Challengers: Ages Four & Five

Our goals for the Challengers age group is to develop a love of learning. They are excited and ready to start Kindergarten, and will continue to grow in all ways. We hope to provide a strong foundation on which to build.

Age-group Milestones:

• Can communicate needs & desires in a proper manner.
• Is able to share and take turns
• Is able to play individually or in a group
• Knows their name and age
• Is able to write their name correctly
• Recognizes most letters of the alphabet and their sounds
• Can manipulate objects such as scissors, glue, etc.
• Can listen to a 5 to 10 minute story
• Review this Kindergarten Readiness Form for more guidelines.

What you can do at home:

• Read, read, read! This is most important.
• Allow them to do free art
• Limit TV and video games (one hour per day or less, suggested)
• Play games together
• Practice writing names together

More great stuff!

• Classroom calendar
• Age appropriate activities for class and home

Visit these great sites!

PBS Kids - website
Parenthood.com - website
Kidsource Online - website