Prior to kindergarten, your child should be able to:

Approaches to Learning

• Ask questions about things in the classroom.

Social and Emotional Development

• Follow simple classroom rules and routines.
• Put materials away in designated places during clean-up time.
• Manage transitions (change activities or move place-to-place in an orderly manner).
• Play cooperatively with other children.
• Seek adult assistance appropriately.
• Seek adult help when needed to resolve conflicts.

Language and Communication

• Ask questions and add information related to current topics of conversation.

Emergent Literacy (Early Reading, Writing, Language, Listening, and Speaking Behaviors)

• Identify concepts of print

1. Identify the front/back of the book.
2. Identify the title of the book.
3. Identify the first word on the page of a book.

• Comprehension

1. Make predictions during a story.
2. Answer questions about story elements (who, where, what happened, etc.).
3. Retell a story or experience (telling, drawing, and dramatic play).

• Writing

1. Use scribble to convey a message.
2. Use known letters and approximations of letters to represent written language.
3. Write own name (e.g., first name, last name), not necessarily with full correct spelling or well-formed letters, using capital and lower- case letters.
4. Identify a minimum of ten lower- and upper-case letters of the alphabet.
5. Recognize written name.
6. Recognize basic category labels used in classroom.

Mathematical and Scientific Thinking

• Number Sense

1. Point one-to-one while counting objects to ten or higher.
2. Count two different sets of objects (ten through15) and determine which set has more or less.

• Number and Operations

Name “how many” are in a group of objects after counting up to ten objects.

• Patterns and Series of Patterns

1. Create simple patterns using colors, shapes, or sounds.
2. Distinguish between a pattern and a non-pattern.
3. Sort objects into groups by one attribute (color, shape, size, etc.).

• Geometry

1. Identify circles, squares, rectangles, and triangles in various forms.
2. Build shapes with objects (i.e., craft sticks, play dough, etc.).

• Spatial Reasoning

Place objects above, below, next to, beside, inside, or outside.

• Measurement

Answer simple questions about real and pictorial graphs.

Scientific Thinking

• Inquiry

Describe observations using simple tools, such as a magnifying glass or magnets.

Social Studies and the Arts

• Human Interdependence

Give simple explanations of what community workers do.

• Expression and Representation

1. Use a variety of materials (i.e., crayons, various sized pencils, clay, markers) to create original work.
2. Respond to music of various tempos through movement.

Motor Development

• Gross Motor Development

Run, jump, kick, and throw during play.

• Fine Motor Development

Use fine motor tools without assistance (i.e., scissors, markers, various sized pencils, tape, clothes pins).