Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Kindergarten Student Development
- Social
- Beginning to understand
appropriate Social Interactions
- Can negotiate with peers
without adult help
- Social Groups are
becoming important
- Will exclude others
- Still prefers 1 or 2
'best friends'
- Best friends will
change frequently
- Will brag to younger
kids about abilities
- Developing a sense of
Interpersonal relationships
- Will question how people
are related to each other
- Some kids may
need alone time
- Aware of gender differences
- Girls prefer pair play while
boys prefer groups
- Girls tend to prefer groups of their own gender while
boys will willingly join an all girl group
- Boys tend to play
rougher than girls
- Emotional
- Like to feel grown up
- Still want hugs and cuddles
- Can't always control Emotions
- May sometimes react
violently by hitting or biting
- Will openly express
emotions and feelings
- Can recognize and
name others' emotions
- Critical of themselves
and others
- Can recognize when they or
others make mistakes
- Will feel embarrassed by real
and perceived mistakes
- Physical
- Enjoy Singing and dancing
- Hygiene
- Can brush their own teeth
- Can use the
bathroom on their own
- Can wash their
hands themselves
- May need to be reminded
- Can feed themselves
- Coordination and
Motor Skills
- Are able to hop,
run, and jump
- Need active play time to
further develop these skills
- Lots of physical energy
- Still need a nap or rest
time during the day
- Able to play kid versions
of team sports
- Fine motor skills are
becoming more developed
- Starting to be able to
dress themselves
- Small buttons and
snaps are still difficult
- Can draw recognizable,
simple pictures
- Learning to tie their shoes
- Will untie their
shoes over and over
- Cognitive
- Understands right and
wrong and basic rules
- Wants to please adults
by following rules
- Won't always do what is right
- Mastered saying
the alphabet
- Familiar with letter sounds
- Reading and Writing
- Skill varies from
child to child
- Most will recognize and be able
to write most letters in their name
- Writing is unorganized,
letter size varies
- Can remember and retell
a story in broad terms
- Knows a story has a
beginning, middle, and end
- Can recognize colors
and name them
- Can recognize and
name basic shapes
- Numbers begin to have meaning
- Can count to at least 10
- Knows numbers are
used to tell how many
- Recognize time
concepts
- Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
- Imagination grows
- Can categorize
words and objects
- Starting to develop
a sense of humor