WASHTENAW COUNTY HEAD START CHILD DEVELOPMENT CHECKLIST

Socio-Emotional Development

Sense of Self
1. Shows ability to separate from family and adjust to new situations
2. Demonstrates trust in adults
3. Recognizes/expresses own feelings and responds appropriately
4. Stands up for rights

Responsibilities for Self and Others
5. Shows ability to separate from family and adjust to new situations
6. Takes responsibility for own well-being
7. Respects and cares for environment and materials
8. Follows class routines
9. Follows class rules

Pro-Social Behavior
10. Plays well with others
11. Is able to make friends
12. Recognizes the feelings of others and responds appropriately
13. Shares and respects the rights of others
14. Uses thinking skills to resolve conflicts

Physical Development

Gross Motor Skills
15. Demonstrates basic locomotor skills (run, jump, hop, gallop)
16. Shows balance while moving
17. Climbs up and down play equipment
18. Rides a tricycle
19. Demonstrates throwing, kicking, and catching skills

Fine Motor Skills
20. Strengthens and controls small muscles in hands
21. Coordinates eye-hand movement
22. Uses tools for writing and drawing
23. Cuts with scissors

Health Practices
24. Progress in growth, strength, stamina and flexibility
25. Uses sense of sight, sound, touch, and smell to discriminate
26. Participates actively in games and outdoor play involving fitness
27. Follows basic health and safety rules

Cognitive Development

Learning/Problem-Solving Skills/Approach to Learning
28. Observes objects and events with curiosity
29. Approaches problems flexibility, using multiple strategies
30. Shows persistence in approaching tasks
31. Applies knowledge or experience to new context

Logical Thinking Skills/Mathematics
32. Classifies objects
33. Compares/measures together conceptually
34. Arranges objects in a series
35. Recognizes patterns and can repeat them
36. Show awareness of position in space
37. Uses one-to-one correspondence
38. Uses numbers and counting

Representation and Symbolic Thinking
39. Takes on pretend role
40. Makes believe with objects
41. Makes and interprets representations

Language and Literacy Development

Language Development
42. Hears and dissimulates the sounds of language
43. Expresses self using words and expanded sentences
44. Understands and follows oral directions
45. Answers questions
46. Asks questions
47. Participates as an equal partner in conversation
48. ESL students progress in listening and understand English

Literacy Development
49. Enjoys and values reading
50. Demonstrates understanding of print concepts
51. Demonstrates knowledge of the alphabet (recognizes 10 letters beginning with letters in their name
52. Uses emerging reading skills to make meaning from print
53. Comprehends and interprets meaning from books
54. Understands the purpose of writing
55. Writes letters and words