Basic Goals for Preschool
Every child is unique and develops at their own pace! Here is a basic list of goals to work towards during a child’s preschool year. Preschool aged children can start learning to…
- Obey parents and others in authority
- Communicate in sentences, ask and answer questions, say full name
- Talk about position and direction (left, right, under, over, in, out, etc.)
- Explore, observe and talk about the world around us
- Help with simple chores
- Work with others
- Work independently and ask for help when needed
- Learn how to play with friends of all ages
- Practice modesty, manners and kindness
- Listen, share, and take turns
- Self care without help (eating, toilet, dressing, hand washing, etc.)
- Safety (what not to touch, stay away from the street, stranger danger, etc.)
- Enjoy music and sing simple songs
- Develop a sense of humor
- Enjoy books
- Play with sounds, numbers, letters, colors, textures, clocks, and timers
- Count objects
- Explore rhymes, same and different, big and small, light and heavy
- Tell stories, beginning, ending, what comes next, cause and effect
- Remembering numbers, names, letters and sounds, I Spy, hidden pictures
- Begin to read and trace words with three letters, names of family members
- Fine motor skills (beading, building, stirring, squishing, cutting, pouring)
- Draw a person with six parts, using basic shapes (i.e., cross, circle, lines)
- Understand real and pretend, alive and not alive
- Gross motor skills (jumping, swinging, catching, throwing, tricycle riding, games)
Find more extensive lists here:
71 Things Your Child Needs to Know Before Kindergarten
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Leap Frog: Is Your Child Ready for Kindergarten?