Registering for Kindergarten in Fairfax County Schools
Registering for Kindergarten is an anxious and exciting time for parents and their little princes and princesses. If you have a little prince or princess who will be five on or before September 30, 2011, then it is time to register for the 2011 - 2012 Kindergarten school year in Fairfax County. For information on the learning behaviors your child will experience during his or her first year of Kindergarten, please review the information below. This information can also be used to gauge your child's level of success in adapting these behaviors. For a copy of the Fairfax County School Calendar 2011-2012, simply follow the preceding link.
Oral Language, Reading, Writing
• Says his or her first name.
• Follows simple instructions.
• Begins to share thoughts and opinions.
• Answers simple questions.
• Listens to stories read each day.
• Recites some nursery rhymes.
• Retells a familiar event or story.
• Participates in word play (cat, fat, mat).
• Identifies some colors.
• Discusses a favorite story.
• Talks about pictures.
• Pretends to read a book.
• Identifies some letters in the alphabet.
• Writes his or her first name.
• Attempts writing by using scribbling or marks that resemble print.
Mathematics
• Shows awareness of shapes in the environment.
• Begins to match objects (socks, shoes, mittens, gloves).
• Begins to notice similarities and differences.
• Shows awareness of sorting and classifying objects.
• Uses math language (bigger and smaller).
• Attempts to play counting games.
• Attempts to count to ten.
• Touches or points at objects when counting.
• Begins to compare objects by size.
Social and Emotional
• Sometimes makes choices.
• Begins to takes turns.
• Uses self-help skills (dressing, toileting, eating).
• Begins to share with others.
• Frequently uses self-control.
• Helps with chores at home.
• Begins to demonstrate independence.
• Frequently completes tasks with adult assistance.
• Begins to show self-confidence.
• Sometimes tries new things.
• Expresses thoughts and feelings.
Physical
• Runs, marches, gallops, or jumps.
• Throws and catches a ball.
• Alternates feet when walking up steps.
• Attempts to button and zip.
• Assembles easy puzzles.
• Uses crayons.
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