Am I Ready for Kindergarten?

Reading aloud 20 minutes every day helps your child learn these skills.* Skills most important for success in Kindergarten

Language & Literacy• *Do I enjoy being read to aloud 20 minutes a day?

• *Can I retell a story with a beginning, middle, & end?

• *Can I recognize & name 12-15 letters & their sounds?

• *Can I tell words that rhyme & make nonsense rhymes?

• *Can I clap syllables of words with assistance?

• *Can I tell the difference between similar letters? a,c,e,o,s; b,d,g,p,q; h,m,n,r,u; f,i,j,l,t; k,v,w,x,y,z

• Do I speak in complete sentences?

Math & Reasoning• Do I recognize numbers & quantities to 10?

• Can I count in order from 1 to 20?

• Can I name & sort items by color, shape, & size?

• Do I understand concepts such as greater than, less than, & equal to?

• Can I make 3-step patterns? Red-Blue-Green-Red-Blue-Green

Social & Emotional• *Do I settle into new groups & situations?

• *Can I play cooperatively with two or more peers?

• Can I concentrate on a task for 5 minutes?

• Can I listen to and follow 3-step directions & obey rules?

• Can I sit quietly in a bigger group for 15 minutes?

• Can I talk about my feelings and others’ feelings?

• Can I put my coat on?

St.  Paul  has  excellent  kindergarten  readiness  

programs  to  help  your  child  with  these  targets.

Our  Preschool  &  Pre-­‐K  classes  for  4  year-­‐olds  and  those  who  are  already  five  or  will  be  five  on  or  before  December  31,  specifically  

address  these  areas.

Classes  for  2.5  &  3  year-­‐olds  are  also  available  and  offer  

strong  scaffolding  to  incrementally  ready  

learners  for  the  next  step.

All  of  our  developmentally  appropriate  preschool  

classes  help  ensure  children  are  ready  for  a  satisfying  &  

successful  education.