There is a checklist of skills that children need to be evaluated on to assess whether they are ready for kindergarten. Remember that all children are individuals who grow, develop, and mature at different rates. Go through the following list of skills with your child or have a teacher or trusted adult friend of the child evaluate him for kindergarten readiness.
Instructions
Fine-Motor Skills the Child Should Be Able to Accomplish
1. Hold a pencil like an adult.
2. Draw a square, circle and triangle completely on her own.
3. Complete a picture of a person, making sure the person has a head, body, arms and legs.
4. Use the proper utensils to eat with.
5. Take clothes on and off by buttoning, unbuttoning, zippering and unzipping clothing.
Large-Motor Skills the Child Should Be Able to Accomplish
6. Hop on one foot for at least 30 seconds.
7. Skip for 2 or 3 feet.
8. Ride by pedaling on a tricycle.
9. Swing on a swing by himself using pumping motions.
10. Complete a somersault.
11. Walk a line using heel-to-toe steps.
12. Throw a ball to the teacher or another child.
13. Climb on a jungle gym with a minimum of assistance.
Language and Thinking Skills the Child Should Be Able to Accomplish
14. Retell the general plot of a story that was just read to her.
15. Relive and tell an experience that he has experienced.
16. Appreciate a simple joke and understand why it is funny.
17.Begin to show empathy and feel for someone else from that person's perspective.
18. Speak in complete sentences with a minimum of 5 words in each.
19. Know and recite numbers up to 10.
20. Identify a minimum of 6 different colors.
21. Recite the alphabet with only a few mistakes.
22. Uses tenses correctly and give a sense of an order of events.
Self-Care Skills the Child Should Be Able to Accomplish
23. Trained to use a toilet with an isolated amount of accidents.
24. Clean self up after going to the bathroom.
25. Washes and dries own hands.
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Eats lunch on own without much encouragement.
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Dresses self with a minimum of supervision.
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Able to do multi-step chores, for example, clear their plate from the table.
Developmental Skills the Child Should Be Able to Accomplish
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Reach the age of 5 years before he enters kindergarten.
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Is easily understood when she talks.
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Sleeps at least a full 8 hours a night.
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