Welcome to Buckley Community Schools Preschool programs website.
If you are a parent or family member of a child in the program, feel free to join us on Facebook groups: Buckley GSRP 16-17 (administrator approval is needed to join as it is a private group for our families)
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In our programs, we use a play-based approach, allowing children to explore and create their own ideas within the classroom. We also use Creative Curriculum, using the following Objectives for Development and learning.
Social-Emotional
Objective 1: Regulates own emotions and behaviors
1a.Manages feelings
1b.Follows limits/expectations
1c.Takes care of own needs appropriately
Objective 2: Establishes and sustains positive relationships
2a.Forms relationships with adults
2b.Responds to emotional cues
2c.Interacts with peers
2d.Makes friends
Objective 3: Participates cooperatively and constructively in group situations
3a.Balances needs and rights of self and others
3b.Solves social problems
Physical
Objective 4: Demonstrates traveling skills
Objective 5: Demonstrates balancing skills
Objective 6: Demonstrates gross-motor manipulative skills
Objective 7: Demonstrates fine-motor strength and coordination
7a.Uses fingers and hands
7b.Uses writing and drawing tools
Language
Objective 8: Listens to and understands increasingly complex language
8a.Comprehends language
8b.Follows directions
Objective 9: Uses language to express thoughts and needs
9a.Uses an expanding expressive vocabulary
9b.Speaks clearly
9c.Uses conventional grammar
9d.Tells about another time or place
Objective 10: Uses appropriate conversational and other communication skills
10a.Engages in conversations
10b.Uses social rules of language
Cognitive
Objective 11: Demonstrates positive approaches to learning
11a.Attends and engages
11b.Persists
11c.Solves problems
11d.Shows curiosity and motivation
11e.Shows flexibility and inventiveness in thinking
Objective 12: Remembers and connects experiences
12a.Recognizes and recalls
12b.Makes connections
Objective 13: Uses classification skills
Objective 14: Uses symbols and images to represent something not present
14a.Thinks symbolically
14b.Engages in sociodramatic play
Literacy
Objective 15: Demonstrates phonological awareness
15a.Notices and discriminates rhyme
15b.Notices and discriminates alliteration
15c.Notices and discriminates smaller and smaller units of sound
Objective 16: Demonstrates knowledge of the alphabet
16a.Identifies and names letters
16b.Uses letter-sound knowledge
Objective 17: Demonstrates knowledge of print and its uses
17a.Uses and appreciates books
17b.Uses print concepts
Objective 18: Comprehends and responds to books and other texts
18a.Interacts during read-a louds and book conversations
18b.Uses emergent reading skills
18c.Retells stories
Objective 19: Demonstrates emergent writing skills
19a.Writes name
19b.Writes to convey meaning
Objective 20: Uses number concepts and operations
20a.Counts
20b.Quantifies
20c.Connects numerals with their quantities
Objective 21: Explores and describes spatial relationships and shapes
21a.Understands spatial relationships
21b.Understands shapes
Objective 22: Compares and measures
Objective 23: Demonstrates knowledge of patterns
Math
Objective: 20 - Uses number concepts and operations
20a. Counts
20b. Quantifies
20c. Connects numerals with their quantities
Objective: 21 - Explores and describes spatial relationships and shapes
21a. Understands spatial relationships
21b. Understands shapes
Objective: 22 - Compares and measures
Objective: 23 - Demonstrates knowledge of patterns
Science and Technology
Objective 24: Uses scientific inquiry skills
Objective 25: Demonstrates knowledge of the characteristics of living things
Objective 26: Demonstrates knowledge of the physical properties of objects and materials
Objective 27: Demonstrates knowledge of the Earth's environment
Objective 28: Uses tools and other technology to perform tasks
Social Studies
Objective 29: Demonstrates knowledge about self
Objective 30: Shows basic understanding of people and how they live
Objective 31: Explores change related to familiar people or places
Objective 32: Demonstrates simple geographic knowledge
The Arts
Objective 33: Explores the visual arts
Objective 34: Explores musical concepts and expression
Objective 35: Explores dance and movement concepts
Objective 36: Explores drama through actions and language
If you are a parent or family member of a child in the program, feel free to join us on Facebook groups: Buckley GSRP 16-17 (administrator approval is needed to join as it is a private group for our families)
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
In our programs, we use a play-based approach, allowing children to explore and create their own ideas within the classroom. We also use Creative Curriculum, using the following Objectives for Development and learning.
