{"id":80,"date":"2022-07-27T15:28:55","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T15:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lyndenschools.wp.eresources.ws\/lynden-inclusive-preschool\/?page_id=80"},"modified":"2022-08-11T16:27:13","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T16:27:13","slug":"kindergarten-readiness","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lyndenschools.wp.eresources.ws\/lynden-inclusive-preschool\/our-school\/kindergarten-readiness\/","title":{"rendered":"Kindergarten Readiness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key Kindergarten Readiness Skills at a Glance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Social and Emotional Skills<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Carry on an appropriate reciprocal conversation with peers and adults<\/li><li>Separate easily from parents\/caregivers without getting upset<\/li><li>Able to complete an activity and transition from one activity to the next<\/li><li>Follow a daily class routine<\/li><li>Able to manage emotions, frustration, or unexpected changes in routine.<\/li><li>Follow simple instructions with 2 to 3 step directions<\/li><li>Know personal information (name, age, gender)<\/li><li>Pay attention to a single task for an extended period of time&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Adaptive and Daily Living Skills<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Can use the bathroom and toilet independently<\/li><li>Put on \/off coat, shoes.<\/li><li>Able to care for personal belongings (hang up coat\/backpack, put away work)<\/li><li>Able to follow school safety rules and routines with typical adult supervision.<\/li><li>Can clean up after themselves, wash hands\/face.<\/li><li>Feeds self with proper utensils, drink from a cup\/straw.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Academic Skills<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Identify upper and lowercase letters<\/li><li>Count to 20 and identify numbers<\/li><li>Basic Math skills<\/li><li>Identify colors<\/li><li>Identify shapes<\/li><li>Write his\/her own name<\/li><li>Basic Literacy skills- recite the ABC\u2019s, rhymes words, story retell.<\/li><li>Express ideas and thoughts verbally<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fine\/Gross Motor Skills<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Use proper grip while using pencil, crayons, and scissors<\/li><li>Cut with scissors<\/li><li>Able to unfasten and fasten snaps, zippers, buttons<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Communication Skills<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Communicate clearly and answer questions in complete sentences.<\/li><li>Expresses wants and needs verbally<\/li><li>Is generally understood by adults<\/li><li>Understands and follows two step directions<\/li><li>Can speak in completed (5-6 word) sentences.<\/li><li>Understands and uses positional vocabulary<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Kindergarten Readiness Skills at a Glance Social and Emotional Skills Carry on an appropriate reciprocal conversation with peers and adults Separate easily from parents\/caregivers without getting upset Able to&nbsp;&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/lyndenschools.wp.eresources.ws\/lynden-inclusive-preschool\/our-school\/kindergarten-readiness\/\">Read&nbsp;More&nbsp;&raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31,"parent":2,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-80","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Lynden Inclusive Preschool","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/lyndenschools.wp.eresources.ws\/lynden-inclusive-preschool","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lyndenschools.wp.eresources.ws\/lynden-inclusive-preschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/80","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lyndenschools.wp.eresources.ws\/lynden-inclusive-preschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lyndenschools.wp.eresources.ws\/lynden-inclusive-preschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lyndenschools.wp.eresources.ws\/lynden-inclusive-preschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lyndenschools.wp.eresources.ws\/lynden-inclusive-preschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lyndenschools.wp.eresources.ws\/lynden-inclusive-preschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/80\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96,"href":"https:\/\/lyndenschools.wp.eresources.ws\/lynden-inclusive-preschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/80\/revisions\/96"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lyndenschools.wp.eresources.ws\/lynden-inclusive-preschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lyndenschools.wp.eresources.ws\/lynden-inclusive-preschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lyndenschools.wp.eresources.ws\/lynden-inclusive-preschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}