Readiness for School
GETTING READY FOR SCHOOL
To aid your child’s preparation for life in school and preparation for independence it would be helpful if they could do these things, for themselves ,before they start school.
- Go to the toilet by him/herself
- Use a handkerchief
- Be able to use a knife and fork
- Do up own buttons and zips. Dress and undress themselves
- Change shoes, Wellingtons, plimsolls
- Hang up coat and hat
- Recognise own name on clothing
- Know, and be able to say clearly, name, address and telephone number
- Understand and carry out an instruction
- Sit quietly for a time
- Recognise and name primary colours
- Listen to a story without interruption
- Know numbers 1 - 10
- Write his/her own name
- Be familiar with a book
- Have experience of “turn taking” in games, ie snakes and ladders
- Have some experience of the noise larger groups of children make playing
