If you have concerns about you child's readiness for Kindergarten, the following questions may be helpful to you.

Does your child:

Pay attention to a short story when it is read and answer simple questions?

Draw and color beyond a simple scribble?

Zip or button up a shirt or pants?

Get dressed (mostly) by him/herself?

Tie his/her shoes?

Tell left hand and right hand?

Demonstrate a hand preference for writing?

Take care of toilet needs by him/herself?

Count objects to 10?

Rote count out loud to 20?

Supply the last word to all of the following sentences?

Mother is a woman; father is a ____.
A fire is hot; ice is ____.
A plane goes fast; a turtle goes ____.

Put together a simple puzzle of 10-12 pieces?

Name missing object, which is removed from a group of 4?

Hold paper for cutting and cut a straight line and a curved line?

Print first and last name using a capital for the first letter and a lower case for the rest?

Say first and last name?

Ask often when he/she will got to school?

Play reasonably well with other children?

Take turns when playing with others?

Try a new task without crying?

Respond positively to verbal deman without chronic negativism?

Recite the alphabet without singing the alphabet song to do so?

Tell which goes faster: a turtle or a rabbit?

Stack 10 blocks?

Name basic colors: red, blue, yellow, green, orange, purple, black, white, brown

Name these shapes: triangle, square, circle, rectangle

 

 

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