Table 1 Early childhood development index.

From: Reading, singing, and storytelling: the impact of caregiver-child interaction and child access to books and preschool on early childhood development in Ghana

Literacy-numeracy

 1

Can (name) identify or name at least ten letters of the alphabet?

 2

Can (name) read at least four simple, popular words?

 3

Does (name) know the name and recognise the symbol of all numbers from 1 to 10?

Physical

 4

Can (name) pick up a small object with two fingers, like a stick or a rock from the ground?

 5

Is (name) sometimes too sick to play? (reverse coded)

Approaches to learning

 6

Does (name) follow simple directions on how to do something correctly?

 7

When given something to do, is (name) able to do it independently?

Social-emotional

 8

Does (name) get along well with other children?

 9

Does (name) kick, bite or hit other children or adults? (reverse coded)

 10

Does (name) get distracted easily? (reverse coded)

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