Kindergarten goals

[Guest guest]

I know that many of you are concerned about your preschoolers and

what they need to know for kindergarten. I also know that many of

you asked for a copy of the goals and objectives for this level.

Over the past few days I have been helping out with kindergarten

screening and put together a list in my head of what we really

expect kids to be doing when they enter school. Sharing this list

will mean more to you than trying to decipher the goals and

objectives pages I have, so let's give this a try first. If you

have questions, as always you can email me.

*Recite name, address, phone number and names of siblings, if any

*Sing the ABCs

*Name randomly selected capital and then lower case letters

*Count to 10

*Name numbers through 10

*Count out 10 teddy bear counters

*Point to the group that has " more " or " less "

*Draw a picture of a person, looking for head, arms, body, legs,

mouth, eyes, nose, ears, hair

*Cut out a straight line, triangle and circle that are already

printed on paper.

*Copy a vertical line, horizontal line, square, circle and V

*Correct pencil grip

*Consistant hand dominance

*State birthday and age

I think this is the basic list. Remember, however, that not all

kindergartners enter this grade being able to do all of this. There

are varying degrees of ability. But at least this gives you an idea

of what we are looking for.

Jodi Z.