Formats for pre-school class reports
Report templates compiled by an occupational therapist and based on the Development of the Child Checklist – birth to 7 years old.
Easy to use formats for pre-school class reports.
For children age 3 months – 6 years old. Each age band has their own class report.
Developmental areas include movement, activities of daily living, communication, cognitive skills, personality traits, play, ball skills, coordination, perception, hand function, basic concepts, body concept, number concept, form concept, colour concept, size concept, building with blocks, threading beads, cutting with scissors, drawing a person, picture-reading, story-time, writing, prepositions.
The developmental areas included* in each report are the following:
*(if applicable for that age group)
Each category can be completed by the teacher and is divided into:
V - Very good
F - Functional for age group
N - Needs some help/assistance
P - Problematic
These report are all typed in Word 2010. You can add your school and class logo as well as each child’s personal information. The reports can also be printed in A5 size to make a booklet.
Each school that bought the reports may use them as often as they need and make as many copies as necessary. You are not allowed to forward this to other schools/institutions as these reports are protected by copyright – Carla Grobler Occupational Therapist 2012.
Example pages from a few reports:
3 month old age group
Movement
| Skills | Baby’s performance | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| V | F | N | P | |
| Able to lift his head and chest when lying on his tummy | ||||
| Able to kick with 1 or both feet when lying on his tummy | ||||
| Able to roll from his side onto his back | ||||
| In sitting (with support / being held) his head-control is sufficient | ||||
| Starts to bring his hands to his midline* (puts it in his mouth / touches blanket or clothes) | ||||
| Able to kick with his legs while lying on his back | ||||
*Midline: The imaginary vertical line that divides the body into 2 parts
Communication Skills
| Skills | Baby’s performance | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| V | F | N | P | |
| Reacts verbally to sound | ||||
| Makes a cooing sound | ||||
| Looks to see where a sound is coming from | ||||
| Reacts to loud sounds with the fright reflex* | ||||
| Calms down when listening to soft music | ||||
| Turns around when you talk to her | ||||
| Wakes up when hearing loud sounds / voices | ||||
| Recognizes some voices and stops crying when she hears it | ||||
| Smiles in response when someone talks to her | ||||
| Makes one-letter sounds | ||||
*Fright reflex: Straightening and then bending arms and legs
Cognitive Skills
| Skills | Baby’s performance | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| V | F | N | P | |
| Smiles in response to people / being talked to (selective) | ||||
| Starts to anticipate objects – e.g. bottle | ||||
18 - 24 months old age group
Activities of daily living
General
| Skills | Baby’s performance | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| V | F | N | P | |
| Tries to brush her own hair | ||||
| Tries to brush her own teeth | ||||
Dressing
| Skills | Baby’s performance | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| V | F | N | P | |
| Co-operates with dressing activities | ||||
Play
| Skills | Baby’s performance | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| V | F | N | P | |
| Able to pick toys up and put it away | ||||
| Parallel play (plays alongside other children – not with them) | ||||
| Replicates and helps with simple house-hold chores | ||||
| Prefers action-toys | ||||
| Exhibits fantasy play | ||||
| Enjoys hiding in big boxes | ||||
| Enjoys it when you read to her | ||||
5 years – 5 years 6 months old
Ball Skills
| Skills | Baby’s performance | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| V | F | N | P | |
| Catches a tennis ball ( 4 out of 10 times) | ||||
| Able to hit a ball with an object e.g. bat | ||||
| Catches a tennis ball, after it bounced, with 2 hands | ||||
| Catches a ball, with 2 hands, after bouncing it on 1 spot | ||||
| Able to kick a ball in the air | ||||
| Able to run and kick a ball | ||||
Perception
Form Constancy
| Skills | Baby’s performance | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| V | F | N | P | |
| Describes objects according to their shapes (circle, triangle, square, rectangle), e.g. the door is a rectangle | ||||
Analyses and Synthesis
| Skills | Baby’s performance | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| V | F | N | P | |
| Describes objects according to their shapes (circle, triangle, square, rectangle), e.g. the door is a rectangle | ||||
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