Giles County Schools
Text Box: Kindergarten Readiness Checklist Text Box: Personal Information · Know, recognize, and write first name. (Name should begin with a capital letter with remaining letters in lowercase.) · Know their age, phone number, and address. · Name and identify parts of the body. · Know the proper names of their primary caregivers. Communication Skills · Understand simple questions and give simple answers. · Follow simple directions that have one and two steps. · Tell someone how they are feeling. Preschool Knowledge · Understand that books and other forms of print have words written down that tell us things. Reading to a child will teach this concept. · Identify most letters of the alphabet and say the alphabet. · Count groups of objects to 10. · Name the basic shapes and have practice in drawing them. · Know the names of the basic colors. · Practice returning items to proper places (toys, personal items…be able to pick up after themselves). · Have practice in drawing a person. · Know how to hold a pencil or crayon correctly with their thumb and two fingers. Self-Help Skills · Know how to take off and put on shoes and jackets by themselves. · Do buttons, snaps, and zippers on the front of their clothes and backpacks. · Take themselves to the restroom, without help. · Blow their nose by themselves. · Feed themselves using the appropriate silverware and table manners. · Make food choices. · Know how to open a door by turning the knob and how to turn a water faucet on and off. Social Skills · Understand that at school, children are expected to do what their teachers ask. · Be comfortable away from their parents or caregiver and with new adults and children. · Know how to wait to take turns in games or in giving an answer. · Understand that other people have rights and feelings, just as they do. · Know when to say “please” and “thank you.” · Manage, at least some of the time, to share the use of toys, to work together with other children on a task, and to resist touching things when asked not to touch. · Sit quietly for a while, listen to a story, and concentrate on a task. · Play with other children without a lot of difficulty.