2. LITERACY
Promote vocabulary and language
Encourage children to explore print and
letters and words
Promote understanding of books and
other texts
3. MATHEMATICS
Guide problem solving
Promote understanding number concepts
Encourage
children’s interest in
measurement
4. SCIENCE
Encourage children to explore physical
science
Expand children’s knowledge of life
science
Promote understanding of the earth and
the environment
9. Six Skills Children Use to
Pretend at a High Level
(Sara Smilansky)
Role Play
Use of props
Make-believe
Length of time
Interaction
Verbal Communication
11. Keeping the Six Skills in
Mind, notice whether
a child does the
following:
12. Selects the same role day after
day, or experiments with different
roles and thinks of many different
aspects the role
Use props to make believe, or
uses movements and/or words to
substitute for real objects
13. Makes up a situation and plays
out a sequence of events
Spends 10 minutes or longer in a
dramatic play episode