This questionnaire is based on the criteria that schools in Farmington Hills, Michigan, use to evaluate children for kindergarten readiness. Exercise parent involvement in education by answering the following questions. Remember, this is only one of many methods used to evaluate a child’s readiness for school. Child social development and emotional development, as well as various parents' issues, are also taken into consideration.

Can your child:

  1. Listen to a short story when and answer simple questions about it?
  2. Draw and color beyond a simple scribble?
  3. Tie a knot?
  4. Zip or button up a coat?
  5. Walk backward for a distance of 5 to 6 feet?
  6. Stand on one foot for 5 to 10 seconds?
  7. Alternate feet walking down stairs?
  8. Walk a straight line?
  9. Fasten buttons he can see?
  10. Tell his left hand from his right?
  11. Take care of her toilet needs herself?
  12. Be away from your for two to three hours without being upset?
  13. Cross a residential street safely?
  14. Repeat a series of four numbers without practice, such as “Say after me: 6-1-7-4”?
  15. Repeat 8- to 10-word sentences if you say them once: “The boy ran all the way home from the store”?
  16. Remember instructions and carry out two or three simple tasks in the home after being told once? (“Pick up the book, bring me the pencil and close the door.”)
  17. Tell you the meaning of simple words such as bicycle, apple, shoe, hammer, water, shirt and horse?
  18. Count four objects?
  19. Supply the last word to all of the following statements? Mother is a woman. Father is a         . A fire is hot. An ice cube is         . A plane goes fast. A turtle goes         .
  20. Put together a simple puzzle of three to six pieces?
  21. Tell what parts are missing if you draw a stick picture of a person and leave out a leg and an arm?
  22. Say how many feet he has?
  23. Say how many ears a dog has?
  24. Say which goes faster, a motorcycle or a bike?
  25. Say what things are made of, such as cars, chairs and shoes?
  26. Say what a key is used for?
  27. Say what her eyes are used for?
  28. Say what her ears are used for?
  29. Say the names of three or four colors that you point out?
  30. Tell in what way a sweater, shoe and hat are the same?
  31.  easily understood by non-family members?

Mayfair Co-op Preschool is located in Farmington Hills, Michigan.