This checklist helps you determine if a child is ready to start first grade.
- Basic Skills
- Identify colors
- Count to ten
- Recognize numbers 1-10
- Recite the alphabet
- Write first name
- Language and Literacy
- Recognize rhyming words
- Retell a simple story
- Follow simple directions
- Identify and name basic shapes
- Recognize capital and lowercase letters
- Motor Skills
- Use scissors properly
- Hold a pencil correctly
- Color within lines
- String beads on a thread
- Build with blocks
- Social Skills
- Share with peers
- Take turns
- Follow classroom rules
- Express needs verbally
- Show self-control