What Your Child Should Know by the End of Preschool
- Self Help
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Put coat on independently
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Take care of belongings
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Clean up toys and materials
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Complete bathroom routine independently
- Fine Motor
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Manipulate scissors
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Cut on a line
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Use a tripod grasp
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Write name
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Copy simple shapes/pre-writing strokes
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Have a hand preference for writing
- Academic
- Identify name in print
- State first and last name
- Identify letters in name
- Sort objects by color, shape and size
- Understand sequencing (first, middle, last)
- Rote count to 10
- Demonstrate one to one correspondence
- Count out objects from 1-5
- Identify some uppercase and lowercase letters
- Identify some numbers
- Identify and name shapes
- Identify and name colors
- Communication
- Talk about events at home/school
- Communicate wants and needs
- Answer Wh questions (who, what, when, where)
- Understand categories
- Understand opposites
- Retell a story
- Use age appropriate speech sounds
- Speak in 4-5 word sentences
- Follow simple directions
- Social-Emotional
- Attend to adult-directed activities
- Follow classroom routines
- Follow classroom rules
- Transition independently
- Separate from parents without being upset
- Play cooperatively with peers and adults