Barrington Academy - child care and learning center, Stockbridge, Georgia

Programs at Barrington Academy - GELDS (Georgia Early Learning & Development Standards)

Domain	Sub Domain	Standard
Physical Development and Motor Skills		PDM1: The child will develop healthy and safe habits
		PDM2: The child will participate in activities related to nutrition.
		PDM3: The child will demonstrate and awareness of the body in space and Child's relationship to objects in space.
		PDM4: The child will use senses to explore the environment and process information.
		PDM5: The child will demonstrate gross motor skills.
		PDM6: The child will develop fine motor skills.

Domain	Sub Domain	Standard
Social and Emotional Development		SED1: The child will develop self-awareness.
		SED2: The child will engage in self-expression.
		SED3: The child will begin to develop self-control.
		SED4: The child will develop relationships and social skills with adults.
		SED5: The child will develop relationships and social skills with peers.

Domain	Sub Domain	Standards
Approaches to Play and Learning		APL1: The child will demonstrate initiative and self-direction.
		APL2: The child will demonstrate interest and curiosity.
		APL3: The child will sustain attention to a specific activity and demonstrate persistence.
		APL4: The child will engage in a progression of imaginative play.
		APL5: The child will demonstrate a cooperative and flexible approach to play and learning.

Domain	Sub Domain	Standards
Communication, Language, and Literacy	Receptive Language (Listening)	CLL1: The child will listen to conversations and comprehend for a variety of purposes.
		CLL2: The child will acquire vocabulary introduced in conversations, activities, stories, or books.
	Expressive Language	CLL3: The child will use nonverbal communication for a variety of purposes.
		CLL4: The child will use increasingly complex spoken language for a variety of purposes.
	Early Reading	CLL5: The child will acquire meaning from a variety of materials read to him/her.
		CLL6: The child will develop early phonological awareness (awareness of the units of sound).
		CLL7: The child will demonstrate increasing knowledge of the alphabet.
		CLL8: The child will demonstrate awareness of print concepts.
	Early Writing	CLL9: The child will use writing for a variety of purposes.

Domain	Sub Domain	Standards
Cognitive Development and General Knowledge	Mathematics	CD-MA1 - The child will organize, represent, and build knowledge of quantity and number.
		CD-MA2 - The child will manipulate, compare, describe relationships, and solve problems using quantity and number.
		CD-MA3 - The child will explore and communicate about distance, weight, length, height and time.
		CD-MA4 - The child will sort, seriate, classify, and create patterns.
		CD-MA5 - The child will explore, recognize and describe spatial relationships between objects.
		CD-MA6 - The child will explore, recognize and describe shapes and shape concepts.
		CD-MA7 - The child will use mathematical problem solving, reasoning, estimation, and communication
	Science	CD-SC1 - The child will demonstrate scientific inquiry skills.
		CD-SC2 - The child will demonstrate knowledge related to the dynamic properties of earth andsky.
		CD-SC3 - The child will demonstrate knowledge related to weather and climate.
		CD-SC4 - The child will demonstrate knowledge of living creatures and their environments.
		CD-SC5 - The child will demonstrate knowledge related to physical science.
	Social Studies	CD-SS1 - The child will demonstrate understanding of his/her family and an emerging awareness of their own culture and ethnicity
		CD-SS2 - The child will demonstrate an understanding of his/her community and an emerging awareness of other's culture and ethnicity.
		CD-SS3 - The child will demonstrate an awareness of geography in his/her community.
		CD-SS4 - The child will demonstrate awareness of the demographics and economy of his/her community.
		CD-SS5 - The child will demonstrate an awareness of, and the need to protect, his/her environment.
		CD-SS6 - The child will understand that events happened in the past and how these events relate to self and others.
	Creative Development	CD-CR1 - The child will participate in dance to express creativity.
		CD-CR2 - The child will create, observe, and analyze visual art forms to develop artistic expression.
		CD-CR3 - The child will use his/her voice, instruments, and objects to musically express creativity.
		CD-CR4 - The child will use dramatic play to express creativity.
	Cognitive Processes	CD-CP1 - The child will demonstrate awareness of cause and effect.
		CD-CP2 - The child will use prior knowledge to build new knowledge.
		CD-CP3 - The child will identify a problem, explore solutions to achieve an end result, and communicate findings.