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.