Andy’s Current Level of
Development
Presented by Vanessa Cordova
Physical Development Strengths
Fine Motor Skills
Using Scissors
Writing
Gross Motor Skills
Peddling a bike and a tricycle
Balancing (two feet)
Running
Jumping (two feet)
Physical Development Future Growth
Fine Motor Skills
Continuing to work in holding pencils from different sizes
Cutting small, medium, and large pictures and lines
Gross Motor Skills
Jumping with two and one foot with hula hoops and a rope
Balancing: walking on a line and balancing on his left and right foot for seconds, and skip leading with one leg)
Kicking and hitting a ball with a bat
School Activities to Scaffold Physical
DevelopmentMaking playdough (invite him to make
different balls, animals, cakes, cookies, or cars)
Tracing, coloring, and drawing
Inviting him building streets, houses, or towers with small, medium, and large blocks and Legos
Dancing
Home Activities to Scaffold Physical Development
Continuing doing the grocery list
Drawing horizontal and vertical lines
During Cooking with his Mom:
Grabbing measurements cups and the items that his mom will be need to make the food.
Writing a recipe with his mom
Riding a tricycle, scooter, and continuing ride bikes with his family
Cognitive Development
StrengthsAndy uses:
Creativity and imagination
Solitary play (which is part of play and cognitive development)
Constructive play in where he uses items from the classroom to represent something
Dramatic, and associative play
Also, attention, concentration, and memory during different activities
Cognitive Development Strengths Future
Growth
Incorporating different areas of play in the house area
Working in groups
Implementing more music and movement
Playing math games and problem solving situations (individual and as a group)
School Activities to Scaffold Cognitive
Development
Using small blocks from different colors and work with him using patterns
Incorporating table games to enhance his thinking.
Having conversations with open-ended questions
Home Activities to Scaffold Cognitive Development
Counting the items that his mom would need to cook (cans, boxes, bags, pans, forks, spoons, or plates).
Playing games at home as a family such: bingo about letters or numbers.
Matching colors with cards
Language Development
StrengthsSemantic language (he uses English words in
his sentences)
Phonetic language (saying aloud the sound of letters)
Syntactic language (he uses complete sentences with nouns, verbs, and adjectives in appropriate way)
Pragmatic language (he uses appropriate and signficative conversation [please and thank you])
Language Development Strengths Future
GrowthReading picture books (read aloud) in
English and Spanish
Practicing sentences with appropriate adjectives, verbs and nouns in both languages English/Spanish
Practicing adjectives words in games and songs
Providing readings of his choice and interest in English and Spanish
School Activities to Scaffold Language
DevelopmentFocusing in vocabulary words before,
during, and after the story
helping Andy to spell words and recognize letters through games and readings
Incorporating activities connecting sound and substitution of letters in both languages
Rephrasing his complete sentences in both languages
Home Activities to Scaffold Language Development
Reading books with him about verbs, prepositions, and nouns in English and Spanish
Andy’s parents could practice the sound of letters in Spanish with him and after them, Andy’s sisters could help him in English (through readings)
Understand and learning prepositions with games (playing match cards)
Practicing in rhyming words in English/Spanish (“Carrot” ask Andy “Can you think a word that rhymes with it, such as “Parrot”. Also, this could practice in Spanish like “Piña” “Niña”)
Emotional Development
StrengthsAndy demonstrates:
Empathy
Sympathy
Curiosity
He helps others in many ways (feel better and solve conflicts) and shares with others
Emotional Development Strengths Future
Growth
Providing readings about different feelings with puppets
Singing songs about feelings
Asking questions in morning circle time “how are you feeling today? And why? (Like happy, sad, excited, shy, sleepy, and angry)
School Activities to Scaffold Emotional
DevelopmentCreating pictures of children of the
classroom making different feelings (happy, sad, excited, shy, sleepy, and angry)
Making a journal about feelings
Incorporating movement and active activities about feelings in the classroom
Home Activities to Scaffold Emotional Development
Continuing in the reading program (“Raising a Reader”) in where he is exposing in readings with puppets about feelings
Having conversations with him about his and others emotions
After readings, asking him how he thinks a character of the book may feel and why.
Social Development Strengths
Friendship
Cooperation
General interaction with his friends
Social Development Strengths Future
GrowthGames
Working as a groups in different activities
Conversations in circle time and with their family at home
Giving Andy the opportunity to interact with other people (parks and other places around the community)
School Activities to Scaffold Social Development
Introducing books about cooperation, friendship, respect, conflict management, and interaction with others
Creating a puppet implementing stories and readings that relates to social development
Table games to practice and continuing develop his social skills
Home Activities to Scaffold Social Development
Going to the park as a family (to enhance Andy’s social development)
Creating a puppet show with his family with topic of cooperation, friendship, respect, conflict management, and interaction with others
Playing sports with his friends, cousins, and sisters and to continuing ride bikes around the community