Preschoolers and School Aged Children Flashcards
What age group are preschoolers?
3-5 years
By what age should children start to walk, run, climb, jump, and ride a tricycle?
3 years
By what age can children skip and hop on 1 foot?
4 years
At what age can a child catch a ball?
4 years
At what age can a child skip on alternate feet and jump rope?
5 years
What types of drawings do children 2-3 year olds do?
Use shapes to create diagrams, combinations, and aggregates
What types of drawings do 4-5-year-olds do?
Pictorial drawings
At what age is self-assertion a major theme? What does it mean?
Preschoolers (4-5 yrs). They think they can do everything on their own. Have lots of confidence, with a strong desire to please.
At school, they start doing lots of things on their own: dressing, toileting, feeding.
What does Erikson say about preschool-aged children?
Initiative vs. guilt
- the ability to start activities, be assertive, having a sense of purpose
- bad outcome: having too much initiative/power, getting disapproval, and having guilt
Superego develops
- have a sense of right and wrong
- know to follow house rules
What does Piaget say about school-aged children?
Preoperational stage (2-7)
1) preconceptual (2-4)
Egocentric: repeating words and sounds only b/c they like hearing themselves and not for communicating
Socialized: for communication but still egocentric, about themselves (expect everyone to understand with the limited verbal response)
Transition from total egocentric thought to social awareness …
2) Intuitive thought (4-7)
Do not understand cause and effect
Thinking is based only on their perception and what is happening at the moment
Egocentric use of language
Magical thinking - think their thoughts have powers and can affect reality
Time is abstract - they don’t understand it.
How many word sentences are 3 to 4-year-olds able to make?
3-4 word sentences
How many word sentences are 4-5-year-olds able to make?
4-5 word sentences
How many word sentences are 6-year-olds able to make?
understand all parts of speech
How many hours of sleep does a preschooler need?
12 hours
What is the recommended daily fiber intake for preschoolers?
3 yrs old - 19g
4-5 yrs old - 25g
How many calories does a preschooler require a day?
90 kcal/kg
What is the Live 5-2-1-0?
5 - Enjoy five or more vegetables and fruits every day
2 - Limit screen time to no more than two hours a day
1 - Play actively for at least one hour a day
0 - Drink zero sugary drinks
How old are school aged children?
6-12 years
How much do school-aged children grow in weight and height each year?
W: 2-3 kg
H: 2 inches
At what age do children lose their first teeth?
6-7 years old
What is prepubescence?
When does puberty start for girls vs boys?
2 years preceding puberty
Girls: 12
Boys: 14
What does Erikson say about school-aged children?
Developing a sense of industry vs inferiority
- developing a sense of accomplishment
- eager to develop skills and participate in meaningful and socially useful work
- motivated to complete tasks
- acquire a sense of personal and interpersonal competence
- peer approval is a strong motivator
What does Piaget say about school-aged children?
Concrete operational stage
- start to use logical thought processes
- develop an understanding of relationships between things and ideas
- understand causality
- understand laws of conservation
- able to make judgements based on reason
What is metalinguistic awareness and at what age is it achieved?
understand metaphors, words with diff meanings, the same spelling diff pronunciation
- begins in school-aged children
