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UNIT 1 - Family

Topics Covered in Unit 1

 

  • Describe their family structures

  • Describe their family roles

  • Describe similarities and differences between self and others

 

Four-year-olds can describe the members in their own families. They are beginning to recognize the roles and responsibilities each family member has in the family unit.

Examples:

  1. participates in dramatic play in "home" setting, demonstrating a variety of family roles

  2. discusses family photos

  3. talks about family members - "My uncle just bought a car."

  4. looks at photographs of classmates' families. Asks, "Is that your Grandma?"

  5. reads stories about different family structures and compares to his own family

  6. describes roles of members in the family unit, such as "My mommy works in the city, my daddy cooks dinner, my sister and brother go to big school, or my grandmother stays with me when I am sick."

 

Four-year-olds have more highly developed observational skills and more words in their vocabulary. They can go into much more detail when describing similarities and differences about themselves and their peers.

Examples:

  1. recognizes that all classmates have hair, but can describe different lengths, colors and textures

  2. when asked about differences between other children, says, "He is a boy and she is a girl. He is wearing long pants and she has on shorts."