One of the core behavioral goals for preschoolers is demonstrated empathy for peers, parents and teachers. Your young charges should be able to empathize with peers who are sad, afraid, happy or excited. They should practice the Golden Rule, which means treating others the way they want to be treated. In addition, they should demonstrate a generally positive attitude toward life and learning, a habit of being honest and an ability to cooperate with others.
Children should be able to self-regulate by the time they finish their preschool term. To satisfy this behavioral goal, preschoolers should be able to sit still during story time or while being given instructions by the teacher. In addition, preschoolers should be able to follow through on completing simple tasks like crafts, cleanup assignments and self-care routines.
A preschooler should be able to manage her belongings by the time she graduates into kindergarten. This means putting items from home in her cubbyhole, remembering to hang up her coat and putting away her nap-time blanket and pillow every day at the appropriate time. In addition, preschoolers' behavioral traits should include an ability to collect, pass out and organize instructional tools for the teacher when called upon to do so.
A preschool teacher should set behavioral goals for his pupils that include the ability to solve problems creatively. This means negotiating with peers when they don't want to share a particular item, coming up with more than one way to handle a situation and taking turns with other children during classroom activities.