Assumption Early Learning Center
Pre-Kindergarten Benchmarks
Social Development
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Accept and respond to teachers’ authority
Play and share with other children
Participate in activities without guided direction
Use materials properly
Follow routines independently
Seek only their share of teacher’s attention
Learn not to disturb others while they work
Representational Development
Listening
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Able to listen quietly to stories & respond to questions
Be able to follow directions given by teacher
Be able to listen and follow two-step direction
Speaking Skills
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Able to speak clearly
Able to communicate in sentences
Able to repeat sentences with four, six and eight syllables
Be able to wait their turn when speaking in a group
Be able to use language to communicate ideas and needs
Physical Development
Motor
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Be able to balance on each foot for 5 seconds, balance on 1 foot
momentarily with eyes closed, hop 2 hops on one foot, throw and
bounce ball forward, catch a ball, walk heel to toe for 4 steps, run,
skip and take part in games
Health & Safety
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Be able to use the restroom by themselves
Be able to wash their hands by themselves
Learn to dress themselves
Make good use of free-play time
Help clean up after activities
Cognitive Development
Religion
 Can do the sign of the cross before a prayer
 Learn about God, Jesus and ourselves
 Understand that the Bible is our Holy book
 Celebrate the birth of Jesus & new life on Easter
 Celebrate their parish family and take part in a Mass
Reading & Identification
 Be able to recognize/identify colors
 Be able to recognize/identify shapes
 Be able to recognize numbers 1-12
 Be able to recognize letters (uppercase or lowercase)
 Be able to say the alphabet for memory
 Be able to produce letters by sound
 Be able to identify specific objects & their use
 Know some opposite & position orientation words
Number Concepts & Math Readiness
 Able to give 1 to 10 of an object
 Able to rote count to: 30
 Able to recognize numbers 1-12
 Match quantity with numerals
 Be able to identify size differences
 Be able to categorize/group objects
Personal Data
 Be able to orally give their first, middle and last name
 Be able to orally give their age
 Be able to give their birth date (month & day)
 Be able to give their address
 Be able to give their telephone number
Identification of Body Parts
 Be able to identify by pointing or touching: ears, head, legs, arms, fingers,
thumbs, toes, neck, stomach, chest, back, fingernails, knees, chin, heels, ankles,
jaw, shoulder, hips, wrist, elbows and waist
Music
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Participate in group singing
Able to repeat rhythmic patterns
Fine Motor
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Be able to use crayons/pencil (holding correctly)
Be able to use scissors (on own)
Be able to paint, paste, glue, play with play dough and clay
Be able to assemble simple age-appropriate puzzles (on own)
Be able to thread beads
Be able to copy a x, square, rectangle, triangle and diamond
Be able to draw a person with body parts
Be able to build a tower with 6, 7,8, 9 and 10 blocks
Be able to manipulate small pieces: zippers, buttons and snaps
Able to recognize first name in print
Able to write name in print (upper/lower) (first and last)