The Learning Ladder A Reading and Writing Curriculum for Early Care and Education Teachers, Children and Families

What do you already know?

One of the most important things that children learn during the preschool years is that they are competent and can do things independently. Children gain self-esteem by being successful and doing things on their own.

1. Look in each area of your room. Make a list of each area and the self-help skills you help develop and the ways that you support children's success. For example, in the block area, the block cabinet has pictures of which size block goes on each shelf. During clean up, children know which block goes on which shelf and can clean up independently.
2. Go through the room and make another list. This will be a list of things you would like to change in your classroom so that children can be more independent. For example: The coat hooks are too high in the cubby area. Children are having a hard time hanging up their own coat. I would like to move the coat hooks down at least one inch.

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Now you are ready to go to Part 2.