"We can get over being poor, but it takes longer to get over being ignorant." 
Jane Sequichie Hifler

Listed below are the kindergarten skills that are taught and assessed throughout the kindergarten year.
Please reinforce these skills at home so that your child can continue to progress.

PERSONAL INFORMATION

• Name (first, middle, last) 
• Address (street name and number, city, province) 
• Phone number 
• Birthday (month, day, year) 

READINESS SKILLS 

• Names 8 basic colors 
• Identifies 4 basic shapes (circle, square, triangle, rectangle) 
• Can cut with scissors 
• Identifies color words 

READING SKILLS 

• Identifies and names all upper and lower case letters 
• Identifies and makes the sounds of letters 
• Names the letters that make the beginning sounds of words 
• Chooses to look at books 
• Can follow the line of print by pointing from left to right under each word 
• Can read some basic sight words 

WRITING SKILLS 

• Prints first name using upper and lower case letters appropriately 
• Dictates a meaningful story with a beginning, middle and end 
• Can write a sentence with some words spelled correctly 
• Can read what he/she writes 

MATH SKILLS 

• Counts to 100* 
• Recognizes numbers to 100* 
• Prints numbers to 100* 
• Recognizes a pattern (ABAB)* 
• Sorts by color, size, shape 
• Reads clock to the hour 
• Identifies coins (penny, nickel, dime, quarter) 
• Compares sets (less, equal, more) 
• Understand before, between, after 

WORK HABITS 

• Cleans up after self 
• Listens and follows directions 
• Listens quietly and politely 
• Follows classroom rules and routines 
• Works and plays cooperatively
• Works and plays independently