Your Child's Communication: Kindergarten

By the end of kindergarten your child should be able to do the following:

Listening

§  Follow 1-2 simple directions in a sequence

§  Listen to and understand age-appropriate stories read aloud

§  Follow a simple conversation

Speaking

§  Be understood by most people

§  Answer simple "yes/no" questions

§  Answer open-ended questions (e.g., "What did you have for lunch today?")

§  Retell a story or talk about an event

§  Participate appropriately in conversations

§  Show interest in and start conversations

Reading

§  Know how a book works (e.g., read from left to right and top to bottom in English)

§  Understand that spoken words are made up of sounds

§  Identify words that rhyme (e.g., cat and hat)

§  Compare and match words based on their sounds

§  Understand that letters represent speech sounds and match sounds to letters

§  Identify upper- and lowercase letters

§  Recognize some words by sight

§  "Read" a few picture books from memory

§  Imitate reading by talking about pictures in a book

Writing

§  Print own first and last name

§  Draw a picture that tells a story and label and write about the picture

§  Write upper- and lowercase letters (may not be clearly written)