Preschool Skills Checklist

• Child's Full Name

• Conducted on (Date and Time)

  Date

• Teacher's Full Name

Social skills

• Initiates and maintains independent play (for example, plays alone in the sandbox, or role-plays independently)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Enjoys doing things on their own sometimes, such as reading, crafts or getting dressed

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Enjoys participating in group activities

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Can express emotions, needs and requests

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Responds well to consistent routines, such as quiet time or naptime following lunch

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Anticipates what comes next during the day (for example, knows that naptime follows lunch)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Motor skills

• Increases proficiency in gross motor skills, strength and balance, such as jumping in place, standing on one foot, running and kicking

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Develops gross motor coordination, such as to navigate around obstacles

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Rides tricycles

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Runs to kick a stationary ball

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Improves hand-eye coordination when playing with building blocks and simple puzzles

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Begins to improve pencil control by using fingers rather than the whole fist to grasp pencil and stylus

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Begins to show left/right-handedness

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Reasoning & concept development

• Matches like objects, mainly identical objects, or matches objects by shape and color

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Develops object permanence and understands that objects continue to exist even when out of sight

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Shows interests in tinkering with objects by taking things apart and putting them back together

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Explores with elements of nature, such as sand and water

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Remembers short sequences of events of 2 to 3 steps

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Language skills

• Uses language to communicate with others for a variety of purposes (for example, describing something, making requests, greeting someone, etc.)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Speaks clearly to be understood by others

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Uses accepted language and communication styles (for example, using polite manners, using appropriate volume and tone)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Tells simple stories

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Uses accepted nouns, verbs and adjectives in familiar contexts

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Understands words for common categories (for example, toys, food, clothes)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Uses sentences with two phrases or concepts

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Reading

• Holds a book properly and turns pages

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Understands that words convey the message in a story

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Recognizes the first letter of their own name

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Knows some letter names

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Knows the main characters in familiar stories

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Enjoys reading books with others

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Writing

• Holds a writing tool with a fist or finger grasp

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Draws with a variety of tools (crayons, pens, pencils)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Scribble-writes in a linear fashion

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Makes marks and refer to them as “my name”

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Math

• Identifies some shapes such as circle, square and triangle

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Understands and explores empty containers and full containers

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Recognizes and matches small quantities to the number words 1, 2 and 3

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Shows interest in numbers and recites some number words

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Can count along with help, although might make mistakes

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Distinguishes between "some" and "all," and parts of a whole

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Uses some size words, such as "many"

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Uses words such as "same as" to make comparisons

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Shows interests in patterns and sequences

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Classifies or sorts objects into simple groups (such as by colors and size)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Understands the order of the day, and begins to use some time words such as "morning" and "night"

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Science

• Asks questions about objects, events and animals observed in their environment

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Considers and offers explanations of how things might work

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Shows interest in different animals and the sounds they make

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Uses descriptive terms such as "fast" and "slow," "hot" and "cold"

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Creative arts & music

• Begins to use a variety of art tools such as crayon, construction paper and colored pencils

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Knows a few color words

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Drawings have basic resemblance to objects and people

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Articulates what he/she is drawing

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Likes to imitate sounds and rhythm; might have a favorite song

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Uses realistic toys in pretend play or to imitate household routines

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Engages in dramatic play with others to act out simple play scripts, such as playing house

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Social studies

• Recognizes common features of the home and neighborhood, such as trees, houses and streets

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Shows interests in familiar people such as siblings, family members and friends

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Shows interests in common jobs and professions such as firefighter, doctor and nurse

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Completion

• Observation(s) / Recommendation(s)

• Teacher's Full Name and Signature

  Sign