High Scope Principles
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1. CREATIVE PRESENTATION
- Pretending, Role Playing
- Imitating Actions and Sounds
- Pictures and Models versus "Real Life"
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6. CLASSIFICATION
- Sorting and Matching
- "Some" verses "All"
- "Same" verses "Different"
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2. LANGUAGE AND LITERACY
- Describing Objects and Events
- Making up stories and rhymes
- Scribbling, Drawing, Writing
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7. SERIATION
- Comparing Attributes of Objects
- Arranging Several Things, One
After Another in a Series or
Pattern
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3. SOCIAL RELATIONS / INITIATIVE
- Expressing Feelings in Words
- Dealing with Social Conflict
- Being Sensitive to Other's Feelings
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8. NUMBERS
- Comparing "More & Less"
- Counting Objects
- Arranging Sets of Objects
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4. MOVEMENT
- Feeling and Expressing Beat
- Describing Movement
- Expressing Creativity in Movement
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9. SPACE
- Filling and Emptying
- Putting Together, Taking Apart
- Describing Directions and Distances
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5. MUSIC
- Signing
- Playing Musical Instruments
- Responding to Music
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10. TIME
- Starting and Stopping on Signal
- Experiencing Time Intervals
- Anticipating Sequences of Events
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WHEN I PLAY
High Scope Philosophy
When I play with ART materials, I learn...
| Colors |
Color mixing |
Properties of matter |
| Creativity |
New words |
Hand eye coordination |
| Problem solving |
Cooperation |
How things work |
| Shapes |
Textures |
Pride in my work |
| Independence |
Self reliance |
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| When I read BOOKS or am
read to, I learn... |
| New words |
Sentence structure |
Listening skills |
| Creativity & imagination |
A love of books |
New information |
| Expressive language |
Logical thinking |
Eye-hand coordination |
| Reading readiness |
Sequencing |
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| When I play in WATER
and SAND, I learn... |
| New words |
Properties of matter |
Problem solving |
| Effects of gravity |
Measuring |
Sorting |
| Buoyancy |
Texture |
Cooperation |
| Weights |
Expressive language |
Sharing |
| My five senses |
Hand-eye coordination |
Imagination |
| When I play on LARGE
MUSCLE EQUIPMENT, I learn... |
| Coordination |
Sharing |
New words |
| Taking turns |
Sequence |
Time |
| Confidence |
How things work |
First-last |
| Rules |
Creativity |
Imagination |
| Position |
Direction |
Traffic signs |
| When I play with BLOCKS, I learn... |
| Balance |
Gravity |
Position |
| Size |
Hand-eye coordination |
Shapes |
| Creativity |
New words |
Problem solving |
| Self-confidence |
Pride |
Design |
| Number |
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| When I play with GAMES and PUZZLES, I
learn... |
| Hand-eye coordination |
Problem sovling |
Shapes |
| Colors |
Sizes |
Sorting |
| Spatial relationships |
New words |
Number |
| Counting |
Positions |
Cooperation |
| When I play DRAMATICS, I learn... |
| How it feels to be someone else |
Clean up |
| Self confidence |
Self-reliance |
| Respect for others |
My feelings |
| Expressive language |
Sharing |
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The details for high scope can be found here:
http://www.highscope.org/.
