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- Construction of Knowledge: Thinking and Reasoning
- CD 1: Children use their senses to construct knowledge about the world around them
- CD 2: Children recall information and use it for new situations and problems
- CD 3: Children demonstrate the ability to think about their own thinking: reasoning, taking perspectives, and making decisions
- Creative Expression
- CD 4: Children demonstrate appreciation for different forms of artistic expressions.
- CD 5: Children demonstrate self-expression and creativity in a variety of forms and contexts, including play, visual arts, music, drama, and dance.
- Social Connections
- CD 6: Children demonstrate knowledge of relationships and roles within their own families, homes, and communities.
- CD 7: Children recognize that they are members of different groups (e.g., family, preschool class, cultural groups).
- CD 8: Children identify and demonstrate acceptance of similarities and differences between themselves and others
- Mathematical Thinking and Expression
- CD 10: Children show understanding of numbers and quantities during play and other activities
- CD 11: Children compare, sort, group, organize and measure objects and create patterns in their everyday environment.
- CD 12: Children identify and use common shapes and concepts about position during play and other activities.
- Scientific Exploration and Knowledge
- CD 14: Children observe and describe characteristics of living things and the physical world
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, 2015