Lincoln County Kindergarten Readiness Statement: To ensure all Tennessee’s children enter kindergarten ready to learn, this definition focuses on “readiness of the child” across the domains of child development, as identified in the “The Tennessee Early Childhood Education Early Learning Developmental Standards.” At the beginning of kindergarten, it is expected that children will demonstrate:
Cognitive strategies, which include knowledge and skills in early literacy, including: phonological awareness, print concepts, alphabetic understanding, vocabulary, listening comprehension, and emergent writing;
Basic numeracy concepts, including: rote counting and number awareness, sorting, classifying, comparing, patterning, and spatial relationships;
Basic science concepts, including: making observations, exploring the world using their senses, and using appropriate scientific vocabulary related to topics;
Basic social studies concepts, including: self-awareness and students relationship to family and community, and an awareness of money and time;
Response to and participation in music, movement, visual and dramatic arts experiences and activities;
Gross and fine motor skills, and an awareness of health, hygiene, and environmental hazards, both assisted or unassisted;
Social and emotional competencies, including self-regulation, self-identity, self-reliance, respect for others, and interpersonal skills; and,
Approaches to learning, such as reasoning and problem-solving, engagement, persistence, and eagerness to learn.