Is Your Child Ready for Kinder? A Victorian Readiness Checklist

Kinder readiness isn't about reading or writing. It's a handful of social and self-help skills that help your child enjoy the day.

Self-help

• Toileting independently (or close to it for 3YO).
• Putting on shoes, washing hands, opening their own lunchbox snacks.
• Drinking from an open cup.

Social

• Separating from a carer without major distress.
• Playing alongside other children, and beginning to share.
• Following a simple routine.

Language & attention

• Following two-step instructions.
• Sitting for a short group story.
• Expressing wants in words (or signs/gestures).

If you're not quite there

That's normal. Our educators bridge the gap — especially children continuing from long day care. See how that looks in our 3YO vs 4YO Kinder guide.

Ready to start?

Tour our Mooroolbark kinder or our Bayswater kinder, or read our how-to-choose-a-kinder checklist.