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[quote=Anonymous]Scissors -- yes, proficiently no.

Printing -- not so much, but knowing how to hold a pencil and knowing at least some/most letters.  Kindergarten is a time for learning to write letters (or practice them).

Writing full sentences -- no, but knowing the sounds that go with letters so that they can make "words" (i.e. strings of letters that represent words).

Dressing -- zippers = yes; laces = no (although they want the kids to know this, it's not required if you put the kids in velcro/bungee cord shoes); buttons = working toward it, but proficiency not necessary; snaps = yes if they wear any clothes with snaps.

Really, the kindergarten teachers are aware that kids are not perfect at this age.  They understand that this is a process of development.

My only caution to you is DO NOT send your kid to school with a belt unless they are ABSOLUTELY proficient with it.  One little boy ended up peeing in his pants the first week of school b/c he didn't know how to get the belt undone.  I can imagine the stress he was under trying to get his pants off and not being able to hold it.  Plus the embarrasment for something that his parents should have foreseen.

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