Kindergarten
Skills Kids Need to Begin Kindergarten
- Go to the bathroom independently
- Button and zip clothes independently
- Pay attention to a story
- Listen to authority figure and follow instructions
- Play with other children appropriately
- Hold a pencil and cut with scissors
- Talk in complete sentences using intelligible speech
- Recognize most letters, shapes, and numbers to ten
- Sort and count up to five objects
- Recognize and identify some letter and phonic sounds
Next > The Five-Year Old - What Kids Learn in Kindergarten
Note to Parents...
Children, families, and schools vary so widely that it's possible only to state general guidelines for the skills needed to start the grade and those the child will learn in this grade. So, don't panic if your child or school doesn't match the list exactly. Just be aware of these skills and work on them with your child this year.
Child Development - The Five-Year Old
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