KINDERGARTEN ROUNDUP

It's that time of year -- schools are holding Kindergarten roundups to see how many little kindergartners they will have in the fall.  If you have a child who is preparing to attend kindergarten next year, you may have a lot of questions.  Kindergarten roundup is a great place to get those questions answered.  What if you missed it?  Contact your school and they can give you a summary of the information you missed and the names of teachers, speech and resource personnel who can answer your questions.

When it comes to speech and language, how do you know if your kindergartner is on track or struggling a bit?

Typically, by age 5 kids will be able to correctly produce all sounds EXCEPT POSSIBLY:

J, SH, L, R, S, CH, V, Z, TH, ZH


Also, they can usually follow one or two-step directions, ask questions, know common opposites, speak in sentences of 5-6 words, and make up stories and then retell them. 

Here is a handout that will show you the typical development of speech sounds:

You can download a copy of the Therasimplicity Sound Development Chart HERE.

Here is another chart giving speech and language milestones for children aged 5, with information taken from the American Speech and Hearing Association's website:

The American Speech and Hearing Association's website also has lots of helpful info on what is typical for children ages 4-5  HERE.

Good luck preparing for kindergarten!