Goals for 5 Year Olds

I. Physical
  • Exhibits skill with scissors.
  • Can manipulate pencils and crayons.
  • Can skip, gallop and run.
  • Can throw and catch a ball (large and small).
  • Can paste and crease paper; exhibits control of glue bottle.
  • Can ride a tricycle.
  • Is able to push self in swing.
  • Can climb a jungle gym and other equipment.
  • Can walk on a balance beam.
II. Social
  • Works and plays with limited supervision.
  • Develop respect for self, others, and the environment.
  • Can follow multiple directions and tune out distractions.
  • Participates in class routines.
  • Completes tasks.
  • Can play alone constructively.
  • Can play in group constructively.
  • Has a positive feeling about self.
  • Increase social skills; negotiate, develop awareness of other’s feelings, gain compassion
  • Takes care of equipment.
  • Participates in discussion.
III. Cognitive
  • Can recite name, age, phone number and address.
  • Can count to 25.
  • Can count with one to one correspondence.
  • Can recognize numerals 1-20.
  • Can write numerals 1-10.
  • Can combine two small sets to get total.
  • Draws recognizable forms.
  • Can work difficult puzzles to 30 pieces.
  • Can do simple fractions (whole, half).
  • Can recognize and extend patterns.
  • Has adequate attention span.
  • Has geometric and measurement skills.
  • Has sense of value of money.
IV. Language
  • Can communicate in well-formed sentences.
  • Increase ability to organize thoughts through sharing, sequencing, and storytelling.
  • Has proper use of verbs and pronouns.
  • Can recognize alphabet, upper and lower.
  • Can recite alphabet.
  • Can match upper and lower case letters.
  • Can write first name.
  • Follows left to right progression in reading.
  • Can recognize and make sound of every consonant.
  • Sounds out simple words.
  • Can recognize some sight words.
  • Can recall characters and events in story read aloud.
V. Creative Development
  • Participates in dramatization of events such as Thanksgiving Feast, Christmas Program, Dad’s Night, and Circus.
  • Participates in art activities.
  • Participates in music class.
  • Participates in classroom dramatic play, both teacher directed and student initiated.