| Below are the typical
developmental milestones that preschool and pre-k teachers will
evaluate in their progress reports. Usually, the teacher will give a
child either an A for
above average, an S for
satisfactory, an N for
needs more time to develop, or N/A meaning that the
concept has not been introduced for each milestone within a certain
developmental area. In most cases these skills checklists would be
accompanied by comments from a teacher. Here is a standard skills
check list broken down by developmental area.
Language
Development:
1. Recognizes rhyming words
2. Speaks in complete sentences
3. Communicates Needs Clearly
4. Asks meaningful questions
5. Contributes appropriately to discussions
6. Able to tell story from pictures
7. Relates experience in sequence
8. Developmentally appropriate articulation and
vocabulary
Developmental
Reading
Skills
1. Recognizes own name (first and last)
2. Listens inventively to books being read.
3. Recognizes upper and lower case letter
A-Z
4. Recites Alphabet
5. Prints upper case letters (lower case depending on
age and dev.)
6. Recognizes beginning letter sounds
7. knows days of the week
8. Understands spatial direction ( over, under, left,
right)
9. Knows own age, address, and birthday.
Math Skills
1. Recognizes numerals 1-10
2. Prints numerals 1-10
3. Rote count to 10 ( 20 by end of year)
4. Places numerals in proper sequence 1-10
5. Understands one to one correspondence
6. Recognizes shapes
7. Makes comparisons (size, length)
8. Understands concepts or more then and less
then
9. Understands concept of estimating
10. Able to do simple addition ( Pre-k late in the
year)
Fine Motor Skills
1. Holds pencil correctly
2. Holds scissors correctly
3. Cuts on line
4. Forms sapes correctly
5. Can trace a pattern
Gross Motor Skills
1. Hops on one foot
2. Skips and jumps
3. Has developed a sense of balance and
coordination
4. Can kick a ball
5. Can throw a ball.
Visual Motor Skill
1. Draws recognizable figures (heads, arms, legs,
trunk)
2. Able to do simple puzzles (10-12 pieces)
3. Colors Inside Large Spaces
Social/Emotional Development
1. Makes own decisions
2. Accepts responsibility for own behavior
3. Able to play cooperatively ( share and take
turns)
4. Respect property of others
5. Respect feelings of others
6. Interacts comfortably with adults
7. Interacts comfortably with children of similar age
8. Able to separate easily from parents
9. Can listen without interrupting
10. Expresses feelings appropriately
Self Help Skill and Work
Habits
1. Displays good
effort
2. Completes tasks in
good amount of time and independently
3. Follows
Directions
4. Able to dress
independently
5. Responsible about
taking care of materials and cleaning up.
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