, I learn...

To exercise my imagination and creativity.

Concepts of shape, size, location and design, which is relevant to reading.

About different textures.

How to create patterns and designs, a math skill.

To distinguish patters from background, a reading skill.

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When I look at objects at a nature table, I learn...

New vocabulary.

Concepts of texture, color, weight and size.

I group objects into categories.

To observe likenesses and differences.

To appreciate nature and develop a sense of wonder.

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When I sort things, I learn...

To notice details, likenesses, differences, and to form categories, essential reading and math skills.

Concepts of color, size and shape.

Numeral concepts of more and less.

Logical reasoning.

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When I play with rhythm instruments, I learn...

To be conscious of rhythms in music.

Concepts of fast, slow, loud and soft.

To express myself in new and different ways.

Listening skills.

Auditory discrimination (recognizing differences in sounds, necessary when learning to read).

To interpret and understand signals and clues.

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When I sing songs at school, I learn...

Principles of music and rhythm.

Vocabulary.

Memory skills and sequencing.

To be conscious of others.

Various concepts emphasized in songs.

Phonics or auditory discrimination, which is recognizing differences in sounds, necessary for learning to read.

Awareness and identification with my culture and other cultures.

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When I dance I learn...

Balance and coordination.

To be conscious of moods and rhythms of music.

To express myself physically.

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When I play with puppets, I learn....

To express my ideas with words.

To take on the role of someone else.

To use my voice tones as well as words.

To use my imagination.

To learn how it feels to be someone else.

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When I string beads, I learn...

Eye-hand coordination.

Concepts of color, shape and location.

Number concepts like more, less, longer and shorter.

To create and reproduce patterns.

Pride in accomplishment.

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When I play with pegboards, I learn...

One to one correspondence (one peg for one hole), a math skill.

To make and repeat patterns, a math skill.

Possible left to right progression, a reading skill.

Concepts of addition, as I add one peg at a time.

Colors.

Symmetry, shapes, order and design.

Eye-hand coordination.

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When I play with blocks, cars and trucks, I learn....

Concepts of shape, size, length and location, all reading and math skills.

To create and repeat patterns, a math skill.

To exercise imagination.

To express ideas.

To cooperate with others .

To solve problems.

About the properties of wood.

To see myself from a different perspective-that of a giant.

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When I play in the dress-up corner, I learn...

To be flexible in my thinking.

To express myself with my words.

To try on different adult roles.

To solve social problems through negotiation with friends.

To sort and organize play things.

To make decisions.

To improvise and use things in a symbolic way, a language skill.

To have an object represent something else, which is abstract thinking.

To carry out my ideas, with the cooperation of others.

To exercise my imagination and creativity.

To learn and respect other cultures.

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When I look at books and listen to stories, I learn...

That books are important and enjoyable.

That print is written-down words.

To express my own thoughts, feelings and ideas.

To exercise my imagination.

That pictures tell something just like words.

To make up my own stories.

To handle books with care.

To recognize certain words when I see them in print.

To use more complex language patterns in my own speech.

To follow the development of thought and ideas in the plot of a story.

That I like books and someday I would like to be able to read them, too when I am ready.

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When I play on riding toys, I learn...

Strength, balance and large muscle coordination.

To use my energy in a constructive way.

Concepts of speed, direction and location.

To use my imagination as I pretend to be different characters and to make different "road" noises.

To negotiate and take turns.

To solve problems.

Self-confidence, as I master new skills.

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When I scribble and draw I learn....

To hold a pencil or other drawing implement, and to control the pressure.

Eye-hand coordination.

To exercise my creativity and imagination.

That my ideas have value.

To express myself with words when describing my drawing

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When I play with play dough or clay, I learn....

To see the shape against the background of the table, a reading skill.

Concepts of shapes, sizes, length and height.

To see negative space when cookie cutters are taken away.

To express feelings, especially negative feelings, with squeezing and pounding.

To exercise my imagination and creativity.

That the quantity of something remains the same even when the shape changes.

To strengthen small motor skills when using scissors and other implements to cut the material.

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When I cut with scissors, I learn...

To control the small muscles in my hand.

Concepts of shape, size, color and location.

To exercise my imagination and creativity.

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When I play, I learn...

All the things I need to know before I go to school.

That the teacher helps you, and is nice.

That children are friends.

That we have to help each other.

That books will open up a whole world.

That I like learning and going to school - a feeling of worth having life.

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