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Stages of Critical Brain Development
Most children will accomplish these basic
skills before kindergarten if they follow the Be Smart Kids
process from Level 1 through Level 4 as recommended.
LANGUAGE
- Recognize consonant sounds (beginning, middle and ending)
- Begin to recognize vowel sounds (long and short)
- Blend sounds together to form simple words
- Recognize that sentences are made up of separate words
- Recognize and name end punctuation marks, “period”
and “question mark”
- Understand the basic rules of phonics
- Begin to write letters and words
- Recall what has been heard or seen
- Sequence events in a story
- Begin the reading process
MATH & LOGIC
- Recognize that numbers have basic shapes and represent
groups of things
- Count by 2’s, 5’s and 10’s, to 100
- Relate numbers to objects
- Identify ordinal numbers 1st to 10th
- Recognize symbols: plus (+), minus (-), equal (=)
- Understand the concepts of >, <, =
- Perform computations using a mixture of addition and
subtraction
- Increase the development of math and logic through memory
and reasoning skills
- Identify pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, half dollars,
and one dollar bill
- Read a clock face and tell time to the hour
- Sequence events: before and after, first, next, last
SPATIAL/VISUAL ARTS
- Recognize red, yellow, blue as primary colors
- Use white to change a color to a tint
- Distinguish between different shades of color
- Recognize that closure of a line creates a shape
- Identify and sort basic plane figures: square, rectangle,
triangle, circle
- Recognize likenesses and differences of objects and pictures
- Recognize the whole, when only parts are present
- Complete progressively more complex mazes
- Know and use terms of relative position, like inside/outside
and closed/open
- Recall visual stimuli in sequential order
- Recognize patterns and predict the extension of a pattern
MUSIC
- Develop rhythm, pitch and an appreciation of melodies
- Recognize a steady beat; begin to imitate a steady beat
- Discriminate between fast and slow
- Discriminate between obvious differences in pitch: high
and low
- Begin to recognize musical notes
MOTOR SKILLS
- Develop hand-eye coordination
- Develop mouse skills (drag and drop)
EMOTIONAL/SOCIAL
- Increase attention span
- Follow directions
- Develop self-confidence
- Take turns
- Share
SECOND LANGUAGE
- Learn sign language (Finger spell)
- Be introduced to Spanish
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