Is Your Child Ready for First Grade: 1979 Edition ♦
Check out item #8 on this list. And then keep in mind that this was written when life was more dangerous for kids than it is now.
I ran across this very interesting checklist of items to assess whether or not your child is prepared for all-day first grade. This book was first published in 1979, so I have to say it comes across as quite dated at times. So let’s take a look, shall we? The idea here is that about 10 yesses out of this list of 12 would indicate readiness for 1st grade.
- Will your child be six years, six months or older when he begins first grade and starts receiving reading instruction?
- Does your child have two to five permanent or second teeth?
- Can you child tell, in such a way that his speech is understood by a school crossing guard or policeman, where he lives?
- Can he draw and color and stay within the lines of the design being colored?
- Can he stand on one foot with eyes closed for five to ten seconds?
- Can he ride a small two-wheeled bicycle without helper wheels?
- Can he tell left hand from right?
- Can he travel alone in the neighborhood (four to eight blocks) to store, school, playground, or to a friend’s home?
- Can he be away from you all day without being upset?
- Can he repeat an eight- to ten-word sentence, if you say it once, as “The boy ran all the way home from the store”?
- Can he count eight to ten pennies correctly?
- Does your child try to write or copy letters or numbers?