Preschool children need to learn before beginning kindergarten:
- how to count to 20
- recognize the numbers 0-10
- one-to-one correspondence (ex: understands that each person at a table needs a spoon to eat their ice cream)
- how to say the alphabet
- recognize upper and lower case letters
- shapes: circle, square, diamond, rectangle, and triangle
- colors: black, white, brown, red, pink, purple, green, yellow, blue, orange
- sizes: small, medium, large
- directions: up, down, over, under, around, beside, behind, ahead, etc.
- recognize and write their name
- can jump, run, walk, throw, and catch.
- can draw a face
- beginning to write letters/numbers/shapes
- beginning to color inside the lines