What are some things that a 5 year old soon to be 6 should be able to do?

Question

Academic related and what are some things that I can go over with my child to help her learn more?

Answer 1

A Kindergarten aged child should be able to (or be learning to) do the following:

know the alphabet in order
recognize letters and their sounds
recognize numbers
count to 10-20
match objects one to one
recognize patterns and follow them (red block, yellow block, red block, yellow block, etc.)
hold properly and cut with scissors
hold properly and write with pencil
be able to/learning to write letters and numbers
recognize his/her name in print
know her full name
know her address and phone number and parent's full names
learning to write his/her name
know her colors
know 8 basic shapes
know that print in a book goes from front to back, top to bottom, left to right
know months of the year
know days of the week
beginning to do "creative spelling" or "representative writing" where they make up their own spelling for words ("kat" for "cat") or ("M" for "mommy")
understand that many letter sounds go together to make a word - break a word down by sounds
count and clap syllables in a word
understand rhyming words and give you a rhyme if you give them a word

And you should be reading to her about 15 mins per day. (At least.) Let her go to the library and pick out books she is interested in.

Answer 2

Every child is different. My daughter was pretty much reading when she started kindergarten, but my son has been having some difficulty. My son is in the first grade and is learning how to read, so I got him computer programs that will help him with the sounds of the letters and putting them together. He also has speech problems, so that puts him a little behind. My daughter, on the other hand, just breezes through everything. Talk to her teacher and see what they are doing in school, unless you home school. There are also websites that are age a pporpriate and you should be able to print sheets off for her. Read to your child and run your finger under the words as you read. This will help her follow along better. Also, kids at this age will see the first word of the letter and assume that the word is one they already know, so if she is starting to read, help her sound the words out and understand that she needs to look at all the letters in the word, not just the first. Above all, be patient.

Answer 3

Each child develops emotionally as well as academically at different paces Some can read, some can write, some are great when it comes to numbers, some feel no fear to speak up in class while other's hide in the back. How much and how well your daughter learns is totally up to her and her development, not someone else's

Answer 4

I can't stress it enough.....read to her, with her, let her point help her sound out words. Do it often, make different sounds for the character voices. I also used sight-word flashcards with my daughter. She is 7 and reads almost as good as I do and has memorised all the presidents in order. It's amazing, whatever you teach them, they will learn, but they wont learn if your not teaching them anything. Too often parents rely souly on the school to teach thier kids, and it's not getting done. Kids have so much potential. I don't think my daughter is some whiz kid, she's just like every other kid, the difference is, I took the initiative and taught her. If she showed interest, we kept with it, if she was tired of it like looking away, not paying attention or slouching I knew that it wasn't a good time to go over that subject with her yet. Make it fun. If you make it a chore, they wont want to do it, and that habbit will stay with them. Be involved. Bottom line. Walgreens has some great activity books for kids. They have math, writing, reading, social studies and all of them go by age group or grade. She loves those and usually sits in her room and goes right through them.

Answer 5

Recognize letters of the alphabet

Recognize numbers

Count to a hundred (Its really only 1-20 and then 30, 40, 50 etc.)

Recognize some simple words that are seen in everyday life, like the brand of your appliances or exit signs or the "push" signs on doors, the word "Stop" on Stop signs, etc.

Write his full name

It may help him if he has some idea of simple adding and substracting.

Follow instructions that involve a few steps (go over to the shelf, get the book, and give it to Freddy).

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You can sit down with your child and go over which letter he knows, show him how to make each letter in his name, etc.

There are activity books that are aimed at this type of thing. They sell them at places like CVS and Brooks, so they're not hard to find. Dollar stores sometimes even have them.

Read the kind of books to him that he will be learning to read with. You can still ready stories, but reading the books with simple words and sentences will make it easier for him to recognize those words. After you've read a simple story go back and see what words he may know, look at what's going on in the pictures, and find things to say about each page in the book. Find a way to point out the words and mention that a word starts with such-and-such a letter. Talk about how the first letters of the words sound.

There are video's out aimed at helping children who are just starting school. Many of them aren't bad, Neither are games or activities that use words or numbers.

Play word games with him. Do something like say, "See how many rhyming words we can think up for 'cat'." He'll think up a few. You think up a few. Write them on a sheet of paper and count them with him. See who wins. (Of course, in this game he has be the one to win. Letting him win will pay off later.)

You can find books that are aimed at young children that have simple history stories in them, simple science-related stuff, etc. You could also talk to him about how the power gets to the lights in the house, how the water comes in, why the roses in the yard didn't get enough light, etc. Anything you talk about is yet one more thing that will get him exposed to a variety of subjects, so that he'll have a little head-start when he begins school.

Answer 6

They should be able to read easy words like, "see jane run". They should know their colors, letters, and numbers. The more they know obviously the better. There are some pretty cool flash cards these days. Look for them at Toys R Us and places like that.
If your child likes the computer, there are even some pretty cool software programs for kids that help with learning.

Answer 7

the more you work with her, the better off you'll be in the long run, not to mention her. reading, i read to my kiddies with them in my lap and the book in theres(curious george,drsuess etc.). hey for a dad who worked 10 to 12 hrs a day, it was really enjoyable, and all the connection i had to them.
math. i taught my kids addition and subtraction as well as counting and number recognition (ex wife helped with this and the reading) using m&m's.
my oldest daughter(almost 15),after being asked if you have these 7 m&m's, and i take 3 away(then i ate them),what do you have? Her answer" i have a mean daddy", and she cried.
anyway, with 3 kids and not forseeing the future, im now thankful for giving them the headstart. now does anybody know how to teach work ethic?

Answer 8

cook with her, help her with her homework, watch an educational tv show with her ( like art shows ). Or go on the internet and look up some sites that she might like ( that way she will learn how to use the pc and maybe learn something )

Answer 9

Try contacting a local Parents as teachers representative. They can evaluate your childs current performance level and also provide suggesions on activities to strengthen weaknesses and maitian current skilld and learn new ones.

Answer 10

She should know her colors, shapes, and the alphabet. She should be able to write her name and recognize it in writting as well. Basic single digit math (usually with one number being a 1 or 2), as well. She should be starting to learn how to read. She should be able to tie her shoes or at least attempt it. She should be able to pull clothing on, even if it doesn't match. She should be able to brush her teeth on her own with supervision. She should be able to cut lines with scissors, as well as shapes.

Hope that helps!