A preschool screening is designed to evaluate a child’s early development of language and pre-academic skills, which are predictors of future academic success.  A screening may also help with the early identification of any potential weaknesses which may affect a child’s later school success.  Research has shown that the rate of learning and development occurs most quickly during the preschool years.  Early intervention can have a positive effect on a child’s academic future.

 

A preschool screening evaluates the following skills which are related to general information, reading, mathematics, writing, and spoken language.

 

• Knowledge of personal data
• Knowledge of body parts
• Color and number concepts
• Shapes
• Time awareness (days/months/seasons)
• Use of prepositions
• Knowledge of letters/sounds
• Rhyming
• Ability to follow directions
• Visual perception
• Ability to copy and trace
• Receptive and expressive vocabulary
• Gross and fine motor development