Noting the importance of developmentally appropriate practice (DAP) for teaching kindergarten students, this guide with accompanying videotape is designed to help kindergarten practitioners assess their classroom's level of readiness. The guide discusses the concept of kindergarten readiness as including the capacity of kindergarten classrooms and programs to support all 5-year-olds' development through learning. The guide contains an audit tool for examining five characteristics of kindergarten classrooms: (1) the classroom environment; (2) the classroom materials; (3) the curriculum and structure; (4) the teachers' knowledge and certification; and (5) the quality of the kindergarten experiences. This assessment tool delineates descriptors or conditions of DAP within each of the five areas and provides indicators to help in assessing how well a classroom or program is implementing DAP. Implementation is described in varying degrees: full, partial, or not implemented. Space on the checklist is included for additional information needed and action to be taken regarding each indicator. The guide contains 18 references and resources. The accompanying 38-minute videotape shows two condensed half-day kindergarten classrooms with the following components: opening activities, music/movement, whole group activities, center activities, transition time, interactive writing, journal writing, choice time, and dismissal. The videotape concludes with an in-depth clip illustrating the characteristics of DAP as related to each of the five characteristics of kindergarten classrooms. (KB)