Competencies Developed in PK While in PK a child is working on: *the ability to separate from parents, to trust adults, to feel comfortable and safe in school. *the ability to care for own possessions and classroom materials. *the ability to be aware of others, care about others, include others in play, help others, consider rights of others, and to experience and appreciate belonging to a group. Children are developing an appreciation for everyone's uniqueness. *the ability to pay attention to group discussion, listen to ideas of others and respond to them in the whole classroom group and small groups. *the ability to use words to express ideas and feelings, to solve conflicts by talking and to tolerate reasonable frustration. *the ability to understand and adapt to routines and rules of classroom. *the ability to represent ideas and experiences in a variety of symbolic ways, including language, play, music, art, drawing, and story drama. *the ability to initiate play, have confidence to try out ideas, and stay with a task. *developing small and large motor skills |
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