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There is no
perfect formula that determines when children are truly ready for
kindergarten; however, you can use the following checklist to see how
well your child is doing in acquiring the skills found on most
kindergarten checklists.
Check the skills your child has mastered. Then recheck every
month to see what additional skills your child can accomplish
easily. Young children change so fast. If they can't do
something this week, they may be able to do it a few weeks later.
CHECKLIST
___ Sing the alphabet song
___ Recognize his/her own name
___ Listen to stories without interrupting
___ Recognize rhyming sounds
___ Pay attention for short periods of time to
adult-directed tasks
___ Understand actions have both causes and effects
___ Show understanding of general of general times of
day
___ Cut with scissors
___ Trace basic shapes
___ Begin to share with others
___ Start to follow rules
___ Be able to recognize authority
___ Manage bathroom needs
___ Button shirts, pants, coats, and zip up zippers
___ Begin to control oneself
___ Separate from parents without being upset
___ Speak understandably
___ Talk in complete sentences of five to six words
___ Look at pictures and then tell stories
___ Identify rhyming words
___ Identify some alphabet letters
___ Recognize some common sight words
___ Sort similiar objects by color, size, and shape
___ Recognize groups of one, two, three, four, and five
objects
___ Count to ten
___ Bounce a ball
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References: FamilyEducation.com : Peggy Gisler, Ed.S and Marge
Eberts, Ed.S. |
