what can your reception child do???

[emandjules]

Hi, my dd has always been behind due to speech delay and i feel she is catching up. I was wondering what other reception children can do.
For example, could you tell me if they do the following:
write their name
fasten and unfasten buttons
simple sums
know/write all the alphabet
count to 100
reognise all numbers to 100
read about 15 words
cut out shapes

what else can they do?

I do not want this turning into a competition thread. I am purely asking so i can guage how dd is doing.

hi

My dd is 4.5 she can:

dress and undress herself including all buttons

write her name and her own "news" on a monday morning

write all small and capital letters

count to 100 and recognise all numbers

add and take away numbers up to 20

reading Ginn level 4 , Peter and Jane level 6

Your dd sounds to be doing fine.

DS is 5 - he can do all the above; simple sums are coming along (he is better at language/reading) and his cutting is a bit hit n miss whether he goes to the lines or not - he has issues with holding scissors though.

Oh and fastening buttons takes a while but he is determined to do it!

His numbers to 100 are recognised but not immediately; he will say "five and seven - fifty seven" or whatever but not just come out with fifty seven IYSWIM.

I hope that helped and I don't sound bolshy - I didn't mean to!

Umm, I think I just replied and it vanished...

Here's how mine shaped up in the first term or so:

Write name: dd yes, ds2 yes but backwards, ds2 bits of it (very short name!)

Buttons: dd yes, ds1 sometimes, ds2 no

Sums: dd no (maybe 'one more than'), ds1 yes, ds2 dunno

alphabet: dd mostly, ds1 yes, ds2 the odd letter; all three mixed up b, d, p, q for years

count: errm, maybe to 10, or 20, missing out 16

recognise numbers: dd up to 10, ds1 a few, ds2 no

read: dd her own name and Mummy, ds1 quite a lot, ds2 animal words only!

cutting out: dd easily, ds1 if he chose to, ds2 god, no, don't let him near the scissors...

There can be a huge, indeed vast, difference between chidren in reception. FWIW I think that your dd is well int he normal spectrum.

Far less difference by Year 2 ime.

DD1 was 4 on 29th August so only just made it into reception.She can
Write her name,badly,but she can do it.
Fasten & unfasten buttons
Simple sums,ie 4+3 or 7-2
I'm not sure about the alphabet as they don't seem to recite it,but knows all her phonics & can recognise each letter.
Count to 50
I'm not sure about numbers up to 100,definatesly up to 10 & backwards too.
Reads very well,but we have been told she is an exceptionally good reader.
I'm not sure she'd be good at cutting out shapes,as her dexterity isn't that great-it's something we are working on with her.

She has a fantastic memory & only has to see something or be told something once to remember it.She informed me the other night that sharks don't have bones,they have cartilige instead.She can speak a little simple French,as they teach it in Reception at her school.

In short,she is good at most cerebral things,but not so good at pencil control.

HTH