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Pre-K Assessment Forms

By Karen Cox | Affiliate Disclosure

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These assessment forms for Pre-K can be used to record children’s progress as you work with them during learning activities or observing them through play.

Assessment Forms for Preschool & Pre-K

Find more assessment ideas on the Assessment Resource Page

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These printables are free for use in classrooms; however they are not to be re-published or sold in any form. If you wish to share these printables with other teachers, you may do so by providing a link to this webpage. You may also share them in printed form as long as you are not selling or re-publishing them. If you have any questions, please contact me.

(These are not intended to be worksheets: you use them as you work with the child, or observe them through play. Use these to record children’s progress.)

Alphabet Assessment

You can either mark through the letters the children know with a highlighter or make a checkmark beside the letters with a pen. Use a different color highlighter or different color pen for each semester’s assessment. You can use this one sheet for a child for the whole year, and show a comparison of their progress with the different colors.

Letter Assessment

Download: Letter Assessment

Math Assessment

Use the colored highlighters or pens mentioned above on this sheet also. For the color assessment, show children pieces of construction paper. I cut them into squares about 4 inches and staple them into a flip book. For the counting assessment, I have children count Unifix cubes.

Math Assessment

Download: Math Assessment

Pre-K Alphabet & Math Assessment (On One Page)

This is the same Alphabet Assessment and Math Assessment above, but this one has the two assessments combined on one sheet.

Pre-K Assessment Sheet

Download: Letter & Math Assessment Sheet

Small Group Checklist

Use this Small Group Checklist to keep track of observations during small group lessons.

Small Group Checklist

Download: Small Group Checklist

Scissor Skills

Use this sheet to check off children’s scissor skills and grip as you observe them cutting.

Scissor Skills Checklist

Download: Scissor Skills Checklist

Patterns

Use this sheet to check off which pattern types children have mastered.

Pattern Assessment Sheet

Download: Pattern Assessment

Name Writing Checklist

Use this form to keep track of where students are progressing in writing their name.

Name Writing Checklist

Download: Name Writing Checklist

Anecdotal Records Form

Use this form while observing children in Centers.

Anecdotal Record Sheet

Download: Anecdotal Record Sheet

Pre-K Progress Report (Editable)

This is a Pre-K Progress Report that you are welcome to use in your school. The PowerPoint version is editable. I’ve also included a cover. Print the cover and copy the cover and progress report back to back, then fold. (Clipart thanks to Whimsy Clips.)

Pre-K Progress Report
Pre-K Progress Report Cover

Progress Report (Editable PPT)
Progress Report Cover (Editable PPT)

Progress Report PDF

 



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About Karen Cox

Karen is the founder of PreKinders.com. She also works as a full-time Pre-K teacher in Georgia. Read more...

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  1. Melanie says

    May 18, 2014 at 10:33 pm

    I love your website! I was an TA in a Georgia pre-k class. You are a great teacher! I’m so inspired

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    • Melodie Blackwood says

      June 19, 2015 at 9:31 am

      I am a licensed teacher as well as a Director for a ChildCare center, so I am incorporating this forms in my tutoring segment for the child care and I am so blessed to have things that I can leverage to further promote our children’s cognitive and social growth!!!! Thank you so much for sharing AND for sharing for FREE.

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      • Crystal says

        August 22, 2019 at 12:33 am

        OMGOODNESS~! I feel the same way! So BLESSED thank you so much!!! God bless you and your family!!!

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      • Yolonda Union says

        October 29, 2019 at 10:30 am

        I total agree, It is a true blessing. I’m also a Director for Pre-K School and I have implemented this part of my assessment.

        Reply
  2. Michelle says

    May 22, 2014 at 12:39 pm

    I love your website! It is so helpful. I am a teacher from N.Y.C.

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  3. Crystal Young says

    May 26, 2014 at 6:34 pm

    Thanks for making all your great printables free! You do great work!

