Social Play Early Learning Goals

Personal, Social and Emotional Development

Self Regulation

 

The intent for your children must be for them to:

  • Show an understanding of their own feelings and those of others, and begin to regulate their behaviour accordingly. 
  • Set and work towards simple goals, being able to wait for what they want and control their immediate impulses when appropriate. 
  • Give focused attention to what the teacher says, responding appropriately even when engaged in activity, and show an ability to follow instructions involving several ideas or actions. 

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Communication and Language

Listening, Attention and Understanding 

 

The intent for your children must be for them to:

  • Listen attentively and respond to what they hear with relevant questions, comments and actions when being read to and during whole class discussions and small group interactions. 
  • Make comments about what they have heard and ask questions to clarify their understanding. 
  • Hold conversation when engaged in back-and-forth exchanges with their teacher and peers. 

Watch these videos from the Department of Education for more information:

Expressive Arts and Design

Being Imaginative and Expressive

 

The intent for your children must be for them to:

  • Invent, adapt and recount narratives and stories with peers and
    their teacher. 
  • Sing a range of well-known nursery rhymes and songs. 
  • Perform songs, rhymes, poems and stories with others, and (when appropriate) try to move in time with music. 

Watch these videos from the Department of Education for more information:

Understanding the World

Past and Present

 

The intent for your children must be for them to:

  • Talk about the lives of the people around them and their roles in society. 
  • Know some similarities and differences between things in the past and now, drawing on their experiences and what has been read in class. 
  • Understand the past through settings, characters and events encountered in books read in class and storytelling. 

Watch these videos from the Department of Education for more information: