Purpose: The Irvine Unified School District Kindergarten program provides experiences and instruction for each child according to his/her developmental needs, abilities, and strengths. By the end of the school year, our expectation is that most Kindergarten children will be able to:

Social/Emotional Development 

• attend to task
• demonstrate self control
• follow directions in small and large groups
• make appropriate choices
• participate appropriately in classroom activities
• work independently
• accept responsibility
• work and play cooperatively with others

Physical Development 

Gross Motor Skills

• balance on each foot and on beam
• skip, hop, jump
• throw, catch, bounce a ball
• demonstrate age; appropriate flexibility, endurance, and strength

Fine Motor Skills

• handle objects with skill
• color within a defined area
• trace and copy
• use scissors correctly and accurately
• use correct pencil grip
• write name with lower case letters on a line

Language Development 

Listening

• attend to the speaker
• repeat a sentence of 10-12 syllables
• remember and follow a three-step direction
• recall the sequence of events in a story
• match beginning sounds

Speaking

• express needs, ideas, and experiences
• use complete sentences to express thoughts
• use age-appropriate vocabulary
• tell a story in sequence

Communicating

• use appropriate eye contact
• use appropriate volume
• initiate/participate in conversation
• take turns speaking

Concept Development 

• identify body parts
• identify colors
• identify basic shapes
• discriminate symbols
• identify and expand a pattern
• identify spatial relationships
• identify numerals 0-10
• match shapes, letters, and numerals
• recall details from memory
• recall three items in sequence
• reproduce a design from memory
• compare and contrast objects
• classify and categorize objects
• count objects 1-12
• associate sets of objects with numerals 1-10
• demonstrate age-appropriate knowledge of time
• recognize sound-symbol relationship