(Evaluated at the end of January 2009, age: 28 moths, beginner period 1)
I = Introduced
B = Beginning
D = Developing
M = Mastery
(JM = Mom’s observation and comments)
Part I. Language and Literacy
(JM: Little 9 is English and Chinese bilingual with preference of English.)
Speaking Skills
- Uses short sentences to convey a simple idea – D
(JM: Uses “I like/don’t like to…, I want/don’t want to…How about…Let’s do…I think…” very frequently to express her ideas.) - Understands simple sequence – D
(JM: Understands and uses “first, later, finally”. Needs to expand.) - Answers what, where, and yes-no questions – D
(JM: Has no problem to answer those questions when I ask, and she also asks simple question of what, where, and why.) - Understands and uses descriptive words – D
(JM: Uses words such as “so beautiful, pretty, fantastic, great, ugly, too dark, scary, sleepy…”in both English and Chinese. Needs to enhance.) - Understands and uses spatial vocabulary – D
(JM: Understands and uses words such as “over there, here, too far, left/right side, behind, in, out, in the sky, on the tree…”. Needs to improve)
Listening Skills
- Follows directions with more than two steps – M
(JM: She also gives me directions and orders.) - Distinguishes between sounds – D
(JM: What types of sounds? She can distinguish and mimic many real sounds: fire engine, police car, helicopter, motorcycle, train, lawn cutter, trash truck, and almost all types of farm animals. I thought that’s one of her strengths.)
Literacy
- Tells a simple story from sequences pictures – D
(JM: Needs to improve. She likes to read picture books in her words, but not following the sequences well.) - Retells familiar stories in own words – B
(JM: Definitely needs to improve. She can only retell part of the stories in her favorite books, DVDs and TVs, and needs my hints to continue.) - Recognizes the beginning and ending of a story – D
(JM: She does well when I read books to her or she watches DVDs alone.) - Talks about characters and events in books – D
(JM: Only in a few short sentences. Needs more practices.)
Comments from Teachers:
Kaitlyn has improved her vocabulary greatly! She follows directions and has great listening skills.
Part II. The World and Me
- Verbalizes wants and needs – M
(JM: Yes, she does well, and always orders me to meet her desires.) - Plays cooperatively with other children – M
(JM: Especially with children older than her.) - Plays easy circle games with adult – M
(JM: She loves to play with me.) - Plays alone for extended periods of time – M
(JM: Sometimes she just doesn’t want adults to bother her.) - Takes turns – M
(JM: Not always voluntarily. But will do when asked.) - Remembers simple rules – M
(JM: I’m still fighting with her.) - Begins to share toys when asked – M
(JM: More likely to share with younger children, voluntarily offer toys to them.) - Helps clean up – M
(JM: That’s one of her honor jobs.) - Says please and thanks you – M
(JM: Sometimes needs my reminder.) - Participates in rhymes, chants, and songs – M
(JM: That’s one of her strengths, usually asks me to stop singing with her as she wants to solo. Ok, I’m a bad singer.)
Comments From Teachers:
Kaitlyn interacts very well with the other children.
Part III. Wellness
- Begins to hold crayon appropriately – M
(JM: Holds pen appropriately too, but does not write appropriately yet.) - Stacks 3-6 cubes – M
(JM: She can easily stack small cubes more than 20 with a very good control.) - Strings large beads – D
(JM: She can sort and string (not a very soft string) different shapes of small foam beads to make laces.) - Completes 3-10 piece puzzles – M
(JM: Needs to enhance, she still needs minor assistance to complete 9 piece puzzles.) - Begins to cut with safety scissors – D
(JM: She likes to pretend cutting paper with toy scissors. I did not offer her real scissors.) - Walks with confidence – M
(JM: Yes, she shows very good sense of direction and likes to walk/run alone without guidance.) - Demonstrates balance skills – M
(JM: She showed good balance skills on dinner table and chairs standing on one foot. She rides 3-wheel bicycle well, and walks on one-palm-wide curb without any support.)
Comments From Teachers:
Kaitlyn demonstrates great interest in class, she enjoys doing puzzles.
Part IV. Art and Music
Comments From Teachers:
Kaitlyn likes to paint and does very well with art.
(JM: Sure, she also painted her clothing, sheets, sofa, table, books...)
Part V. Mathematics
Numbers and Number Sense
- Tells which is one and which is many – B
(JM: She can figure out one and many. She uses “so many, so much, more than one”.) - Matches one to one – D
(JM: What type of match? She likes to play hidden objects matching games. ) - Repeats number 1-20 – D
(JM: Easily Counts 1 to 10 forward and backward, but skips some teens here and there. Needs to improve.) - Understands the number concepts 1-5 – D
(JM: She understands 1-5 very well.)
Relationships
- Points to and names simple shapes and colors – D
(JM: She can name many colors, but only a few shapes. Needs to enhance.) - Understands same and different – D
(JM: Needs enhancement on distinguishing minor differences.) - Does simple matching of color, shapes and objects – D
(JM: She plays “seek and match” in books very well. Sometimes she can beat me.) - Understands big and little – D
(JM: She does understand and use them well: big, huge, small, little, tiny.) - Sorts a few objects based on color, shape, or size – B
(JM: She sorts objects based on color and shape well. Needs more training on size sorting.) - Puts two halves together to make a whole – D
(JM: Definitely needs improvement. I did not train her on this skill much. But she is good at “missed pieces matching” within a big picture. )
Reasoning
- Explains everyday occurrences using simple reasoning – D
(JM: Starts to do that. Needs to improve.) - Uses size words to describe an object – D
(JM: Uses “big, small, huge, little, fat”. Needs to expand.)
Comments From Teachers:
Kaitlyn is learning the different shapes, colors, and numbers.
