NOTE: This is a compilation of skills and facts to be learned during the preschool years. A child should be able to complete and understand at the end of the preschool years.

Language Arts

Art

• Can identify their primary and secondary colors
• Can identify the difference between a light or dark color (light blue versus dark blue)
• Working on cutting and pasting

Music

• Listen to music that helps them remember concepts (alphabet song, days of the week song, etc..)
• Sing rhyming songs

Reading

• Read, read, read to your child everyday! Check out the list of picture books we love.
• Read lots of rhymes and rhythms
• Introduce them to classic stories, even said in your own words

Writing & Grammar

• Can write their name
• Knows the alphabet song
• Grips a pencil correctly

Mathematics

Numbers

• Count from 1 to 20
• Identify the numbers 1 through 10
• Identify how many objects in a group through 10
• Draw a line from a picture of a number of objects to the number it represents through 10

Objects

• Sort objects by theme (color, animals, food, etc..)

Shapes & Patterns

• Identify the basic shapes
• Draw simple patterns (zig zag, waves, etc..)

Development

• Read more about the development of pre-school aged children

Additional Resources & Sources:

Check out government standards for your state

TGTB has LA placement and a math placement test. While it does go along with their curriculum, it also can help you identify where your child needs more work. You can also learn more about TGTB.

Sources: Scholastic, Math Genie, Great Schools