Kindergarten

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

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)
Resource:  http://www.asha.org/public/speech/development/kindergarten.htm