Language/Communication Skills
- Follows three step directions
- Expresses basic needs and feelings appropriately
- Speaks in complete sentences so others can understand
- Personal/Social Skills
- Washes hands independently
- Knows first and last name, age, gender, address and phone number
- Attends to personal needs with little or no assistance (using restroom independently, dressing, blowing nose)
- Participates appropriately in large and small groups
- Can work independently for short periods of time
- Motor Skills
- Large Motor
- Stands/hops on one foot
- Catches a large ball
- Throws small ball overhand
- Alternates feet on stairs
- Beginning to skip
- Small Motor
- Draws a picture of a person with five or more parts
- Can cut on a somewhat straight line using one hand on scissors
- Can print first name
- Copies simple shapes without tracing
- Large Motor
- Thinking Skills
- Understands positional concepts (up/down, over/under, top/bottom)
- Understands opposites (big/little, hot/cold)
- Knows colors
- Knows basic shapes (circle, square, triangle, rectangle, diamond, oval)
- Can count 10 objects
- Can count to 15
- Beginning to recognize and name numbers
- Can extend or copy simple patterns
- Recognizes name
- Beginning to recognize and identify letters and sounds
- Recognizes and identifies letters in name
- Has been exposed to rhymes and songs
- Has been exposed to a variety of books
- Shows an interest in books and reading
- Can re-tell short stories
- Can word play (rhymes, name games, nonsense words)
- Matches, sorts and categorizes (such as food, animals, colors)
Kindergarten Readiness Tool
Skills to Work on Before I Start Kindergarten