2s program
Language
Listening skill
• Listens attentively to songs and stories and follows simple directions
Speaking skills
• Uses 2–3 word phrases
• names objects
Conversation skills
• Brief back and forth exchanges;
• respond to simple questions
Storytelling and narrative skills
• Pretends to tell stories, uses pictures
• fingerplay activities with songs
Literacy
Print awareness
• Notices print in environment, holds book upright, points to pictures, turns pages
Alphabet knowledge
• Enjoys alphabet songs and movement
Phonological awareness
• Enjoys rhymes
Book knowledge
• Brings books to adults, pretends to read, likes repeated story parts
• Enjoys being read to, engages briefly, requests repeated books
Emergent writing
• Scribbles freely using crayons
• Uses paints
Parsha
Stories and values of the Torah
• Listens and recognizes Torah props, engages through sensory/dramatic play
Chagim and Shabbat
• Experiences holidays with sensory activities, recognizes symbols and rituals
• Listens to simple holiday stories and participates in discussion
• Process art activities connected to holiday
• Shabbat Celebration with Abba and Imma
Tefilah
Build emotional connection to Hashem
• Listens to prayers/songs and participates with guidance
• Develop practice of saying tefillot each day
Hebrew language
• Enjoys songs
• Everyday words
Cognitive skills
Attention and focus
• Responds to prompts connected to stories or activities
Memory
• Recognizes familiar objects
Problem-solving
• Teacher guided problem solving
• Introduction to skill building and independent
Symbolic thinking
• Uses objects in pretend play
• Loose parts in creating projects
Visual reasoning and logic
• Matches shapes colors
• Sorts with help for skill building
• Simple patterns
Mathematical thinking
• Counts 1-5
• One to one correspondence
Connection between language and thought
• Uses some words for needs and points
Social-emotional
Self-awareness
• Recognizing themselves (may point to themselves in a mirror or photos)
• Using their own name or “me/mine” when talking
• Showing ownership (saying “mine” or protecting toys)
• Making choices (choosing between two snacks, toys, or clothes)
• Expressing emotions (happy, mad, sad) through words, sounds, or actions
• Showing preferences for certain people, toys, or routines
• Beginning to assert independence (wanting to do things “by myself”)
Self-regulation
• Expresses frustration
Social awareness
• Notices others' feelings
Relationship skills
• Parallel play; imitates friends
Decision-making
• Simple choices- toy, snack
Physical
Gross motor skills
• Walks, runs, climbs, kicks balls, climbs stairs
• Learns to put on coat independently
• Hygiene– washes hands, toilet trained
Fine motor skills
• Stacks 3-4 blocks
• Scribbles