Child Development Checklist

Name:
Observer:

Mekhi (M.R.) 3 years old

Kristina Kawell

Program:

Full Day Headstart

Dates:

Directions:
Put a for items you see the child perform regularly. Put N for items where there is
no opportunity to observe. Leave all others blank.

Item

Evidence

Date

1. Self-Esteem
X
X

Separates from primary

caregiver without difficulty
Develops a secure
attachment with teacher

Completes a task
successfully
X Makes activity choices
without teachers help
X Stands up for own rights

Displays enthusiasm about

doing things for self

Child transitions into classroom with ease. He

greets others upon entering.
Child says, Teacher, I need help, I need help!
Teacher holds childs hand and helps him write
the letter A.
Child is able to put away his own belongings.
Child chooses to play in kitchen area with a doll.
Children are taking turns doing a silly dance.
It is M.R.s turn and the child next to him stood
up. M.R. said, Hey its my turn, not you. Child
sat down and M.R. does his silly dance.
Child smiles and says, I did, I did! Child
shorted toys by color.

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2. Emotional Competence
___Releases stressful feelings
in appropriate manner
X Expresses anger in words
rather than negative actions
___Can be calmed in
frightening situations
X Shows fondness, affection,
love towards others

Shows interest, excitement

in classroom activities

Smiles, seems happy much

of the time

When a toy train is snatched away, child tells

child, No, dats mine! Give it back! Child
returns toy train.

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M.R. puts his arm around a girl and says, Talia,

you my friend? The girl nods yes and then he
says, Come Talia, play. M.R. grabs girl by the
hand and they run off together.
Teacher announces that it is time to do an art
project. M.R. waves his hands in the air and says,
Yahoo! He runs over to the table and sits down
waiting for his supplies.
Child smiles when he enters the classroom and
sits down for circle time.

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Evidence

Date

Child is manipulating playdough while he sits at

a table alone.
Child is sitting at a table with three other
children, he does not interact with the other
children.
Child is role playing with two other children, he
said, Im da daddy, you mommy, Aubrey
doggie.

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Child hugs a peer and says, Look, my friend!

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Child runs across playground, quickly avoiding

children on bikes.
Child climbs up outdoor jungle gym netting with
ease.

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Child uses plastic tongs to pick up object and

places them in a bowl.

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Classifies objects by shape,

color, size
X Places objects in a
sequence or series
___Recognizes, creates
Patterns
___Counts by rote to 20

Child separates the manipulative toys into two

piles; green and yellow.
Child lines up manipulatives in a series of color
groups: yellow, green, and red.
no

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Displays 1-to-1
Correspondence

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Problem-solves with
concrete objects

Child sets table for breakfast, one bowl, one cup,

one spoon. Child realized that one spoon was
missing and placed it appropriately.
Child was looking at crystals from the science
area. He went back to get a magnify glass and
said, Ah, teacher I see it. It looks bigger!
Child takes a plastic saw and sticks the blade
between two wooden blocks. He says, I cutting
wood.

3. Social Competence
X
X

Plays by self with own

toys/materials
Plays parallel to others with
similar toys/materials
Plays with others in
group play

___Gains access to ongoing

play in positive manner
X Makes friends with other
Children
___Resolves play conflict in
positive manner

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4. Physical Development
X

Runs with control over

speed & directions
X Climbs up, down, across
climbing equipment
___Throws, catches & kicks
Balls
___Turns knobs, lids,
Eggbeaters
___ Picks up & inserts objects
with dexterity
X Uses tools (scissors,
hammer) with control

5. Cognitive Development
X

X Makes thinking visible

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Evidence

Date

6. Spoken Language
___Listens but does not speak
Gives single-word, short
phrase responses
Takes part in conversations
Speaks in expanded
sentences
Asks questions
Can tell a story

7. Emergent Writing and Reading Skills

X Pretends to write with
drawings & scribbles
___Makes horizontal lines of
writing scribbles
___Makes some letters, prints
name or initial
X Holds book right side up;
turns pages right to left
___Pretends to read using
pictures to tell story
___Show awareness that print
in books tells story

Child holds marker and makes scribble drawings

on the paper.

Child holds the book and turns the pages one at

a time in the proper direction.

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8. Art, Music, and Dance Skills

Makes basic scribble
shapes
___Draws person with arms
and legs
___Draws person as sun-face
with arms & legs
___Makes pictorial drawings

Child makes circular movements with a marker.

He then adds a few dots and lines.

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Child jumps up and down and flaps arms, when

music is playing. When the beat slows down,
child moves arms slower.

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Child puts a race car helmet on his head and

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Moves arms & hands in

rhythm to beat
Plays rhythm instruments

___Sings with group or with

him/herself
___Moves body to represent,
people, animals, feelings
___Dances with others to
music

9. Dramatic Play Skills

X

Does pretend play by

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him/herself

Evidence
picks up a toy cars. Child pushes the car around
the housekeeping area while making car noises.

Date
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___Assigns roles or takes

assigned roles
___Needs particular props to
do pretend play
___Takes on characteristics
and actions related to role
___Uses language for creating
& sustaining the plot
___Enacts exciting,
danger-packed themes

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