Written and developed cooperatively
by parents and representatives from:
CESA-2
Marshall School District
Little Family Day Care
School's Out Before and After Day
Care
Dane County Health Department
Birth-3 Connections Program
Please contact the Marshall Schools
Director of Pupil Services at 655-1310 ext. 505, with
questions about these standards or concerns about your
child's abilities.
Funding for development and
publication provided by the Wisconsin Department of Public
Instruction (DPI) through and IDEA Preschool Discretionary
Grant in association with CESA-2.
Introduction
The following Preschool Performance
Standards for young children were developed by a group of
educators and community members in the Marshall School
District. These Standards reflect the typical growth and
developmental skills of young children but do not include all
the skills that young children acquire between the ages of 3
through 5.
Children develop skills in different
patterns and at different rates, so not all children will
have met these standards before entering kindergarten. Most
children will have the opportunity to acquire the skills as
they progress through their kindergarten year.
Parents have the most important
responsibility to prepare their children for success in
school by giving them opportunities to experience their world
in a safe and encouraging environment. This includes
reinforcing their child's unique strengths and incorporating
those strengths into daily living at home and in other social
settings. As the child's first teacher, it is the parent's
responsibility to provide appropriate health care and
nutrition so their child can learn. Children also need a
loving and accepting homelife which supports healthy
emotional development and gives them an opportunity to
explore and experiment in play activities, and make sense of
all the information that is a part of their daily life.
These Standards should be viewed as
guidelines for parents and preschool educators to provide a
common framework of experiences so young children can be
successful learners in all aspects of life.
Marshall
Standards
MASD STANDARD 1:
SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL
SKILLS
The child will begin to
develop social/emotional skills in order to demonstrate the
social competence necessary for success at home, school &
community.
PERFORMANCE
STANDARD
When participating with
peers and adults in daily routines, play and other learning opportunities, the child will:
begin to demonstrate an
understanding of self as a valuable human being through:
interacting
positively with others
completing tasks
acting responsibly
begin to understand
his/her own feelings and the feelings of others
begin to demonstrate
play skills:
initiate and
sustain independent play activities for short periods
of time
participate in
adult facilitated games/activities
engage in
imaginative play(pretend play)
begin to join in
cooperative play
begin to demonstrate
control of his/her own behavior through:
interacting with
adults/others in a respectful way
use of
words/gestures to express feelings, resolve a dispute
or seek an adult to help
working in small
group with others
begin to problem solve
by sharing and taking turns
begin to use social
language for greeting, requesting, commenting, protesting
MASD STANDARD 2:
DAILY
LIVING/PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY
The child will begin to
develop skills necessary for independence & safety in
daily life.
PERFORMANCE
STANDARD
When given play and
learning opportunities & guidance, the child will:
undress & dress
feed self using spoon
& fork
begin to serve simple
food
begin to take
responsibility for choosing activities, playing
independently & cleaning up
use toilet
wash hands
brush teeth
identify, respond to
& communicate about safe and dangerous situations:
make safe choices
know first &
last name, parent's name, phone number
MASD STANDARD 3:
SENSORY/MOTOR
The child will use motor
skills and sensory experiences to learn about his/her
physical abilities, to explore action related play &
learning, & to develop the coordination for self care
& expression.
In addition, the child will
develop the sensory integration skills that are required by
the brain to attend, organize & interpret sensory
information necessary for self-regulation and attention
during play and learning.
PERFORMANCE
STANDARD
When given play and
learning opportunities, the child will begin to develop motor
and self regulation skills:
run, jump, hop, gallop
& skip
climb stairs/playground
equipment
roll, throw, kick &
catch balls
pedal tricycle
use writing instruments
to imitate vertical, horizontal & diagonal lines
& circles
use scissors to cut out
simple shapes & objects within 1/2" of outline
use appropriate pencil
grip (see hand out)
may form some shapes,
numbers & letters (see examples)
develop sense of
gravity, movement, strength, balance and body awareness
participate in sensory
experiences that include:
sight, touch,
taste, smell, and sound
MASD STANDARD 4:
COMMUNICATION
The child will understand
and use language for communication, socialization and
self-expression.
PERFORMANCE
STANDARD
When given play and
learning opportunities, the child will:
communicate needs and
wants
be understood by people
outside the family
take turns sharing
ideas in conversations
recognize/identify
common objects and actions
be able to speak in
complete sentences
ask questions to gain
information and answer questions to share knowledge
follow simple 2 and 3
step directions
show listening skills
by :
facing &
looking at the speaker
not talking at the
same time
giving appropriate
social response & body position
use descriptive words
to tell about objects and actions (i.e. big/little,
long/short, more/less, heavy/light)
begin to tell stories
in sequence, adding some details
MASD STANDARD
5/7:
CREATIVE
ARTS/LITERACY
The child will begin to
explore & develop an awareness of her/his body and the
world through expression of rhythm/music, movement/dance,
visual arts, picture/written symbols, stories/storytelling,
and drama .
PERFORMANCE
STANDARD
When given play and
learning opportunities involving creative arts/literacy, the
child will:
participate in:
rhymes
finger plays
songs
imitate & create
simple rhythms
explore various:
instruments
vocalizations
movements
represent objects &
experiences through:
imitation
pretending
creative play
building
art work
demonstrate an interest
in communicating ideas through:
movement
making up stories
in play
retelling familiar
stories
drawing
invented writing
recognize that logos,
symbols and words can represent things/ideas
listen to stories or
books in one to one or group situations for up to 10
minutes
demonstrate knowledge
of use and care of books
begin to demonstrate
left to right progression when looking at books/writing
MASD STANDARD 6:
COGNITION
The child will begin to
acquire an understanding of the world by developing
attention, memory, concepts and thinking skills.
PERFORMANCE
STANDARD
When given play and
learning opportunities, the child will:
match
sort
classify
sequence
complete patterns
recognize/name some
colors, shapes & sizes
demonstrate number
skills:
count to 20
count objects from
1 to 20
recognize/name some
numbers
recognize/name some
letters
demonstrate an
awareness that letters can represent sounds
recognize own name in
print
draw representational
pictures with some detail
begin to understand
simple time concepts
begin to understand
cause and effect concepts
manipulate objects to
make comparisons & to draw simple inferences &
conclusions
