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Screening Test for Preschoolers
(Aged 3½-4 Years)

Directions

Check the box each time you can answer "yes" to a question. Keep in mind that your child is not necessarily expected to be able to do everything the questions ask, and that some of the skills questioned on this form are not necessarily expected of a child this age.

	Can your child carry out at least two or three simple directions given in one long utterance? (For example, "After you put your blocks away, get your coat and we'll go out.")
	Does your child respond appropriately to simple questions about a picture story you have read to him/her?
	Does your child put some simple sentences together to tell others what to do, to ask questions or to share ideas?
	Can your child tell how common every day objects are used and who used them?
	Does your child now speak with more adult-like phrases using word endings such as ---ing (She is washing the dishes) and ---ed (I pulled the toy)?
	Does your child give simple accounts of an experience or tell stories with enough detail to make sense?
	Is your child beginning to understand cause and effect and show interest in explanations of "why" things work and how they function?
	Is the grammar of your child's sentences almost adult like?
	Do neighbours and others outside the family understand most of what your child says?
	Is your child's pronunciation or words equal to that of most other children his/her age?
	Can your child imitate correctly sounds that he/she has mispronounced in a word?
	Does your child pronounce the beginning and final consonants in most of the words that she/he uses?
	Are you satisfied with your child's pronunciation?