Preschool

Question 1

Preschooler Age

Answer 1

3-6 (fun, imaginative, do well in hospital setting)

Question 2

Biologic Growth

Answer 2

Weight: gain 5lbs/yea

Height: grows 2.5/3in/year

Teeth: All baby teeth, no new teeth develop.
-Start to loose baby teeth

Question 3

General Growth

Answer 3

• Legs elongate rather than the trunk

- Muscle dev. and bone growth not mature, prone to injury from rigorous sports especially with older children

Question 4

Avg 4 year old

Answer 4

40lbs, 40in

Question 5

By age 3 (motor development)

Answer 5

• rides tricycle
• broad jump
• balance on tiptoe
• balances on 1 foot for few seconds

Question 6

By age 4 (motor development)

Answer 6

Skips and hops on 1 foot

Catches ball reliably

Question 7

By age 5 (motor development)

Answer 7

• throws and catches ball
• balances on 1 foot
• begins to skate and swim
• increased strength and refinement of fine and gross motor abilities

Question 8

3 Year Old (Fine motor skills)

Answer 8

• Assembles simple puzzles
• Manipulates clay; finger paints
• Copies simple shapes, such as a cross or circle
• Stacks blocks up to 9 high.

Question 9

4 Year Old (Fine motor skills)

Answer 9

• Copies crosses and squares
• prints some letters (sometimes all capital)
• uses table utensils skillfully
• cuts on a line, uses glue

Question 10

5 Year Old (Fine motor skills)

Answer 10

• Established hand dominance
• laces (but cannot tie) shoes
• grasps pencil like and adult
• colors within lines
• cuts and pastes simple shapes

Question 11

Motor development (3-6): Drawing

Answer 11

Child goes from scribbling at early toddlerhood, to copying shapes to combining shapes at age 2-3 years, to pictorial representations at ages 4-5

3Y: copies circles
-unable to draw complete stick figure
4Y: can draw stick figure
5-6Y: can draw several body parts

Question 12

During preschool years drawing is used to access?

Answer 12

Personality development and psychosocial adjustment

Question 13

Preschool: Stress and Coping

Answer 13

• Separation from parents
• Super natural beings
• Ghosts
• Monsters
• Noises
• “Bad People”
• Injury (don’t cope well)

Question 14

Preschool: Sexuality

Answer 14

• Sex typing occurs at this phase
• Develops behavior, personality, attitudes, and beliefs appropriate for his or her culture and sex
• This occurs through imitation and childbearing practices
• “Boys shouldn’t, Girls shouldn’t”

Question 15

Preschoolers Though process?

Answer 15

Magical

Question 16

Preschool: Play (3-6)

Answer 16

Associative play: group play in similar or identical activities but without rigid organization or rules

Focus: stimulate imagination, gross and fine motor skills, language and social development

Begins cooperative play (most characteristic play is imaginative play and imitative play…. dress up, dolls, brooms, vacuum cleaners, hammers, saws)

Question 17

Preschool: Play part 2

Answer 17

Preschoolers enjoy meaningful play and like to imitate roles of adults (playing house)

Imitation and imaginary play help them learn about the world around them.

Question 18

Most characteristic play of preschoolers:

Answer 18

Imaginative: play (pretend)
Imitative: play (dress up, dolls, imitation, saws)

By the end of preschool children actually like helping out.

Question 19

Planning and interventions: of play with preschoolers

Answer 19

• Pull of TV strong
• How can we make TV interactive? (ask about who the characters are, how would they change the ending?)
• Imaginary playmates very common

Question 20

Preschool: Kohlberg

Answer 20

Preconventional Stage 2

• rules are followed then it is in their immediate interest
• Right action consists of that satisfies their needs
• “ill scratch your back if you scratch mine”

Question 21

Preschool: Erikson (3-6)

Answer 21

Initiative Vs Guilt

• Child tries to meet goals and when fails feels guilty.
• Children at this age may wish very negative things (death of sibling) and feel guilty about these thoughts

Question 22

Preschool: Erikson Cont..

Answer 22

• Need to clarify for kids that wishes cannot make things happen
• Superego or conscience developing
• Learn first what is appropriate, verbal warnings good form of discipline, remove child from dangerous situations
• Need exposure to wide variety of experiences and play
• Explore the world (safely)
• Active imagination
• Needs little guidance in play

Question 23

Preschool: Piaget

Answer 23

Preconceptual: 2-4
Intuitive Thought: 4-7
-Play, especially fantasy or imitative very important
-Child goes from being totally egocentric to early recognition of others points of view

• Often appear to understand more conceptually than they really do because of their ability to imitate. Even though they appear to, they do not understand right from left or time.
• Thinking is “magical” do not understand causality.

Question 24

Preschool: Social Development

Answer 24

Individualism and separation are complete during the preschool years

• Can cope well with changes in routines but may develop fears
• Can work through difficult situations and new situations through play

Question 25

Preschool: Language development

Answer 25

- More than 2100 words by age 5 - By age 3-4 converse in 3-4 word sentences that are brief - At age 4-5 begin to use adverbs, adjectives, and more variety of verbs. - By age 5, can use all parts of speech - Can begin to make classifications

Question 26

Preschool: Language development 2

Answer 26

- Interested in sharing activities with other children - Listen to stories - Beginning to read words - Encourage to share day

Question 27

Preschool: Personal/social development

Answer 27

- Needs little assistance with eating, dressing, or toileting - More sociable, very willing to please - May be comparing themselves to peer code of conduct (he can do it, why can't I) - Aware of their own position in the family - Silly humor