Kindergarten

Early Literacy Skills

• Identify their name

• Identify upper and lower case letters

• Write their name

• Identify the sounds letters make

• Be comfortable listening to a story be read to them

• Retell the beginning, middle, and end of a story

• Have a dialogue about a story after it is read to them

• Recognize a rhyme (words that sound the same at the end)

Develop Fine Motor Skills

• Know which hand is dominant

• Grasp and write with a pencil

• Grasp and color with a crayon

• Safely hold and cut with scissors

• Handle a book

• Ability to use a glue stick

• Develop their ability to pick up small items

Early Numeracy Skills

• Count from 0-10

• Recognize numbers from 0-10

• Count 10 objects

• Know basic shapes

• Recognize and make a pattern

• Be familiar with dice

• Sorting items

Social Emotional Skills

• Take turns, share, and compromise

• Identify their feelings

• Be able to answer to their name

• Be comfortable with losing (during a game)

• Follow a two step direction

• Use words if they are upset

• Have a respectful conversation

“Other” Skills

• Know how to use a public restroom on their own (including being able to flush and for boys to use a urinal)

• Wash their hands

• Blow their nose

• Zip a zipper

• Put on a coat

• Recognize and name basic colors

• Fasten the clothes that they wear to school (and be able to unfasten them for when they need to use the restroom)

Mathematics

• Count pictures - up to 5

• Same and different

• Count the number of spoons you have in your kitchen drawer.

ELA / Reading

• Choose the lowercase letter that matches: harder letters

• Choose the two words that are the same

• Read your favorite story to a favorite stuffed animal.

Just for Fun!

• Draw out hopscotch on the sidewalk or driveway. Count forward and backward as you jump!

Mathematics

• Count scattered shapes - up to 5

• Top, middle, and bottom

• Baking Fun! Count the ingredients needed to bake a sweet treat and bake and share with friends and families.

ELA / Reading

• Choose the uppercase letter that matches: harder letters

• Choose the sentence that is spaced correctly

• Draw your letters outside with sidewalk chalk.

Just for Fun!

• Build a house with a yard out of Legos or blocks.

Mathematics

• Count using stickers - up to 5

• Classify and sort by shape

• Go on a shape hunt! Find all different shapes in your house.

ELA / Reading

• Find all the uppercase letters

• Choose the words that have a given ending

• Clap out as many rhyming words that you can think of.

Just for Fun!

• Go bird watching! Take photos and keep track of your sightings. Use an app or guidebook to identify feathered friends.

Mathematics

• Show numbers with cubes - up to 5

• Count as many coins as you can find in your house. How many do you have?

ELA / Reading

• Frequently confused letters: find all the letters

• Find 5 things in your house that start with the "b" sound and 5 things that start with a "d" sound.

Just for Fun!

• Start a nature journal with your kids, then take it outside to record all the beautiful sights and sounds that you notice.

Mathematics

• Shape patterns

• Go on a number hunt! How many printed numbers can you find around your house?

ELA / Reading

• Identify the first sound in a word

• Watch your favorite cartoon. Who is the main character? Draw a picture of them.

Just for Fun!

• Try this shadow sidewalk chalk art project.

Mathematics

• Represent numbers with pictures - up to 5

• What comes next?

• Which is more? Do you have more cups in your house or plates?

ELA / Reading

• Put the sounds in order

• Which two words start with the same sound?

• Draw a picture of two items from your house that start with the same sound.

Just for Fun!

• Collect rocks and paint them. Turn them into pet rocks, garden ornaments, or gifts for family members.

Mathematics

• Count pictures - up to 10

• Long and short

• Look at different furniture in your house and compare sizes. Which is longer your kitchen table or your sofa? Which is shorter your bed or a desk? Compare objects outside and see what you can find that is long and what you can find that is short.

ELA / Reading

• Find all the words that start with a given sound

• Find the short a word

• An animal has escaped from the zoo! Make up a story about it. Tell it to a friend or family member or write it down. Add pictures, if you'd like.

Just for Fun!

• Look for shapes in the clouds. Put a blanket in the grass and stare up at the sky. Take turns talking about what you see in the clouds.

Mathematics

• Count on ten frames - up to 10

• Fewer, more, and same

• Pick 3 groups of items in your house that you have more than 1 of (examples: spoons, shoes, cups). Count and compare to find which item has more, which has fewer, and if any are the same.

ELA / Reading

• Which two words end with the same sound?

• Find the short o word

• Word game! How many smaller words can you find in the word watermelon? Write them down!

Just for Fun!

• Create musical instruments from materials found around the house. Need help? Enchanted Learning provides instructions for such Musical Instruments as a rattle, box guitar, maraca, and rain stick.

Mathematics

• Show numbers on ten frames - up to 10

• Put together cubes - sums up to 5

• Build a tower with blocks, legos, or boxes. Count the total number of blocks, legos, or boxes you used to build your tower.

ELA / Reading

• Choose the letter that matches the consonant sound

• Find the short u word

• Make an alphabet book of things around your house or things you see outside.

Just for Fun!

• Talk to an older relative about what it was like when they were a kid.

Mathematics

• Name the shape

• Count pictures - up to 20

• Find objects in your house that are shaped like a square, rectangle, and triangle. How many shapes can you find?

ELA / Reading

• Use color words

• Find the short i word

• Find objects around your house that are all the colors of the rainbow. Take a picture when your rainbow is done!

Just for Fun!

• Cool down by making Ice Cream in a Bag with your family. The simple technique produces delicious ice cream in about 5 minutes.

Mathematics

• • Fewer and more - compare by counting

  • Circles, squares, triangles, and rectangles

  • Find 2 objects that are squares, 3 objects that are rectangles, and 4 objects that are circles. How many total objects did you find?

ELA / Reading

• Identify book parts and features

• Find the short e word

• Plan an end-of-summer celebration. Record a list of the 10 best things you did this summer. Create a menu of your favorite summer treats to be enjoyed on your last day of summer!

Just for Fun!

• Have a water balloon baseball game. Use a plastic bat, a bucket of water balloons, and old towels as bases and you are all set.