Social-Emotional
Objective 1: Regulates own emotions and behaviors
1a.Manages feelings
1b.Follows limits/expectations
1c.Takes care of own needs appropriately
Objective 2: Establishes and sustains positive relationships
2a.Forms relationships with adults
2b.Responds to emotional cues
2c.Interacts with peers
2d.Makes friends
Objective 3: Participates cooperatively and constructively in group situations
3a.Balances needs and rights of self and others
3b.Solves social problems
Physical
Objective 4: Demonstrates traveling skills
Objective 5: Demonstrates balancing skills
Objective 6: Demonstrates gross-motor manipulative skills
Objective 7: Demonstrates fine-motor strength and coordination
7a.Uses fingers and hands
7b.Uses writing and drawing tools
Language
Objective 8: Listens to and understands increasingly complex language
8a.Comprehends language
8b.Follows directions
Objective 9: Uses language to express thoughts and needs
9a.Uses an expanding expressive vocabulary
9b.Speaks clearly
9c.Uses conventional grammar
9d.Tells about another time or place
Objective 10: Uses appropriate conversational and other communication skills
10a.Engages in conversations
10b.Uses social rules of language
Cognitive
Objective 11: Demonstrates positive approaches to learning
11a.Attends and engages
11b.Persists
11c.Solves problems
11d.Shows curiosity and motivation
11e.Shows flexibility and inventiveness in thinking
Objective 12: Remembers and connects experiences
12a.Recognizes and recalls
12b.Makes connections
Objective 13: Uses classification skills
Objective 14: Uses symbols and images to represent something not present
14a.Thinks symbolically
14b.Engages in sociodramatic play
Literacy
Objective 15: Demonstrates phonological awareness
15a.Notices and discriminates rhyme
15b.Notices and discriminates alliteration
15c.Notices and discriminates smaller and smaller units of sound
Objective 16: Demonstrates knowledge of the alphabet
16a.Identifies and names letters
16b.Uses letter-sound knowledge
Objective 17: Demonstrates knowledge of print and its uses
17a.Uses and appreciates books
17b.Uses print concepts
Objective 18: Comprehends and responds to books and other texts
18a.Interacts during read-a louds and book conversations
18b.Uses emergent reading skills
18c.Retells stories
Objective 19: Demonstrates emergent writing skills
19a.Writes name
19b.Writes to convey meaning
Objective 20: Uses number concepts and operations
20a.Counts
20b.Quantifies
20c.Connects numerals with their quantities
Objective 21: Explores and describes spatial relationships and shapes
21a.Understands spatial relationships
21b.Understands shapes
Objective 22: Compares and measures
Objective 23: Demonstrates knowledge of patterns
Math
Objective: 20 - Uses number concepts and operations
20a. Counts
20b. Quantifies
20c. Connects numerals with their quantities
Objective: 21 - Explores and describes spatial relationships and shapes
21a. Understands spatial relationships
21b. Understands shapes
Objective: 22 - Compares and measures
Objective: 23 - Demonstrates knowledge of patterns
Science and Technology
Objective 24: Uses scientific inquiry skills
Objective 25: Demonstrates knowledge of the characteristics of living things
Objective 26: Demonstrates knowledge of the physical properties of objects and materials
Objective 27: Demonstrates knowledge of the Earth's environment
Objective 28: Uses tools and other technology to perform tasks
Social Studies
Objective 29: Demonstrates knowledge about self
Objective 30: Shows basic understanding of people and how they live
Objective 31: Explores change related to familiar people or places
Objective 32: Demonstrates simple geographic knowledge
The Arts
Objective 33: Explores the visual arts
Objective 34: Explores musical concepts and expression
Objective 35: Explores dance and movement concepts
Objective 36: Explores drama through actions and language
