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Elizabeth Pantley Child Behavior Expert Better Beginnings, Inc. |
Question:
Educationally, what should a 5-year-old be able to do?
Answer:
First of all, we need to keep in mind that for the most part, children only learn what they are taught. If no one has been working with your 5-year-old on the task of writing his name, then there is nothing unusual about him not being able to do it! As a general rule of thumb, these are the academic skills a 5-year-old should have to prepare him for kindergarten:
- Recite full name, address and age
- Follow simple directions
- Name basic colors
- Use five- to eight-word sentences
- Recite several nursery rhymes
- Draw a stick person with head, body, arms and legs
- Cut with scissors
- Listen to a story or book
- Draw with crayon or marker
- Know ABCs
- Count to 10
- Sort similar objects by size, shape or color
- Know basic body parts
- Understand opposites like in/out, up/down
- Know basic shapes
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Can put together a simple puzzle
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