ENROLLMENT INFORMATION
SRVUSD Kindergarten Readiness Skills
The following list describes recommended kindergarten readiness skills for entering kindergarten students. The skills are listed under skill areas. Entering students may not demonstrate competency in all skill areas.
Behavioral Skills
Child can usually inhibit body movements and keeps hands to himself/herself while in line and during circle time.
Child usually sits quietly while attending to a short story.
Child is learning to respect other students.
Child participates in clean-up activities.
Child verbalizes or tries to verbalize his/her frustrations and problems rather than physically acting out.
Child is able to work in small groups.
Child attempts to complete a teacher assigned task.
Child chooses a free choice activity and maintains his/her involvement in this activity.
Self Help Skills
Child uses appropriate bathroom skills (flush toilet, wash hands, etc.).
Child can dress self(socks, coat, and attempts tying shoes).
Child is learning to take responsibility for own belongings (coat, school bag, lunch).
Language and Listening
Child can verbalize his/her first and last name.
Child can complete a two-step simple direction.
Child can share an idea, experience, or description.
Child has heard a variety of stories and has participated in follow-up discussions.
Child practices accepted patterns of speech (irregular verbs, however, are still emerging).
Child can engage in a socially appropriate conversation.
Child can participate in informal creative dramatics (play house, puppets, role playing, etc.).
Math Skills
Child can count 1 to 6.
Child can demonstrate 1 to 1 correspondence with concrete objects up to his/her age.
Child has had experience with identifying two objects in terms of large/small, tall/short, long/short, more/less.
Child can recognize similarities such as color, size, and shape.
Large Muscle Skills
Child can identify general body parts (back, stomach, head, legs, etc.).
Child has had experience with log rolls, jumping, standing on one foot, galloping, skipping, hopping, and swinging.
Child has had experience throwing and catching balls.
Child has had experience in block building.
Child has had experience in painting at an easel.
Small Muscle Skills
Child has been encouraged and tries to grip crayon correctly.
Child has had frequent experience cutting with scissors and holding scissors correctly with scissor thumb oriented up.
Child has had experience playing with clay.
Child has had experience playing with puzzles.
Writing and Spelling
Child recognizes his/her first name.
Child tries to write his/her first name using lower case letters with a capital at the beginning.
Child can copy, draw, and reasonably trace a line and a circle.
Other
Child can identify and name the eight basic colors.
Child has had tactile experiences with water, sand, clay, rice, finger painting, etc.
Child has had experience singing the alphabet song.
699 Old Orchard Drive, Danville, CA 94526 - Phone: (925)552-5500 Fax: (925)838-3147
Garden Montessori School, Preschool, Danville, Ca.