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What Your Child Should Know by the End of Preschool

  1. Self Help
    • Put coat on independently
    • Take care of belongings
    • Clean up toys and materials
    • Complete bathroom routine independently
  2.  Fine Motor
    • Manipulate scissors
    • Cut on a line
    • Use a tripod grasp
    • Write name
    • Copy simple shapes/pre-writing strokes
    • Have a hand preference for writing
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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