Preschoolers and School Aged Children

Question 1

What age group are preschoolers?

Answer 1

3-5 years

Question 2

By what age should children start to walk, run, climb, jump, and ride a tricycle?

Answer 2

3 years

Question 3

By what age can children skip and hop on 1 foot?

Answer 3

4 years

Question 4

At what age can a child catch a ball?

Answer 4

4 years

Question 5

At what age can a child skip on alternate feet and jump rope?

Answer 5

5 years

Question 6

What types of drawings do children 2-3 year olds do?

Answer 6

Use shapes to create diagrams, combinations, and aggregates

Question 7

What types of drawings do 4-5-year-olds do?

Answer 7

Pictorial drawings

Question 8

At what age is self-assertion a major theme? What does it mean?

Answer 8

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.

Question 9

What does Erikson say about preschool-aged children?

Answer 9

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

Question 10

What does Piaget say about school-aged children?

Answer 10

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.

Question 11

How many word sentences are 3 to 4-year-olds able to make?

Answer 11

3-4 word sentences

Question 12

How many word sentences are 4-5-year-olds able to make?

Answer 12

4-5 word sentences

Question 13

How many word sentences are 6-year-olds able to make?

Answer 13

understand all parts of speech

Question 14

How many hours of sleep does a preschooler need?

Answer 14

12 hours

Question 15

What is the recommended daily fiber intake for preschoolers?

Answer 15

3 yrs old - 19g
4-5 yrs old - 25g

Question 16

How many calories does a preschooler require a day?

Answer 16

90 kcal/kg

Question 17

What is the Live 5-2-1-0?

Answer 17

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

Question 18

How old are school aged children?

Answer 18

6-12 years

Question 19

How much do school-aged children grow in weight and height each year?

Answer 19

W: 2-3 kg
H: 2 inches

Question 20

At what age do children lose their first teeth?

Answer 20

6-7 years old

Question 21

What is prepubescence?
When does puberty start for girls vs boys?

Answer 21

2 years preceding puberty
Girls: 12
Boys: 14

Question 22

What does Erikson say about school-aged children?

Answer 22

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

Question 23

What does Piaget say about school-aged children?

Answer 23

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

Question 24

What is metalinguistic awareness and at what age is it achieved?

Answer 24

understand metaphors, words with diff meanings, the same spelling diff pronunciation
- begins in school-aged children

Question 25

What are characteristics of a bully

Answer 25

defiant, manipulative, exposed to domestic violence

Question 26

Characteristics of a victim of bullying

Answer 26

Anxiety, low self esteem, psychosomatic complaints

Question 27

What might psychosomatic complaints be indicative of in school aged children?

Answer 27

Psychosomatic complaints: Physical symptoms, headache, stomachache, chest pain
- could be signs of bullying

Question 28

What is the nurses role when providing care to a school-aged children

Answer 28

Involve the child in the care!
- explain procedures before you do them
- ask them to help you with the procedure
- explain to them how the procedure will limit them

Question 29

How many hours of sleep do school aged children need?

Answer 29

5 year olds - 11.5 hrs
11 year old - 9 hrs

Question 30

What is the most common cause of severe injury and death in school aged children?

Answer 30

MVAs - pedestrian and passenger
Bicycle safety - helmets
Sport equipment safety

Question 31

What info will you provide to a family on their school-aged kid?

Answer 31

The child is increasingly independent
Child will explore broader world of relationships
Parents should try to provide support as unobtrusively as possible