Growing Through Play & Learning
Intellectual Development
- Looks at a person talking to him/ her
- Says "hi" or "bye" if reminded
- Understands and follows simple 1 step direction
- Echoes single words that are spoken by someone else
- Points to eyes, ears or nose when asked
- Talks to self and "Jabbers"
- Enjoys singing familiar songs
Social & Emotional Development
- Recognizes self in a mirror or pictures
- Imitates others
- Tries to do many things by himself/ herself
- Enjoys exploring
- Becomes upset when separated from parent
- Able to wait
- Gets physically aggressive
Physical Development
- Walks without help
- Walks up steps
- Bends over to pick up toy without falling
- Runs for a short distance without falling
- Walks backwards
- Jumps in place
- Squats and stands back without help
English Language
- Able to give first name
- Answers simple questions
- Says "thank you" when reminded
- Responds to simple instructions such as "no", "sit down", "stand up"
- Joins 3 words together to make a sentence
Chinese Language
- Able to give first name
- Answers simple questions
- Says "thank you" when reminded
- Responds to simple instructions such as "no", "sit down", "stand up"
- Imitates sounds and actions
Mathematics
- Colour recognition
- Sorts objects by colour, size and shapes
- Rote counting from 1 - 5 / 1 - 10
Music & Movement
- Enjoys music
- Follows movements and actions
- Able to sing simple songs
Intellectual Development
- Interested in learning how to use common items
- Looks at person talking to him/ her
- Says names of toys
- Repeats words
- Enjoys simple stories, rhymes and songs
- Uses 2 - 3 word sentences
- Points to eyes, ears or nose when asked
Social & Emotional Development
- Separates from parents without reluctance
- Responds and makes social greetings
- Expresses wants and needs confidently
- Completes a chosen task
- Understands his / her daily routines
- Is generally happy and cheerful
Gross Motor Development
- Tiptoes for a short distance
- Walks up and down stairs by holding onto railing
- Walks backwards
- Dances with a sense of rhythm
- Runs well without falling
- Rolls a ball to a target
- Walks on a line
- Jumps with both feet
- Jumps from a height of 15 cm without falling
- Hops on one foot
- Throws a ball in intended direction
- Catches a bounced ball with hands
Fine Motor Development
- Stacks 4 - 8 blocks
- Scribbles vigorously with crayons
- Completes a 4 - 6 pieces puzzle
- Holds pencil / crayon the proper way
- Pounds and squeezes play dough
- Strings beads
- Laces holes
- Trace vertical and horizontal lines
- Paste with index fingers
Self-Help Skills & Personal Hygiene
- Alerts teacher of toilet needs
- Washes and dries hands with minimal supervision
- Follows directions in putting things away
- Able to assist the teacher in setting the table for snack time
- Shows responsibility for personal possessions
- Knows dismissal and pick-up procedure
- Puts on shoes
English Language
- Able to give first name
- Answers simple questions
- Uses 2 - 3 words sentences
- Follows 3 or more simple directions
- Acts out simple daily activities
- Expresses wants and needs
- Repeat songs and rhymes from memory
Chinese Language
- Describes actions in pictures
- Follows 3 or more simple directions
- Answers simple questions
- Uses 2 - 3 words sentences
- Repeats songs and rhymes from memory
Mathematics
- Rote counting 1 - 10 / 1 - 15
- Colour recognition
- Shape recognition
- Comprehends one to one correspondence
- Sorts objects by colour, size and shapes
- Comprehends the concept of full and empty
- Comprehends the simple concept of patterning
- Comprehends simple concept of comparisons
Music & Movement
- Enjoys music
- Follows movements and actions
- Able to sing simple songs
Art and Creativity
- Has a sense of colour
- Enjoys art & creativity
- Experiments with colours
Intellectual Development
- Talks so that 75 to 80 percent of his/ her speech is understandable
- Talks in complete sentence of 3 - 5 words
- Enjoys repeating words and sounds
- Listens attentively to short stories
- Enjoys listening to stories and repeating simple rhymes
- Interested in similarities and differences
Social & Emotional Development
- Seeks attention and approval of adults
- Can make simple choices between two things
- Separates from parents without reluctance
- Pays attention to activities led by teachers
- Expresses wants and needs confidently
- Asks for help when it's really needed
- Enjoys school activities
- Enjoys practicing new skills
- Shows presistence in perfecting a skill
- Plays alongside another child with little or no interaction
- Uses teacher's suggestions to play more elaborately with peers
- Initiates conversation with another child
- Shows affection towards children who get hurt
- Shares toys/ materials/ food
- Takes turn with adult support and encouragement
- Is generally happy and cheerful
- Completes task
- Displays a sense of order when playing or working
Gross Motor Development
- Walks on tip toes for a short distance
- Balances on one foot
- Hops on one foot
- Briefly walks on tiptoes
- Uses a slide without assistance
- Uses the swing
- Enjoys rough and tumble play
- Walks on a line
- Jumps over a 15 cm barrier
- Catches a bounced ball by trapping it to chest
- Kicks a ball
Fine Motor Development
- Begins to use spoon and fork
- Stacks 6 - 10 blocks
- Forms ball, snakes and cookies with playdough
- Enjoys pasting materials on paper
- Can put together a 6 piece puzzle
- Copies figures
- Holds pencil/ crayons the proper way
- Strings beads
- Laces holes
- Traces numbers
- Traces capital and small letters
- Colours within lines
Self-Help Skills & Personal Hygiene
- Alerts teacher of toilet needs
- Feeds self
- Washes and dries hands with minimal supervision
- Flushes toilet
- Turns tap on and off without assistance
- Follows directions in putting things away
- Able to assist the teacher in setting the table for snack time