    Reply
  4. Andrea says

    June 18, 2014 at 5:09 am

    Hi, Karen
    Just wanted to say what a great site u have. I am a manager of a KG Unit in Cairo, Egypt. I have found your assessment forms very useful.
    Thanks again
    Andrea

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    • Karen Cox says

      June 18, 2014 at 11:47 am

      Thanks, Andrea!

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      • Mrs. Rat says

        January 2, 2020 at 11:40 am

        Life skills teacher here, in Kansas. I teach high school and they are on the same level! I am so happy to have found you and your marvelous data collection logs! I am incorporating just about everything you have! Thank you so much for sharing your works! Bless you in the new year, and always!

        Reply
  5. susan patlan says

    June 18, 2014 at 9:26 pm

    Thanks for sharing this Information will be used in my classroom and will be shared with other co-workers.

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  6. evelyn says

    June 19, 2014 at 9:45 pm

    Infinite Thanks Ms. Cox! Thank you for helping me to have a successful first year as a pre k autism teacher! You are helping so many teachers, so many children in so many places!!!!

    Reply
  7. Jane Bond says

    July 21, 2014 at 5:59 am

    Thank you so much for sharing your very helpful forms, much appreciated!!

    Reply
  8. vijayalakshmi shankar says

    July 21, 2014 at 3:06 pm

    i just started a kindergarten school, i searched some ways to assess them, your work is really helpful to me

    Reply
  9. Kelley says

    July 23, 2014 at 8:14 pm

    This is awesome! Thank you so much! I am a new teacher, and this will help me greatly! You have made my day! 🙂

    Reply
  10. kim says

    July 31, 2014 at 1:28 am

    You are a life saver. I have worked with children for a few years, but this is a new experience for me to work with pre-k as the lead teacher. I had a few ideas of how to get organized and how to build their portfolios. Now I have a lot better picture of what I need to do when school starts. Just wanted to say thank you for making this site.

    Reply
  11. Sandra Vittetow says

    August 2, 2014 at 8:12 pm

    I am going to be teaching Pre-k students who are on the Autism Spectrum for the first time at our school in Maitland, Florida. It will be the first time our school has had this type of unit. Your site is helping me SO much! I really appreciate everything that it offers. Thank you!!!

    Reply
  12. Kathleen says

    August 3, 2014 at 11:35 am

    You are truly an inspiration! I just was offered an Integrated Pre-K position and your website is so helpful in easing the first year teaching Pre-K jitters =)

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  13. Sylvia says

    August 5, 2014 at 12:26 am

    Thank you for sharing all of this much needed information and free assessment forms. As a first year Pre-K teacher I have found them to be very helpful. God Bless!

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  14. pearlyn says

    August 15, 2014 at 5:53 am

    Thank you. Your ideas were really helpful.

    Reply
  15. Nicole says

    August 26, 2014 at 7:26 pm

    I love your website! Im on placement and this has been a blessing for me to have found you and will be using this next year when I start teaching preschool! I live in Adelaide and the kids are going to love these activities on Monday!!

    Reply
  16. Jeaneice Henderson says

    August 27, 2014 at 1:31 pm

    VERY useful forms!!! THANKS for making them available!!!

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  17. Lisa says

    September 5, 2014 at 12:57 pm

    Thanks a million!

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  18. Barbara says

    September 9, 2014 at 4:02 pm

    Thank you for this awesome site. I truly love the information that you put here for teachers and families to use.

    Reply
  19. Jennifer says

    October 2, 2014 at 2:53 pm

    I found this site so helpful. I have done parent teacher conferences before and have used many different assessment tools but I found this site to help make it more simpler and easy. Thank you so much for posting these.

    Reply
  20. JEannine says

    October 7, 2014 at 3:13 pm

    Thank you for your help! I am using all of your assessment sheets in my binder! I am a full time pre k teacher.

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  21. Dolores Pauline says

    November 15, 2014 at 10:56 am

    The resources are good resource for my teachers. Thank you Big time!

