Key Kindergarten Readiness Skills at a Glance:
Social and Emotional Skills
- · Carry on an appropriate reciprocal conversation with peers and adults
- · Separate easily from parents/caregivers without getting upset
- · Able to complete an activity and transition from one activity to the next
- · Follow a daily class routine
- · Able to manage emotions, frustration, or unexpected changes in routine.
- · Follow simple instructions with 2 to 3 step directions
- · Know personal information (name, age, gender)
- · Pay attention to a single task for an extended period of time
Adaptive and Daily Living Skills
- · Can use the bathroom and toilet independently
- · Put on /off coat, shoes.
- · Able to care for personal belongings (hang up coat/backpack, put away work)
- · Able to follow school safety rules and routines with typical adult supervision.
- · Can clean up after themselves, wash hands/face.
- · Feeds self with proper utensils, drink from a cup/straw.
Academic Skills
- · Identify upper and lowercase letters
- · Count to 20 and identify numbers
- · Basic Math skills
- · Identify colors
- · Identify shapes
- · Write his/her own name
- · Basic Literacy skills- recite the ABC’s, rhymes words, story retell.
- · Express ideas and thoughts verbally
Fine/Gross Motor Skills
- · Use proper grip while using pencil, crayons, and scissors
- · Cut with scissors
- · Able to unfasten and fasten snaps, zippers, buttons
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Communication Skills
- · Communicate clearly and answer questions in complete sentences.
- · Expresses wants and needs verbally
- · Is generally understood by adults
- · Understands and follows two step directions
- · Can speak in completed (5-6 word) sentences.
- · Understands and uses positional vocabulary