what should my 5 year old know academically??

What should my 5 year old know academically?
I want to make sure my 5 year old is not behind on her learning!
So what should she already know and what should she be learning?

Has she gone to K yet?

Mine spells his name, knows his alphabet, and can count to 20. I know there are kids out there that know more, but whatever. I know he's smart.

Quoting Philly.:" Has she gone to K yet?"

  
It really depends on whether she's pre or post K.

Quoting Philly.:" Has she gone to K yet?"

No but she came out of pre-k

According to Scholastic - http://www.scholastic.com/resources/article/what-your-child-should-know-by-age-5/


Reading Development:

• Enjoys being read to and pretends to read aloud from a book
• Can produce rhymes
• Knows most letters and can match some letters to the sounds they make
• Can match some written and spoken words
• Can write some letters and numbers
• Likes to retell simple stories and asks questions about books

Language Development:

• Uses more description in conversations
• Sentences are sometimes six words or longer, with combined phrases
• Knows the name for most common objects
• Can count to 10 and knows basic colors
• May tell riddles and jokes (and will definitely find them funny!)
• Understands opposites, such as big and little or up and down (and yes and no, of course!)

Physical Development:

• Can swing by himself
• Can bounce and catch a ball
• Can build a tower with blocks (and can knock them down again!)
• Can hop on one foot and may skip
• Can draw simple a simple stick figure or face

Emotional Development:

• Can take turns and share (but doesn’t always want to!)
• Prefers to play in smaller groups and may try to exclude others
• Wants to feel grown up and can feel proud or embarrassed easily
• Has a beginning sense of right and wrong
• Can organize pretend play and invent games with other children

Quoting ♀NoBoysAllowed:"    It really depends on whether she's pre or post K."

yep. Also...how much is she 5? lol that sounds weird.

but just 5 or about to be 6?

Quoting Gheordynn [CNL]:" Mine spells his name, knows his alphabet, and can count to 20. I know there are kids out there that know more, but whatever. I know he's smart."

I tell her that everyday but she is so scared to say what she already know. and I dont want the school to put her in the slow class when she's not (NOT SAYING IT IN A BAD WAY)

OK..so about to Start K in August then?

I would say....

ABCs
Count to 100
Spell full name
Know address and phone number
Beginning to read/learning sounds of letters
Know all main shapes and colors
Months, Days, Seasons

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Quoting speaktruth2powr:" According to Scholastic - http://www.scholastic.com/resources/article/what-your-child-should-know-by-age-5/ ... [snip!] ... or embarrassed easilyHas a beginning sense of right and wrongCan organize pretend play and invent games with other children "

My 3 year old can do almost all of that, lol

Quoting Philly.:" yep. Also...how much is she 5? lol that sounds weird. but just 5 or about to be 6?"

ABOUT TO BE 6

Quoting speaktruth2powr:" According to Scholastic - http://www.scholastic.com/resources/article/what-your-child-should-know-by-age-5/ ... [snip!] ... or embarrassed easilyHas a beginning sense of right and wrongCan organize pretend play and invent games with other children "

THANKS

Quoting Janina Peoples:" ABOUT TO BE 6"

Why are you yelling?

I found this on pinterest.

http://www.icanteachmychild.com/2012/03/71-things-your-child-needs-to-know-before-kindergarten/

Quoting Janina Peoples:" What should my 5 year old know academically? I want to make sure my 5 year old is not behind on her learning! So what should she already know and what should she be learning?"

If she hasn't gone to Kindergarten yet, then I don't think there is much she HAS to know by that time. My nephew just finished Kindergarten and I had many parent-teacher conferences with his teacher. She just recommended preschool so that she is at least familiar with a learning environment. My nephew was kind of behind and never went to preschool. I planned all along to put her in preschool though, she starts in August. I think starting to work on colors with her is a good start. maybe just showing her the letters of her name. As long as you work WITH her at home, while she is learning at school, she'll do fine. BIL NEVER did anything school related with my nephews, so they were kind of behind. Nephews teacher sent newsletters home about the things they worked on during the week and what they would start working on the following week, so that parents could reinforce what they've learned at school, at home.