Pre-K TEKS (Assignment 1, Part 4)

The Pre-K TEKS are divided into five basic skills that will help young learners be more successful as they enter kindergarten and the lower levels of the public education system. These skills include social and emotional development, language and communication skills, emergent literacy: reading and writing, and mathematics. Each of these five skills should be developed in a way that prepares the children for more in-depth learning as they get older. The social and emotional strand is important because it will help to build the child’s self-esteem and help them to build confidence in their ability to learn and be successful. It will also teach them to interact with others and per persistent when they are struggling. Language and communication skills are of key importance for children so that they can clearly express their wants and needs as well as help to define areas of weakness. The reading, writing, and mathematics strands focus more on piquing the child’s natural curiosity about these skills instead of actually producing a product. This can be done by modeling these behaviors and encouraging children to mimic the skill. Each of these skills will prepare children for the rigors of school work when they enter the public school system.