Inventory of basic skills to help prepare your child for school.  Place a check mark on the things your child is capable of doing.  Work on the things not yet accomplished.

IDENTIFIES BODY PARTS:

  1.  mouth           11.  legs               21.  chin
  2.  eyes             12.  arms              22.  fingernails
  3.  nose             13.  fingers           23.  heels
  4.  feet              14.  thumbs          24.  elbows
  5.  hair              15.  toes               25.  shoulders
  6.  tongue         16.  neck              26.  ankles
  7.  teeth            17.  stomach         27.  jaw
  8.  hands           18.  chest             28.  hips
  9.  ears             19.  back              29.  wrists
10.  head            20.  knees             30.  waist
 

PERSONAL DATA RESPONSE:

  1.  first name                                       7.  street address
  2.  full name                                        8.  birthday
  3.  age                                                9.  telephone number
  4.  sex                                              10.  parents' names
  5.  names of siblings                          11.  complete address
  6.  name of town or city
 

RECOGNIZES COLORS:

  1.  red                 7.  brown
  2.  blue                8.  black
  3.  green              9.  pink
  4.  yellow           10.  gray
  5.  orange           11.  white
  6.  purple
 

DRAWS A PERSON:

  1.  head             7.  trunk
  2.  legs              8.  hands
  3.  eyes             9.  ears
  4.  nose           10.  neck
  5.  mouth         11.  feet
  6.  arms
 

VISUAL - MOTOR SKILLS: copies given forms:

  1.  circle           4.  triangle
  2.  cross           5.  diamond
  3.  square         6.  small triangle inside a larger one

ALPHABET:

  1.  recites alphabet
  2.  reads lowercase letters
  3.  reads uppercase letters
  4.  prints lowercase letters in sequence
  5.  prints uppercase letters in sequence
  6.  prints lowercase letters dictated
  7.  prints uppercase letters dictated

RESPONSE TO AND EXPERIENCE WITH BOOKS:

  1.  describes actions shown in pictures
  2.  takes part in reading by inserting words and phrases
  3.  gains information from books about real things
  4.  attempts to "read" familiar books from memory
  5.  likes to follow along in book as it is being read
  6.  indicates an interest in different types of books
  7.  attempts to read by looking at the pictures
  8.  reads some words by sight
  9.  attempts to read words by using word attack skills
 

CALENDAR:

  1.  says days of the week         2.  recognizes words for days of the week
  3.  keep track of the date         4.  says months of the year
  5.  writes the date
 

UNDERSTANDS BASIC GEOMETRIC FORMS:  can draw dictated shapes

  1.  circle         2.  square         3.  triangle         4.  rectangle