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  22. Stacy says

    November 29, 2014 at 1:53 pm

    Hi! I was looking at your progress report and noticed that you had “N/A” marked for “answering story questions” for the month of December. Don’t assume children couldn’t answer questions about stories at the ages of 4 and 5. I have students who are awesome at answering story comprehension questions! With this being the age of Common Core, students need to be challenged and pushed to think at a higher level. Just giving my 2 cents! I enjoy your website and visit it often!

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    • Karen Cox says

      December 1, 2014 at 7:54 pm

      Hi Stacy, I’ve always done story comprehension all year long, including retelling stories and answering questions about stories. This is a progress report from my previous school, and we just simply did not assess that (and a few other things) during the month of December. I definitely know they are capable of doing it; it was simply left off to not overwhelm teachers during the first assessment time. You are welcome to adjust the progress report to your needs.

      Reply
  23. Mariam says

    December 1, 2014 at 8:17 am

    It’s a repeat, but I love your website, thank you for sharing.

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  24. mtlteacher says

    December 16, 2014 at 4:25 am

    Thanks a lot, this website is amazing! Very helpful!

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  25. Darlene says

    December 30, 2014 at 11:03 am

    I look forward to trying these documents. Thank you so much

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  26. Nim Stant says

    January 1, 2015 at 8:33 am

    Thank you for making this website. I am just start home schooling my 5 years old son. We live in Thailand. These information is very helpful.

    Nim

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  27. Desire Park says

    January 20, 2015 at 10:39 am

    Thank you so much for sharing your resources!

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  28. Nimfa says

    January 22, 2015 at 12:14 am

    Hi karen, your website is definitely very significant for me to use in the classroom with parents of high expectation when it comes to answering their questions about their child all i have to do is to show them the assesment tools. Thank you so much. God Bless You!!!!
    Nimfa

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  29. maria says

    January 22, 2015 at 5:13 am

    Fantastic site!! Well done & keep it up!! I’m sure you are helping lots of educators, parents, carers & grannies!! Thanks.

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  30. Bethany says

    January 31, 2015 at 9:02 am

    Thank you so much for creating and posting the assessment forms. I have been searching the internet for some and your website was where I was led. It is fabulous!

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  31. Lisa says

    March 12, 2015 at 2:48 pm

    Thank you, so happy to know my child is on track with the math and abc.

    Reply
  32. maggie says

    March 20, 2015 at 6:58 pm

    Thank you so much, I love your website. It has been a great resource for me

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  33. Danny Tagle says

    April 22, 2015 at 11:25 am

    Hi, Karen
    Just wanted to say thank you for sharing resources with us.

    I am a fluency teacher at SEK Guayaquil, Ecuador. I have found your website extremely useful.

    GOD bless, and Thanks again 🙂

    Danny Tagle

    Reply
    • Karen Cox says

      April 22, 2015 at 7:54 pm

      Thank you Danny!

      Reply
  34. Vicki says

    May 5, 2015 at 1:29 pm

    Thank you so much for the assessment forms. Anything to make life easier.

    Reply
  35. Christine says

    June 29, 2015 at 1:07 am

    Thank you very much for your selfless sharing of knowledge for the love of our children (our own and our students). I have bookmarked your site for frequent reference. Mabuhay ka, Karen!

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  36. Babs says

    July 3, 2015 at 6:56 pm

    Bless you, Karen. I just used some of your “doables” for my Action Resesrch; I gave you credit for them. Fantastic ideas!

    Blessings,

    BJ

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  37. Julio Warren says

    July 6, 2015 at 10:38 am

    I am a Pre K Teacher working in N.Y.C C.B.O classroom. This is a very good website that assist teacher.

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  38. Tracy Curry says

    August 15, 2015 at 9:23 am

    Your website is amazing and I am using your documents to help me be more organized in the classroom. I am located in Wayne county Ky and work in preschool and your website has given me a new and refreshing approach to my paperwork load, so to speak. This year is going to be great and thank your for your time spent on making your site available to others!

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  39. Kasey says

    August 16, 2015 at 4:47 pm

    Thank you for all of your helpful resources! I am a Pre-K teacher in Ohio and I have been using your website for ideas and printables for a couple years. Keep up the awesome work!

