Your child will learn:

Knowledge and Skill:

• Students will develop listening and observation skills.
• Students will learn to make choices and begin to accept responsibility for their choices.

Heritage:

• Students will learn to value differences of family structure (number of brothers, sisters, adoption, foster care, mom, mom and dad, etc.
• Students will learn the definition of family: the people who live with you.
• Students will learn the definition of extended family: aunts, uncles, grandparents, etc.

Citizenship:

• Students will be introduced to community helpers.
• Students will name the ways we get to school.
• Students recognize their class at school as a community which is part of a larger community.

Diversity:

• Students will share "Show & Tell" items from home life so others can share their experiences.
• Students will learn to respect and celebrate diversity, in their families and community.

Interdependence:

• Students will learn about similarities and differences of individuals.
• Students will recognize that everyone has feelings (happy, sad, angry, mad, sleepy, etc.).
• Students will learn to make choices, take turns, cooperate, and be responsible for their own materials.

Change:

• Ability to separate school from home.
• Learn classroom routine.
• Understand role of student in the classroom.
• Learn to make friends and share.