Skills and Goals Matrix
There's an Alligator under My Bed

Cognitive

Skills or Behaviors	Goals and Objectives
Identify and categorize foods	Increase classification skills Increase ability to identify related objects Increase general vocabulary and concept development
Recall events in a story	Improve recall and memory skills Increase preliteracy skills: awareness of sequencing and structure in stories
Show understanding of fast and slow, loud and quiet, rough and smooth	Increase general concept and vocabulary development Increase understanding of opposites
Sing songs and chants from memory	Increase rote memory skills Increase phonemic awareness
Predict next part of a visual pattern	Increase concept development relating to patterns and repetition Increase reasoning and prediction skills
Repeat sound patterns	Increase auditory discrimination skills Increase ability to imitate complex schemes
Do experiments with volume	Increase concept development relating to space and volume Increase reasoning and prediction skills
Review activities from previous day	Increase memory skills Increase awareness of past and present events

 

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