- Cleans up spills with directions from the teacher
- Shows responsibility for personal possessions
- Knows dismissal and pick-up procedure
- Puts on shoes
English Language
- Reads own name
- Reads classmates' name
- Identifies objects with beginning sounds
- Matches capital and small letters
- Produces alphabet sounds
- Asks sensible questions
- Describes actions in pictures
- Follows 3 or more simple directions
- Repeats songs and rhymes from memory
Chinese Language
- Describes actions in pictures
- Follows 3 or more simple directions
- Listens and reacts to short stories being read
- Asks sensible questions
- Traces simple words
- Repeats songs and rhymes from memory
Mathematics
- Rote counting 1 - 15 / 1 - 30
- Shapes recognition
- Number recognition
- Comprehends the concept of number positions
- Comprehends one to one correspondence
- Colour recognition
- Able to select the smallest and biggest objects from sizes shown
- Comprehends the quantitative concept of full and empty
- Comprehends the concept of one, many and more
- Comprehends the concept of more or less
- Comprehends the concept of sizes
Music & Movement
- Enjoys music
- Follows movements and actions
- Able to sing simple songs
Art and Creativity
- Has a sense of colour
- Enjoys art & creativity
- Experiments with colours
- Drawing are decipherable
Science
- Can differentiate between similar and different objects
- Classifies objects into different categories
- Is inquisitive
Intellectual Development
- Understands the order of daily routines
- Understands the concepts of "tallest, biggest, same"
- Understands the concept of "in, up,under,above"
- Asks a lot of questions
- Continues one activity for 10 - 15 minutes
- Shows awareness of cause - action relationship
Social & Emotional Development
- Enjoys playing with other children
- Shares and takes turns
- Persistently asks why
- Likes to talk and carries on elaborate conversations
- Enjoys pretending
- Cooperates well when playing/ working with a group of 4-5 children
Physical Development
- Walks on a line
- Hops on one foot at least 3 times in succession
- Jumps over objects 15 cm high
- Runs, jumps, hops and skips around obstacles with ease
- Catches, bounces and throws a ball easily
English Language
- Speaks English to teachers and friends
- Listens with understanding
- Sentence structure
- Demonstrates appropriate verb usage
- Interest in letter sounds
- Able to repeat songs and rhymes from memory
Chinese Language
- Able to use 4 -5 words in a sentence
- Vocabulary
- Word recognition
- Writing
- Listening
- Able to repeat songs and rhymes from memory
Mathematics
- Shapes recognition
- Number recognition
- Comprehends the concept of number value
- Comprehends the concept of number sequence
- Comprehends the concept of comparisons
- Comprehends the concept of pattern sequencing
- Comprehends the concept of ordinal numbers
- Comprehends the concept of simple addition
- Comprehends the concept of simple subtraction
Music & Movement
- Enjoys music
- Follows movements and actions
- Able to sing simple songs
Art and Creativity
- Has a sense of colour
- Enjoys art & creativity
- Experiments with colours
- Drawing are decipherable
Science
- Can differentiate between similar and different objects
- Classifies objects into different categories
- Is inquisitive
- Enjoys carrying out simple experiments
General
- Attendance
- Punctuality
- Conduct
Intellectual Development
- Uses 5 - 8 words in a sentence
- Likes to argue and reason
- Able to memorize address and phone number
- Understands that stories have a beginning, middle, and end
- Able to remember stories and repeat them
- Enjoys creating and telling stories
- Enjoys riddles and jokes
- Understands the concept of "before and after", "above and below"
Social & Emotional Development
- Communicates comfortably with other children
- Eager to participate in new activities and experiences
- Maintains interest in activities without encouragement
- Plays well with other children
- Able to initiate an activity
- Invent games with simple rules
- Shares and takes turns
- Carries on conversations with other children and adults
- Likes to try new things and take risks
- Has a basic understanding of right and wrong
- Understands and respects rules
Physical Development
- Throws ball overhead
- Catches bounced balls
- Balances on either foot for 5 - 10 seconds
- Walks downstairs, alternating feet without using a handrail
- Hops on one foot at least 3 times in succession.
- Gallops continuously for a limited distance
- Able to jump rope
- Able to run on tiptoe
- Cuts on a line with scissors
- Able to copy simple designs and shapes
English Language
- Speaks English to teachers and friends
- Listens with understanding
- Sentence structure
- Demonstrates appropriate verb usage
- Able to repeat songs and rhymes from memory
- Recognizes simple words
- Evaluation result
Chinese Language
- Able to use 5 - 6 words in a sentence
- Vocabulary
- Word recognition
- Writing
- Listening
- Able to repeat songs and rhymes from memory
Bahasa Indonesia
- Vocabulary
- Reading
- Writing
Mathematics
- Number recognition
- Number word recognition
- Comprehends the concept of number value
- Comprehends the concept of number sequence
- Comprehends the concept of comparisons
- Comprehends the concept of pattern sequencing
- Comprehends the concept of ordinal numbers
- Comprehends the concept of fractions
- Comprehends the concept of simple addition
- Comprehends the concept of simple subtraction
Music & Movement
- Enjoys music
- Follows movements and actions
- Able to sing simple songs
Art and Creativity
- Has a sense of colour
- Enjoys art & creativity
- Experiments with colours
- Drawing are decipherable
Science
- Can differentiate between similar and different objects
- Classifies objects into different categories
- Is inquisitive
- Enjoys carrying out simple experiments
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