Is your Preschooler ready for Kindergarten? (detailed)

Does your child use words to solve conflicts instead of crying?

Can your child follow simple safety rules?

Does your child use descriptive language? (For example, uses color words, or words describing size)

Can your child recognize his/her own name?

Does your child know some facts about common animals?

Is your child starting to understand the concept of manners with words like please, thank you, and excuse me?

Does your child offer to help peers and family?

Does your child recite some common nursery rhymes or songs?

Does your child try to write and draw?

Does your child recognize some objects in the sky such as the sun, moon, clouds and lightning?

Does your child adjust to new situations well?

Can your child put together puzzles of eight or more pieces?

Does your child pretend, create and makes up songs or stories?

Does your child ask you to write words or notes to others?

Does your child recognize and name basic colors?

Can your child attempt new tasks knowing it’s okay to make mistakes?

Can your child use a scissors safely?

Does your child tell or retell stories and/or everyday experiences?

Does your child attempt to write their name?

Does your child use simple shapes and lines to create pictures?

Does your child show pride in accomplishments?

Does your child hold and use crayons, markers, pens and pencils correctly?

Does your child ask questions and express curiosity?

Can your child compare the size of groups of objects using language such as “more,” “less” and “same as”?

Can your child tell a story with pictures?

Can your child stay with an independent activity for five or more minutes?

Does your child put on his/her own shoes?

Does your child look at books or pictures on their own?

Can your child arrange three to five objects in order of size?

Can your child move to a beat?

Does your child ask for help?

Can your child bounce, kick, throw, and catch a ball?

Does your child pretend to read books by reading the pictures?

Does your child use comparison words, like “bigger,” “smaller,” “heavier,” etc.?

Does your child explore and experiment with common musical instruments, or try to make their own?

Does your child interact appropriately with adults and peers? (For example, say hello or speak in an appropriate tone)

Can your child ride a tricycle?

Does your child try to read in everyday situations (signs, labels, etc.)

Does your child understand concepts of none, some and all and more than and less than?

Does your child enjoy improvising or copying musical patterns?

Can your child share?

Does your child enjoy outdoor activities, like running, jumping, and climbing?

Can your child recognize rhyming words?

Can your child identify and draw a square, circle and triangle?

Does your child recognize basic traditions such as birthdays or holiday traditions?

Can your child take turns?

Can your child match and sort objects into groups that are the same? (For example, sort by color, shape, or size)

Can your child count syllables?

Does your child correctly count four to ten objects?

Does your child understand that some people celebrate holidays or birthdays with different traditions?

Is your child demonstrating increasing self-control? (For example, won’t touch something he/she can’t have)

Does your child understand the concepts of in/out, under/over, on/off, front/back, etc.?

Can your child recognize some common words in print?

Does your child know that the final number counted represents the total number of objects in a set?

Does your child explore simple maps and visual representations of neighborhoods or communities?

Does your child participate in clean-up activities?

Does your child show an understanding of the passing of time, including concepts of before and after, and today, yesterday and tomorrow?

Does your child recognize most uppercase and lowercase letters?

Can your child recognize some numbers, 1 – 10?

Can your child take responsibility for own belongings? (For example, hang up own coat or throw away trash from mealtimes)

Does your child experiment enthusiastically with new games and toys, sometimes in a trial-and-error manner?

Can your child recognize some letter sounds?

Can your child distinguish numbers from letters?

Is your child able to dress themself?

Can your child describe how objects are the same or different?

Can your child describe characters’ actions and feelings in a story?

Does your child show understanding of basic addition and subtraction? (For example, that adding more makes a bigger quantity or that taking some away makes a smaller quantity)

Can your child follow a routine or schedule for personal hygiene, eating meals and going to bed?

Does your child talk in sentences of five words or more?

Does your child relate stories to personal experiences?

Does your child show interest and ask questions about objects and events observed in their environment?

Can your child use appropriate bathroom skills?

Can your child follow oral instructions of two or more directions?

Can your child put events of a story in order?

Does your child notice common properties and differences among objects and materials?