Four Year Old Scope and Sequence

Language
Direction of print (left to right)
Have conversations in length
Book concepts (title, author, illustrator)
Distinguish between lower case and capital letters
Match lower case and capital letters
Match words
Read own name
Rhyming words
Identify details (who, what, when, where, how)
Distinguish between real and make-believe
First-next-last
Make judgments
Draw conclusions
Cause-effect
Feelings
Problem-solutions
Tell a story
Retell a story
Dramatize stories
Relate personal experiences
Write own name
“Write” stories
Voice control and inflection
Memory skills
Expressive skills

Science
Body parts
Plants and animals
Day and night
Time concepts
Measuring
Comparing
Experimenting
Air
Gravity
Magnetism
Water forms

Math
Identify position top, middle, bottom,
before, after, between, above, below
Sort and classify same and different
Sort and classify by more than one attribute
Match sets show same number
Compare groups fewer/more
Recognize numerals 0-10
Order numerals 0-10
Solve problems by making and reading a graph
Recognize circle, square, triangle, rectangle,
ball, box, can, cone
Identify equal parts and halves
Extend patterns
Create patterns
Write numerals 0-5
Identify first, next, last
Identify pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters
Compare length using rulers and/or yard
stick or tape measure
Volume
Weight

Physical
Ball control
Cutting
Balance
Control over large muscles
Control over small muscles

Social
Follow and give directions
More independent
Show responsibility
Group activities
Better understanding of self
Fingerprint
Voice
Like others-different from others
Family
Change by growing, learning,
Pretending, dressing
Feelings
I live with a family in a house on
a street in a town

Music
Group music
Enjoy movement and rhythm
Instruments and their sounds

Art
Experiment with various media
Draw and verbalize about
their drawings
Awareness of shape form and
color
Color discrimination
Color in the environment
Awareness of three dimensional
shapes