ee _ °°» Interest Areas: Children Learn From Play Activity Specific Skills Learned f Cognitive: Makes decisions about interests and abilities Finding toys or learning Self-help: Find toys by hirvher self or sets up environment for play. materials to work with Socia/Language: Leams to share, barter, manage conflict, and ask for nelp. i rane or wih en Emotional: Learns about acceptance and rejection. Expresses needs. Physical: Leams to balance blocks and line them up (small moter coordination), Block play Matches blocks that look alike. Cognitive: May count blocks, sees pattern and design. Leas to bullé and plan structure ‘Social: Learns to share and cooperate Social; Plays adult roles. Develops self-image and coordinates with others. Language: Leams to express se in another role Dramatic play Gogntive: Decides appropriate cress and appearance for role; uses visval perceptions eeSess sal others and play environment, Learns and remembers behaviors to imitate. Develops abstract thinking abilities. Self-help: Dresses self: Sels up play environment and finds props. Cognitive: Counts siverware, glasses, and napkins, or places one object by eacn setting Satting the table Follows pattern of place settings. ‘Social: Cooperates with other children, May teach younger children to help. Physical: Picks up and places objects (small motor coordination) Physical: Pours milk, passes the dish (small motor coordination). Cognitive: Measures to pour, Understands directions. SSocial/Language: Learns appropriate table conversation and manners, Sitting down to eat Cognitive: Listens and retains information. Follows story tine (sequencing) with eyes andlor ears. Recognizes words, picture, instruments, and rhythms, Story time or listening to music Cognitive/Language: Learns words, gestures, and melody (sequencing, repetition, speech and listening Fingar plays and songs, skils). Follows diractons. Physical: Coordination (small and large motor) for gestures and fingerplays, CognitivelLanguage: Listens to music and rhythms, Leams to understand simple movement, Dance directions and their relationahip to music. Physical: Coordinates mevements (large motor. Cognitive: May count the rungs to the top of a cimbing structure; plans tne cimb, Maps out Climbingiriding Girection and cistance to ride; watches for others in path, Physical: Large motor coordination, balance. ‘Social: Takes turns, interacts, a Cognitive: Measures sand and maps out roads (spatial relationships) Sand play Physical: Pours, dumps, pushes, gathers, scoops, packs (small and large motor, Social: Shares, interacts, and cooperates, a pangsetne Cognitive: Sorts toys, follows directions Physical: Places objects on the shelf, replaces lids, opens and shuts doors. Social: Takes turns, learns to handle toy carefully. From Growing Smart and Heat Babies. Reprinted by pecission of right om the Stat: Georgia Deparment of Eary Care and Learn. 108 {WISCONSIN MODEL EARLY LEARNING STANDARDS