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  40. Elizabeth says

    August 18, 2015 at 6:49 pm

    Thank you so much! These were so helpful!

    Reply
  41. Shannon Stevens says

    August 26, 2015 at 5:53 pm

    THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!! I have been over the childcare center and teaching Child Dev. classes at the high school level for the last 4 years and have just opened a preschool out of my home— this has saved me SO much time trying to reinvent the wheel. I can’t thank you enough for helping! And FREE…. amazing.

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  42. diana irawan says

    August 28, 2015 at 7:25 pm

    Hi Karen
    I’m diana from Indonesia, i like your website very much.You are inspiring me a lot…hopefully someday can meet you and learn from you directly

    Reply
  43. amber says

    September 21, 2015 at 1:06 am

    Thank you for these fabulous forms! I am starting homeschool pk 3 with my quadruplets and these are great for checking their progress. I’ll take a baseline now and check back in December and again in May.

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  44. Sandy says

    October 11, 2015 at 2:15 pm

    Outstanding materials! The state of Georgia is sure lucky to have you, and I thank you so much for sharing.

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  45. ROLLTIDE says

    November 13, 2015 at 12:00 pm

    THIS IS A REALLY NICE WEBSITE FOR PRESCHOOLERS

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  46. geri arellanes says

    November 22, 2015 at 7:11 pm

    Thanks so much. I am using all your stuff to make my life easier. I appreciate you sharing… Happy Thanksgiving. Geri

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  47. Rinda says

    December 6, 2015 at 11:11 am

    I really like your website. It is very useful. Thank you for sharing so much resources and inspirational activities ?
    I am a pre kinder teacher from Indonesia ?

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  48. Diane says

    January 1, 2016 at 12:29 pm

    Hi Karen,
    Thanks so much for the classroom schedule signs. It was exactly what I needed. Just wondering if these assessment forms or for three year olds are the older kids. I teach three year olds. Thanks,
    Diane

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  49. Auteach says

    January 26, 2016 at 9:45 am

    Thanks so much for the wonderful assessment tools!

    Reply
  50. Ma. Gina Surles says

    February 3, 2016 at 8:19 pm

    Thank you for sharing this stuff. Thank you for your kindness.

    Reply
  51. Airawan says

    April 7, 2016 at 9:28 am

    I like the assessment form. It will help me a lot about observing the children and plan for the next activity that is suitable for each child.

    Reply
  52. Faye says

    June 29, 2016 at 7:51 am

    Hi Karen,

    I am having a little difficulty opening the alphabet assessment. I have not had this issue in the past. Any suggestions?

    Thanks

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    • Karen Cox says

      July 1, 2016 at 7:09 pm

      Hi Faye, I wonder if maybe the Pinterest/Facebook buttons are in the way. I’ll have to try to fix this page so that those buttons don’t interfere. Meanwhile, click this link for the letter assessment: https://www.prekinders.com/pdf/alphabetassessment.pdf

      Reply
  53. Liz says

    July 5, 2016 at 2:56 pm

    I just got to say I love this site and you are the best! I am starting my first year of Pre-K teaching at the Daycare/School I work at. I use to be the Playschool Teacher(toddlers) but am stepping into a new position and am nervous trying to get everything organized for next month. This site is a life saver. I am finding things I didnt think of or was never clearly given to me or explained in school.
    I love my toddlers but im excited but also a bit nervous for this new step and I really believe you just help ease some of the stress.

    Thank you!

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    • Karen Cox says

      July 5, 2016 at 10:21 pm

      Thanks, Liz! Congrats on your new position!

      Reply
  54. Kathy says

    September 19, 2016 at 11:51 am

    I appreciate you posting and sharing. This will help me a lot with my prekindergarten class. I love the assessment forms. Thanks again.

