Professional School Readiness Questionnaire (47 questions)
Based on Kinetic180 Occupational Therapist & Carla Grobler guidelines
1. Is your child able to regulate his/her emotions? (Knows how he/she feels and why)
2. Is your child able to respond appropriately to situations that anger/frustrate/irritate him/her?
3. Does your child still have tantrums? (reverse scored)
4. Does your child find it difficult to separate from mom/dad? (reverse scored)
5. Is your child able to confidently deal with different situations?
6. Can your child ask for help?
7. Is your child able to work independently?
8. Can your child handle postponing gratification?
9. Can your child make choices and know the consequence of his/her choices?
10. Can your child play easily with others?
11. Can your child play independently?
12. Is your child able to make friends?
13. Can your child work in a group?
14. Can your child share?
15. Can your child relate with adults and peers?
16. Can your child carry out tasks when directed?
17. Is your child able to count to 20?
18. Is your child able to recognise and write numbers 1–10?
19. Does your child know the basic shapes?
20. Does your child know the basic colours?
21. Is your child able to build a 50-piece puzzle?
22. Is your child able to concentrate for 15 minutes?
23. Is your child able to distinguish between letters and numbers?
24. Is your child’s visual perceptual skills intact? (Discrimination, Memory, Spatial orientation, Sequential memory, Foreground-background, Form constancy, Closure)
25. Does your child know all the body parts and their functions?
26. Can your child recall 5 numbers in a specific sequence?
27. Is your child’s expressive (talking) and receptive (understanding) communication intact?
28. Can your child follow instructions?
29. Can your child speak sentences and make himself/herself understood?
30. Does he/she part-take in conversations?
31. Does your child have a dynamic tripod grasp?
32. Can your child cut a 9cm square accurately on the line?
33. Can your child draw a circle, square, triangle, rectangle, oval, cross and diamond?
34. Can your child write his/her name?
35. Can your child draw a detailed picture of a man?
These skills help your child sit still, concentrate and move confidently in the classroom and playground.
36. Is your child able to sit still for 15 minutes at a time?
37. Can your child skip?
38. Can your child catch a 20cm ball with his/her hands in front of the body?
39. Can your child catch a 20cm ball when it was bounced towards him/her?
40. Is your child able to stand on one leg for more than 10 seconds?
41. Is your child able to jump on one leg for 5 meters?
42. Can your child hold the flexion posture for 20 seconds?
43. Can your child hold the extension posture for 20 seconds?
44. Does your child play confidently on different jungle gyms?
45. Can your child jump on a trampoline with confidence?
46. Can your child walk on a balance beam?
47. Can your child walk heel-to-toe for 5 meters?