Learning Map

Learning at age 4

Around age 4 (preschool), children are typically working on 41 skills across 2 subjects — from English to Mathematics. Every skill links to what it builds on, so you can always step back a rung.

41 skillspreschool

Ages are typical, not deadlines. A skill appears here when age 4 falls inside its typical range.

English

Building sentencesGrammar & Punctuationages 4–6 Spaces Between WordsGrammar & Punctuationages 4–6 Sitting and holding a pencilHandwriting & Transcriptionages 4–6 Blending Sounds to Read WordsPhonics & Word Readingages 4–7 Consonant DigraphsPhonics & Word Readingages 4–7 Knowing all lettersPhonics & Word Readingages 4–6 Onsets & RimesPhonics & Word Readingages 4–7 Rhyming wordsPhonics & Word Readingages 4–6 Single Letter SoundsPhonics & Word Readingages 4–6 Understanding printPhonics & Word Readingages 4–6 Vowel DigraphsPhonics & Word Readingages 4–7 Predicting what happens nextReading Comprehensionages 4–10 Asking QuestionsSpeaking & Listeningages 4–11 Describing AloudSpeaking & Listeningages 4–8 Exploring Ideas Through TalkSpeaking & Listeningages 4–6 Expressing & Justifying OpinionsSpeaking & Listeningages 4–6 Group discussionsSpeaking & Listeningages 4–11 Listening and respondingSpeaking & Listeningages 4–11 Phonics VocabularySpelling & Word Studyages 4–7 Segmenting words into soundsSpelling & Word Studyages 4–7

Browse English domains: Grammar & Punctuation · Handwriting & Transcription · Phonics & Word Reading · Reading Comprehension · Speaking & Listening · Spelling & Word Study

Mathematics

Addition and subtraction word problemsAddition & Subtractionages 4–6 Addition as combining or putting together twoAddition & Subtractionages 4–6 Number bonds to 9Addition & Subtractionages 4–6 Numbers up to 10 into pairsAddition & Subtractionages 4–6 Representing Addition and SubtractionAddition & Subtractionages 4–6 Subtraction as taking away or separatingAddition & Subtractionages 4–6 Comparing groups: more or fewerCounting & Cardinalityages 4–6 How Many in Total?Counting & Cardinalityages 4–6 One More Each TimeCounting & Cardinalityages 4–6 One-to-one countingCounting & Cardinalityages 4–6 Representing numbers with objectsCounting & Cardinalityages 4–6 2-D shapesGeometryages 4–6 3-D shapesGeometryages 4–6 Positional LanguageGeometryages 4–6 Comparing CapacityMeasurementages 4–6 Comparing durationsMeasurementages 4–6 Comparing Lengths & HeightsMeasurementages 4–6 Measurable Attributes of ObjectsMeasurementages 4–6 Measuring mass and weight (age 4+)Measurementages 4–6 Ordering Events in TimeMeasurementages 4–6 Division as equal sharingMultiplication & Divisionages 4–6

Browse Mathematics domains: Addition & Subtraction · Counting & Cardinality · Geometry · Measurement · Multiplication & Division