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  55. Barbara Lee says

    November 6, 2016 at 1:49 pm

    I absolutely love these assessments and that you are willing to share! I am a special needs teacher for students a bit older however working on the same types of skills. I was wondering if you are willing to share your PreK report card in Word/Excel format so that I can edit with my IEP goals? I love the way it is all laid out on one page. It would be very helpful to me at IEP meetings for sharing data with parents and regular education teachers.

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    • Karen Cox says

      November 7, 2016 at 7:37 pm

      Hi Barbara! I would gladly share it if I had it. The original file was Excel, but a few years back, I had a hard drive crash and lost the file. I plan to remake the form at some point. It’s on my to-do list.

      Reply
  56. Rollin says

    March 6, 2017 at 10:28 pm

    Many thanks Karen for sharing your resource with us, I pray God bless your continuously as you open your heart to share.

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  57. Stephanie Tierney says

    April 11, 2017 at 11:11 am

    Do you happen to have an editable version of your assessment checklist page? I would like to use your form but add in a few skills, such as rhyming, syllables, tracking/counting words, positional words, and a few other items?

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    • Karen Cox says

      April 11, 2017 at 7:37 pm

      Hi Stephanie, I don’t have that available at this time, but I’m planning to work on that form this summer. The original file as lost years ago when my hard drive crashed, so all I have is the PDF right now. For next school year, I’ll have an improved version.

      Reply
  58. mos highhale says

    May 30, 2017 at 6:42 am

    Thank you so much for these assessment tools, we have downloaded them and with some ‘localization adjustments,’ we will soon deploy them for assessing kids and supervising teachers.

    Reply
  59. Laketa Cyprian says

    June 11, 2017 at 1:38 am

    You are an Amazing Wonder. God bless your heart ! I absolutely LOVE Prekinders. Everything I need to start the New Year off for my new, fresh Kinders! It’s not as easy as the end of the year…… Thanks A lot !!

    Reply
  60. Bolanle says

    August 10, 2017 at 11:38 am

    Wow! I am so happy to come across your website, you really inspires me and you make every work easier. Big thumb up for you! I so much love Prekinders. God bless and increase you more on every side.

    Reply
  61. Takanya says

    August 10, 2018 at 9:28 am

    I’m a Director at a Early Learning Center and I truly appreciate you for sharing this information. It will be extremely helpful in measuring academic and social progress.

    Thank You! 😀

    Reply
  62. Adona Sager says

    November 20, 2018 at 5:59 pm

    Hello Karen,
    I’d just like to show you my appreciation and gratitude for creating this free website. It’s been a great help for all of us Prekinder teachers. (By the way, I’m a PK teacher in Union City School District in NJ). You’ve been an awesome blessing to all of us. Thanks a bunch and Happy Thanksgiving!

    Reply
    • Karen Cox says

      November 21, 2018 at 6:34 pm

      Thank you!

      Reply
  63. fina says

    July 25, 2019 at 3:53 pm

    Thanks very much for your free website. Please keep it up!

    Reply
  64. Amy Fehr says

    August 15, 2019 at 8:32 am

    This is EXACTLY what I need!! Thanks!!

    Reply
  65. fiona says

    September 9, 2019 at 7:50 pm

    thank you so much for your generosity. you are a big help to those who are new to teaching pre-k (which can be overwhelming sometimes). i’m glad to have come across your website. God bless you always!

    Reply
  66. Sharon Heath says

    October 21, 2019 at 11:28 am

    This is so helpful. I work with Group Family in home child care providers this is a wonderful addition to assessment with teaching strategies

    Reply
  67. Mercedes Fontaine says

    March 1, 2020 at 11:06 am

    I appreciate the information on your website. Thank you so much for sharing!

    Reply
  68. Joie Artemis says

    August 16, 2020 at 9:17 pm

    I am starting my tutorial sessions with Pre – K kids and I am loving the free printables. Thank you for sharing this for free.

    Reply
  69. Flory Ananos says

    October 21, 2020 at 11:06 pm

    Thank you very much for sharing free resources!!!

    Reply
  70. Annette A says

    January 10, 2021 at 7:29 pm

    Thank you Karen. You sure are a blessing from God. ♥

    Reply

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