Madison County public school systems have agreed on a list of skills that children should have upon entering kindergarten. The Born Learning Connection provides posters listing these skills that parents can use to chart their child’s progress.
ACADEMIC SKILLS
— I can match two of the same pictures within a group (matching game).
— I can put at least three pictures in order.
— I can sort things that go together.
— I can sort things by shape, color or size.
— I can do a simple 4-piece puzzle.
— I know five colors.
— I can repeat a simple pattern.
— I can retell a simple story.
— I can recite a simple song, poem or nursery rhyme.
SOCIAL SKILLS
— I know I am a boy/girl.
— I know my first and last name.
— I can tell you my age.
— I can tell you my parents’ first and last names.
— I can brush my teeth, get dressed and go to the bathroom by myself.
— I can be away from mom and dad.
— I can take turns and share.
PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT SKILLS
— I can use scissors to cut out simple pictures.
— I know how to hold and use a crayon/pencil.
— I am trying to write the letters in my name.
— I can copy some symbols (0, +, -, x)
— I can hope, jump, run, catch, roll and bounce a ball
LANGUAGE SKILLS
— I can speak clearly and in complete sentences.
— I know at least 10 letters.
— I know my name when I see it.
— I can follow at least two-step directions.
— I understand like/different, top/bottom, first/last, big/little, up/down.
— I can recognize familiar signs (stop, Taco Bell).
— I know two words that rhyme.
— I can draw pictures and tell you about them.
— I know how to hold a book. I can show you the top and bottom, beginning and end, and left and right.
MATH SKILLS
— I can count from one to 10.
— I know at least three shapes.
— I can count at least five things.
— I can match the number of things from one to five with the right number.
— I can put numbers from one to five in order.
— I can understand more and less up to five things.
— I can add and take away using up to five things.
— Approved by Alexandria, Anderson, Elwood, Frankton-Lapel and South Madison schools.
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