Children entering Kindergarten in our school usually have:
- the ability to separate from a parent, to trust adults, and to be aware of others. A few children may need extra support at the beginning of the year.
- a growing ability to care for his or her own needs and take responsibility for possessions.
- the ability to be comfortable with peers, relate to and interact with other children.
- the ability to listen in small and large groups.
- the ability to deal with frustration and handle conflict in constructive ways without becoming physically aggressive.
- the ability to adapt to routines and rules of classroom.
- the ability to begin take account of another’s interests, to be part of a group
- to be able to play cooperatively with minimal supervision
- a growing ability to represent ideas and experiences in a variety of symbolic ways including language, play, music, art, drawing, and story drama.
- the ability to invest in an activity and stay with a task.
- a beginning number sense and ability to count to ten.
- the ability to name some letters of alphabet and write one's name.
- a familiarity with books, with listening to and telling stories, and an ability to use language to communicate.
- an increasing amount of knowledge about the world in areas that interest them. Children this age have developed many theories about how the world works