Good Start, Grow Smart Early Learning Standards - SC Department ...

3-Year Olds 4-Year Olds 5-Year Olds
M-3K-1.5
Begin to see how similar items can be
grouped together.
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Puts the dishes in the cupboard and the
dress-up clothes on hooks in the dramatic
play center.
Goes around the art area and puts everything
orange into a basket to make a set
of orange items.
M-3K-1.6
Not expected at this level
M-4K-1.5
Classify objects in their environment by color,
shape, size or function.
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Puts the unit blocks on the shelf by matching
shapes-squares on squares, triangles on
triangles, and rectangles on rectangles.
Gathers all of the farm animals together.
M-4K-1.6
Use appropriate vocabulary to communicate
mathematical ideas.
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Says to a friend as they build together in the
block center, “Get me a big rectangle to hold
up this side of the bridge.”
Draws a picture of his family and compares
it to his friend’s family picture to see who has
more family members.
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M-K-1.5
Generalize mathematical concepts.
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Looks at a set of wooden shapes and
says, “We could make smaller sets of just
the circles, just the squares or just the
triangles.”
Says that the paper chain will be the
same length if we add two red loops or
two blue loops.
M-K-1.6
Use a variety of forms of mathematical communication.
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Plays at the sand and water table, and
tells another child to “add more water to
your bucket to make it the same as mine”.
Creates a menu with prices for the
“restaurant” in the dramatic play area.