Preschool Flashcards
children ages 3, 4, and 5. physical growth slows but personality and cognitive development continue at a rapid rate
preschool period
large body build
endomorphic
slim body built
ectomorphic
height and weight growth in preschool period
weight 4.5 lbs (2kg) height 2-3 inch a year (6 - 8 cm)
Fine: can do simple buttons
Gross: Constantly in motion, jumps, skips
Language: 1,500 words
Play: Pretending
4 yrs old
the child’s inability to see a situation from another person’s point of view. The child assumes that other people see, hear, and feel exactly the same as they do.
egocentrism
Fine: can draw six part figure, can lace shoes
Gross: Throw overhead
Language: 2,100
Play: games with numbers of letters
5 yrs old
Fine: can undress self; stack tower of block; draw a cross
Gross: Runs; alternate feets on stairs; rides tricycle, stand on one foot
Language: 900 words
Play: able to take turns; imaginative
3 yrs old
developmental task of a preschool age according to erikson
initiative vs guilt
what kind of thinking is active at this age?
magical thinking
attahment of a male child to his mother
oedipus complex
attachment of a female child to her male parent
electra complex
at what age they are capable of sharing?
3 yrs old
at what age they enjor play groups and may be involved in arguments?
4 years old
at what age they begin to develop best friends?
5 yrs old