POCET Social and Emotional Example

POCET provides four basic activities for each of the 68 Developmental Guidelines which provide a scope and sequence of skills for Language, Literacy and Mathematics, plus five other domains of learning.

Here is an example for the Social and Emotional domain:
Working Self-Portraits
Have each child in the classroom draw or paint a self-portrait which shows them participating in their favorite school activity. Place the portraits in the appropriate area of the classroom and point out the these children are good at and enjoy that particular activity. Mention that other children can ask for help or suggestions from these "helpers." Example: Erin painted a picture of herself using the building blocks. Her picture is displayed in the block center. She is now a "Block Center Helper." Other children can check with her for directions or suggestions.

POCET Mathematics Example

POCET provides four basic activities for each of the 68 Developmental Guidelines which provide a scope and sequence of skills for Language, Literacy and Mathematics, plus five other domains of learning.

Here is an example for the Mathematics domain:
Block Patterns
The block center is a good place to work on repeating patterns. Help the chldren create repeating AB patterns using blocks. Example: red, blue, red, blue, etc. Begin by using two colors of blocks or two sizes of blocks. Create several repetitions with the blocks and then ask the children what would come next in the pattern. Connecting blocks is useful to hold the pattern together. Children can then pick up the blocks and compare the patterns.

POCET Literacy Example

POCET provides four basic activities for each of the 68 Developmental Guidelines which provide a scope and sequence of skills for Language, Literacy and Mathematics, plus five other domains of learning.

Here is another activity example, but for the Literacy domain:
Alliterations
Alliterations are groups of words that begin with the same sound. Give the children examples of alliterations in sentences, such as, "Mary may make maple muffins out of mud," or "Tommy's tummy is being tickled." Allow the children to create their own alliteration sentences filled with words that begin with the same sound.