Kindergarten Readiness

Suggested Checklist for Kindergarten Readiness (provided by Headstart)

The Child Should Know These:

• Recognize eight basic colors

• Recognize shapes

• Recognize first and last name

• Cut on simple lines

• Say alphabet

• Say letter sounds using a picture guide

• Recognize some letters, especially the ones in own name

• Recognize numbers 1-10 (out of order)

• Print first name

• Say days of the week

• Recognize rhyming words

• Name eight opposites (big/little, up/down, etc.)

• Follow two-step directions

• Fasten or unfasten child’s clothes

• Say or show age

• Use the restroom and wash hands

• Name 10 simple pictures

• Tear, cut, and paste

• Draw a simple object

• Color within a large spatial design

• Know the difference between letters and numbers

• Sing songs or nursery rhymes

• Pretend to read a book

• Draw a picture related to a book or topic studied

• Sit still to listen to story

• Count to at least 10

 

The Child Should Be Learning These:

• Say phone number

• Say address

• Say birthday day/month

• Print last name

• Say months of the year

• Read color words

• Count to 25

• Print numbers 1-20

• Print lower case letters

• Print capital letters

• Reads beginning letter sounds

• Name 5 senses (see, hear, smell, touch, and taste)